Urfeld am Walchensee

Summary

Urfeld am Walchensee is a village in the municipality of Kochel am See in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the northwest shore of Lake Walchensee.[1]

Famous people in Urfeld edit

 
Urfeld am Walchensee
 
Lakes Walchensee and Kochelsee
(NASA satellite image)

(Source:) [2]

Notes edit

  • † Goethe went incognito in Urfeld as "Johann Philipp Möller from Leipzig" at the beginning of his first trip to Italy on September 7, 1786.
  • ‡ Committed suicide with his wife Elizabeth on 29 April 1945 in the house of Baldur von Schirach.
  • ‡ ‡ Schirach and Ross were administrators of the Hitler Youth otherwise known as the Hitlerjugend.

References edit

  1. ^ Gudelius, Jost: Die Jachenau. Jachenau 2008, ISBN 978-3-939751-97-7, S. 139
  2. ^ Wimmer, Otto, Ahnentafel der Nefenhauser in Urfeld auf CD, Pullach (2009)

External links edit

  • Biography: Baldur von Schirach
  • Colin Ross from German Wikipedia

47°37′03″N 11°20′43″E / 47.6174°N 11.3454°E / 47.6174; 11.3454