Weßling
Sign in to saveWeßling () is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany.
Key facts
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Weßling COA.svg
- German location.image_photo
- Wessling_See.JPG
- German location.image_caption
- Lake Weßling with the town of Weßling in the background
- German location.image_plan
- Weßling in STA.svg
- German location.state
- Bayern
- German location.region
- Oberbayern
- German location.district
- Starnberg
- German location.elevation
- 592
- German location.area
- 22.6
- German location.postal_code
- 82234
- German location.area_code
- 08153
- German location.licence
- STA
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 09 1 88 144
- German location.website
- www.gemeinde-wessling.de
- German location.mayor
- Michael Sturm
- German location.leader_term
- 2020–26
- German location.party
- FW
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Weßling () is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany.
== History == Weßling was first mentioned in the 13th century, when it was passed to Seefeld Castle. In 1810 it was recorded to consist of 37 farms and in 1877 to have a population of 230. Since, starting from the 19th century, it was visited by several painters and sculptors (e.g. Carl Schuch, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Wilhelm Trübner), the town is regarded by some as an artists' colony. In 1903, when Weßling had a population of 350, the construction of a railway from Munich to Herrsching led to a moderately increased influx of population around Lake Weßling. The town of Oberpfaffenhofen, which is now part of Weßling, gained some importance as an industrial and research location in 1936, when an airport was built there by the aircraft manufacturer Dornier. In 1972 and 1976 the municipalities of Hochstadt and Oberpfaffenhofen respectively were incorporated into Weßling.