Munich (in German: Munich) is the third largest city in the Germany. The city is known for its architecture and culture, as well as the world famous Oktoberfest, the beer party.
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History
The year 1158 is the oldest date in the city and is mentioned in a document signed in Augsburg. By that time Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, had built a bridge over the River Isar near a settlement of Benedictine monks. Almost two decades later in 1175 Munich was officially granted city status and fortified. In 1180, with the judgment of Henry the Lion, Otto I Wittelsbach became Duke of Bavaria and Munich was handed over to the Bishop of Freising. The Wittelsbach dynasty would rule Bavaria until 1918. In 1255, when the Duchy of Bavaria was split in two, Munich became the ducal residence of Upper Bavaria. In the late fifteenth century Munich underwent a revival of Gothic arts the old town hall was enlarged, and one of Munich's largest Gothic church, now a Frauenkirche cathedral built in just 20 years, starting in 1468.
When Bavaria was reunified in 1506, Munich became its capital. The arts and politics became increasingly influenced by the court and Munich was a center of the German Counter-Reformation as well as the Renaissance arts. The Catholic League was founded in Munich in 1609. During the Thirty Years' War Munich became an electoral residence, but in 1632 the city was occupied by the Swedish king Gustav II Adolphe. When bubonic plague broke out in 1634 and 1635 about a third of the population died.
Under the rule of Bavarian voters Munich was an important center of Baroque life. In 1806, the city became the capital of the new Kingdom of Bavaria, with the state parliament and the new archdiocese of Munich and Freising being located in the city. Twenty years later Landshut University was transferred to Munich. Many of the most beautiful buildings in the city belong to this period and were built under the first three kings of Bavaria. Those years were marked by enormous artistic and cultural activity in Munich.
After World War I, the city was the center of political unrest. In November 1918, on the eve of the revolution, the royal family fled the city. After the assassination of Bavaria's first republican premier in February 1919, the Bavarian Soviet Republic was proclaimed, but was placed on May 3, 1919 by conservative troops. While republican government had been restored, Munich subsequently became a focus of extremist policies, among which Adolf Hitler and National Socialism rose to fame. In 1923, Hitler and his supporters, who were then concentrated in Munich, staged the Brewery's Putsch, an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic and seize power. The uprising failed, resulting in Hitler's arrest and temporarily crippling the Nazi Party, which was virtually unknown outside Munich.
"You don't even have to go elsewhere, I tell you there's nothing like Munich. Everything else is a waste of time in Germany." |
The city was once again a Nazi stronghold when the National Socialists seized power in Germany in 1933. The National Socialist Workers Party created the first concentration camp at Dachau, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the city. Due to its importance to the rise of National Socialism, Munich was referred to as the Hauptstadt der Bewegung ("Movement Capital"). Munich was also the base of the White Rose, a student resistance movement from June 1942 to February 1943. However, core members including Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested and executed following a leaflet distribution at the University of Munich. The city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II.
After US occupation in 1945, Munich was completely rebuilt following a meticulous plan that conserves its pre-war grid street. In 1957 the population of Munich passed the 1 million mark. Munich hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, during which Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists in the Munich massacre.
To arrive
By airplane
O Munich International Airport (IATA: MUC; ICAO: DEMS) is the second busiest airport in Germany and the seventh in Europe, handling 35 million passengers a year. Munich Airport, which was named for former Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss, is an important hub for Lufthansa and partner airlines.
Munich International Airport is located outside Munich near the northeast suburb Freising. Originally, the airport was closer to the city center in Riem. However, in 1992 it was moved to its current location to meet demand for more capacity and more modern facilities. Due to the increasing number of flights, the airport has continued to expand since then and now offers connections to most airports in Germany and Europe, as well as many intercontinental destinations. Intercontinental destinations include Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Bangkok, Beijing, Boston, Cairo, Charlotte, Chicago, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Montreal, Bombay, Muscat, New York , Newark, Osaka, Philadelphia, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Washington and many others.
In 2011, Munich Airport was named the winner of the "Best Airport in Europe" award for the third consecutive year based on a worldwide survey of nearly eight million passengers. Passengers also ranked Munich #4 in the world rankings behind three Asian hubs.[edit]Terminal 1
All airlines that are not Star Alliance members, including the second largest German carrier Air Berlin [4] are based in Terminal 1. It is segmented into five modules A, B, C, D, E and F. module F is only used for flights to Israel. The Terminal has several levels: The train station is on level 2, the passenger transport system, which connects the modules, on level 3; check-in, security control, arrival areas, customs and most restaurants are on level 4; level 5 is used by passengers with connecting flights.[edit]Terminal 2
Terminal 2 hosts Lufthansa and its Star Alliance [5], eg partners Air Canada, Air China, All Nippon Airways, Austrian Airlines, Air Egypt, SAS, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways. It is also used by other Lufthansa partners such as Qatar Airways, PrivatAir and some regional airlines. Terminal 2 consists of the North and Central Square and South Pier Pier. Terminal 2 also has several levels: The arrival area and some check-in counters (eg United and Turkey) are on level 3; O; all other check-in, security check points and duty-free shops are on level 4 visitor deck, as well as restaurants and art exhibitions can be found on level 5.[edit]Munich Airport Center
The Munich Aiport Center is a recreation and service center at the airport, located between terminals 1 and 2. It includes a shopping mall, restaurants, a medical center, the municon conference center and the MAC-Forum. The MAC-Forum is Europe's largest outdoor roof-top area, which is used for various events like a Christmas fair and ice skating in winter and a beach volleyball tournament in summer. Located next to Munich Airport is the Kempinski Hotel Munich Airport Center [6].[edit]
The airport connects to the center of Munich via the S-Bahn (commuter train) on the S1 and S8 line. Travel in 2012 costs €10 for a single ticket (or €11.00 for a day pass) or €19.80 for a member ticket (valid for up to five people). Trains run every 5 to 20 minutes and it takes about 40 minutes to reach the central station. For more information, see the workaround section.
The cheapest option is to buy an Außenraum Tageskarte (daypass to outskirts of the city; single: €5.40 partner: €9.80) and then an additional single ticket (€2.50 per person) for the trip into the city. If traveling from the airport, the last ticket just has to be validated at Feldmoching station, which means you can only travel with the S1 train. You'll have to get off (or change to the underground) in Feldmoching. If traveling from the city center to the airport, you can only validate tickets and restrictions no longer apply.
Lufthansa also runs an airport bus[7] to/from the main train station which is comparable in prices.[edit] Memmingen
Memmingen Airport (IATA: FMM, ICAO: EDJA)) is about 110 km from Munich. However, it is marketed as "Munich West" by Ryanair. Other names include "Allgäu Airport" or "Flughafen Allgäu". There are buses to Munich with timetables in line with Ryanair's schedule. One way tickets are €20 and €15 if pre-booked via Internet. Buses arrive (and depart) from Munich's Hackerbrücke train station which is located next to Munich's main station. In addition to the airport, the city of Memmingen itself has a good medieval city center.
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Munich Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) (main station) is conveniently situated in the center of Munich. The main station is west of Marienplatz (two S-Bahn) or a short walk from the city centre. It is well connected to Munich's dense public transport network. The main station has a very nice infrastructure, including several restaurants, shops, a tourist bureau and a Deutsche Bahn ticket and travel agency office.
Deutsche Bahn [10] uses Munich as one of its main German hubs and offers regional and long-distance connections to many German cities. This includes several connections with ICE high-speed trains:
- ice 11 to Augsburg, Ulm, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Fulda, Kassel, Göttingen, Braunschweig, Berlin
- ice 25 and Nürnberg, Würzburg, Fulda, Kassel, Göttingen, Hannover, Hamburg
- ice 28 and Nürnberg, Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg
- ice 31 to Nürnberg, Würzburg, Frankfurt, Mainz, Koblenz, Bonn, Cologne, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Osnabrück, Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel
- ice 41 to Nürnberg, Würzburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Duisburg, Essen
- ice 42 to Augsburg, Ulm, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Frankfurt, Cologne, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund
Munich also has a high-speed TGV connection with connections from Paris [11], as well as Eurocity with Strasbourg, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Vienna, Budapest, Zurich, Verona, Venice, Milan and other international cities.
Two additional train stations are located in the west (Munich Pasing) and east (Munich's Ostbahnhof) of Munich. Both stations are connected to the public transport system and serve as transport hubs for Deutsche Bahn's regional and long-distance trains.
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Munich has a fantastic transport system, with a daily ticket you can use the metro, train or bus. A single ticket costs 4.80 Euros for 4 rings. Another option is to buy a daily ticket to ride in groups of up to 5 people, which costs 8.50 Euros. At the main metro stations there are ticket offices that provide free train and metro maps.
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Local signs are practically non-existent for cars
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- Frauenkirche - The Church of Our Lady dates from 1488.
- New City Hall it's the Glockenspiel - Located on Marienplatz, the façade of the city hall has a clock whose dancing figures perform a real spectacle, eagerly awaited by tourists, which takes place to the sound of typical music every day at 11am.
- Olympic Park - Built to house the 1972 Olympic Games competitions (when the action of Steven Spielberg's Munich film is set), includes the Olympic tower, an imposing building 291 meters high that has a gazebo and a revolving restaurant.
- residenz - Residence of former Bavarian royalty.
- Englischer Garten - Immense park near the city center cut by the river Isar. In the park there are two "bier garten", an appropriate place to eat "wurst" and have a "weiss bier".
- 1 , Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, 80939 München, email: [email protected].. Allianz Arena is popularly known as the stadium of FC Bayern München, which today is the team with the most valuable brand in the world, according to British consultancy Brand Finance. The stadium was inaugurated in April 2005 and was a project to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup matches. It has a capacity for up to 71,000 standing spectators or 67,812 seated spectators. The administration of the place organizes visits through the facilities, entering places such as: bleachers, changing rooms, press room and bier garden, which would be a Paulaner beer brand bar imitating a garden. For Bayern fans, the tour makes it possible to know part of the history of the team's home, in addition to seeing the places used by the players up close. Several companies take tours taking visitors from the city center to the stadium and help with the language, as the tour carried out by local staff is only in German.
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Events
- Oktoberfest - the most traditional German beer festival has been held in Munich since 1810.
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- At the Hofbräuhaus - This taproom was founded by monks in 1852 and has a spectacular climate. Your draft beer is served in 1 liter mugs. The hall is large and a band plays typical music throughout. Try the pig's knee (Eisbein).
- , Marienplatz 8, 80331 München. The restaurant is one of the most traditional in Munich and is located under the Neue Rathaus on Marienplatz, in the city centre. The place is frequented by tourists, serving typical German food at a price that is not high. The website offers the restaurant's menu in a PDF in several languages, such as English, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. The place is adapted to receive people with physical disabilities, accepts credit cards and has an internet network.
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A very nice and young bar/restaurant is the Hard Rock Café, which is in the center of Munich, on Platzl 1. Place frequented by tourists and young people. Prices are not so low but it's worth checking out. As with all Hard Rock bars, the place has a collection of items from celebrities and musicians, such as an Elvis jacket used in Jailhouse Rock and a Keith Richards jacket that was a gift from country singer Gram Parsons.
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Safety
It's a very safe city. One can walk peacefully at night without fear.
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