Schondorf am Ammersee

Schondorf am Ammersee is a municipality in the district Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany and is a member of the municipal association Schondorf am Ammersee The municipal association based in Schondorf.GeographyGeographical LocationSchondorf is a climatic spa village. It is located about 40km west of Munich and about 40km southeast of Augsburg on the western shore of lake Ammersee in the district of Landsberg am Lech.As the place is on the edge of Lake Ammersee, is the maximum height difference in the municipality area is 70m.Expansion of the municipalityThe area of the municipality is 6.56km2. The maximum amount of extension in the north-south direction is 4km and west-east direction 2.5km.Municipality in the neighborhoodThe neighboring municipalities of Schondorf are: Greifenberg in the north, Eching am Ammersee in the north-east, Utting in the south and Windach in the west.SubdivisionsSchondorf has two subdivisions: Oberschondorf on the western and upper side and Unterschondorf on the eastern and lower side.HistorySettlement before the local establishmentThe first finds of human settlement extending to the hallstatt culture. (back to 750-450 BC). To suggest that in the municipality found 14 burial mounds. In the area of present-day communal bathing site in 1924, a 20 m × 7.5 m (21.9 yd × 8.2 yd) wide bathing area of a Roman villa from the 3rd century AD excavated. Further traces of a settlement can be found from the period after the Roman Empire from the period 500-700 AD (skeletons and grave goods with a lance).