Status: 29/08/2023, 05:24 a.m.
By: Maximilian Kettenbach
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Manuela Tischler and her husband Sammy Brauner on the red carpet at the Diabetes Charity Gala on October 15, 2015. ©
After the death of a swimmer in Lake Wössner in Bavaria, the police were looking for the identity of the woman. Now it is clear: It is the TV journalist Manuela Tischler .
Unterwössen – It was probably a tragic accident at Lake Wössner in the Bavarian Chiemgau. The former news anchor of the TV station ntv, Manuela Tischler, has died, according to the Bild newspaper, when she wanted to go swimming.
The lifeless woman was discovered around 25 a.m. on Friday (August 11) in the area of the reed belt on the northern shore of the lake. As a result, the Grassau Police Inspectorate and the Criminal Investigation Service of the Traunstein Criminal Police Inspectorate took up the investigation. Since it was unclear who the deceased was, the officials published a detailed description and asked for information from the population - Merkur.de also reported on this.
Manuela Tischler found dead in See in Bavaria – autopsy to clarify cause of death
Tischler probably wanted to enjoy the last hours of sunshine of the summer before the storms in this idyll. Perhaps she died already on August 24. According to the report, Manuela Tischler, who actually lives in Berlin, had left her house on Thursday evening to go swimming in the nearby lake.
An autopsy in Munich at the beginning of next week is expected to provide more information. No external injuries were found, and there are currently no indications of third-party negligence, the police reported.
The Wössner See near Unterwössen in Chiemgau. An idyll in which Manuela Tischler died. © IMAGO/Zoonar.com/Jürgen Vogt
Manuela Tischler's husband identified her
According to the Bild newspaper's report, her husband, entrepreneur Sammy Brauner, was also worried on Friday. He is the son of the great film producer and Oscar winner Artur "Atze" Brauner ("Hitlerjunge Salomon"), who died in 2019. When Brauner arrived in Bavaria from Berlin on Friday afternoon, she was not there. He reported to the police, who asked him to come over. There he identified his wife.
According to the report, both had been a couple since 2010 and married in 2018. According to her Xing profile, Tischler worked independently as a PR consultant, moving image journalist, TV journalist and media trainer. She liked to sail.
Recently, the news of accidents at lakes has been piling up.