Dießen am Ammersee

Dießen am Ammersee is a municipality in Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. It is on the shores of the Ammersee.

Dießen an Ammersee
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Dießen an Ammersee within Landsberg am Lech district
Dießen an Ammersee Show map of Germany Dießen an Ammersee Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 47°57′N 11°6′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Landsberg am Lech
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Sandra Perzul[1]
Area
• Total	82.64 km2 (31.91 sq mi)
Highest elevation	719 m (2,359 ft)
Lowest elevation	533 m (1,749 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,618
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	86911
Dialling codes	08807
Vehicle registration	LL
Website	www.diessen.de

Geography

It is in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland. The town stretches from the shores of the Ammersee to the forested morainic hills of the Saale and Würm glaciation.

The town area consists of the market town of Dießen (with St. Georgen, Wengen, Ziegelstadel, Bischofsried and Seehof) and the former independent boroughs of Rieden (with Riederau, Bierdorf, Lachen, St. Alban and Romenthal), Dettenschwang (with Oberhausen, Unterhausen, Wolfgrub and Abtsried), Dettenhofen (with Pitzeshofen, Engenried, Hübschenried and Ummenhausen) and Obermühlhausen (with Oberbeuern, Unterbeuern and Schlöglhof).^[3]

Sources

• Weißhaar-Kiem, Heide (2010). Landkreis Landsberg am Lech. Landsberg am Lech: Landkreis Landsberg am Lech. pp. 170–179.
• Schnurer O.P., M. Aquinata (1976). Heimatbuch des Marktes Dießen a. Ammersee. Diessen: Markt Dießen a. Ammersee. pp. 19–231.
• Hugo, Josef Anto (1901). Chronik des Marktes und der Pfarrei Diessen. Diessen: Markt Dießen a. Ammersee. pp. 41–68.
• Fried, Pankraz (1991). Aus Schwaben und Altbayern. München. pp. 122–124.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Schweizer, Bruno (1999). Das Dießener Heimatbüchlein. Dießen am Ammersee. pp. 4–48.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)