The Munich area located in Upper Bavaria and essentially corresponds to the counties Munich, Dachau, Freising, Erding and Fürstenfeldbruck.
Regions
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- Munich, the capitalcity;
places
In the West Munich:
- Dachau with the castle and the concentration camp memorial;
- Grafrath, with the baroque monastery and pilgrimage church of St. Rasso and the forest experimental garden;
- Fürstenfeldbruck with the monastery Fürstenfeld.
In the East Munich:
- Villages with a historical cityscape and a pilgrimage church worth seeing
- Ebersberg, Pilgrimage church with a relic of St. Sebastian.
- Erding with the largest wheat beer brewery in the world and the largest sauna world in Europe.
- Vaterstetten (528 m), with the other districts of Baldham, Neufarn, Purfing, Weißenfeld, Parsdorf, Hergolding.
- Isen with the church of St. Zeno, which is well worth seeing.
In the North Munich:
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- Oberschleissheim With Schleissheim Palace, the Flugwerft and the Olympic Regatta course.
- Garching near Munich, University City;
- Munich Airport with the visitor center, historic aircraft, several visitor mounds and, of course, with the option to take off and fly away.
In the south Munich:
- Pullach in the Isar Valley, popular local recreation destination on the Isar.
- Grünwald near Munich with Grünwalder Burg and the Bavaria Filmstadt in Geiselgasteig.
- Schäftlarn with the monastery.
- Unterhaching, conveniently located southeast of Munich;
- Aying with brewery and beer gardens;
Other goals
- Poing Wildlife Park, shows a wide range of European animal species, such as deer, wolves and bears. Especially suitable as an excursion destination with children.
background
language
In the Munich area, German is spoken predominantly, as well as Upper Bavarian dialect, which, however, has regional differences.
getting there
Most destinations in the Munich area can be reached from the city center by S-Bahn. in the Munich Transport Association A uniform tariff system applies, which also extends to municipalities outside of the city. While the S-Bahn mainly serves the larger cities, there is also an extensive bus network.
By car
Various motorways and federal highways run through the Munich area.
By plane
The airport S-Bahn (S 1 and S 8) take you quickly from the airport to the city center, where you can change trains in all directions. Further information under S-Bahn Munich.
mobility
The MVV is responsible for the local transport connection. The regional buses run very differently and sometimes there are several timetable routes, which are intended for school trips, for example.
Tourist Attractions
Museums
- Diocesan Museum in Freising, unfortunately at the moment closed;
- Museums in the Schleissheim palaces, including the branch museum of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Meissen porcelain exhibition in Lustheim Palace, several museums in the Old Palace;
- Flugwerft of the Deutsches Museum in the restored buildings of the air base in Oberschleißheim;
- Fürstenfeldbruck City Museum, on the site of the former Cistercian monastery Fürstenfeld;
- Jexhof Farm Museum, Near Grafrath;
- Furthmühle near Egenhofen, Museum mill, history of the miller's trade;
- Museum café "Mahlgang";
- Mill shop: home-made mill products made from wheat, rye and spelled, natural foods such as muesli, pasta, honey, tea and spices;
- 82281 Egenhofen, Tel .: 08134/99 191; www.furthmuehle.de;
activities
kitchen
- Bonnets are a culinary specialty in Upper Isental. It is a piquant lard pastry seasoned with caraway seeds, made from a yeast beer batter, mixed with wheat and rye flour. The Hauberlinge are served as a side dish to Saurem Lüngerl, game ragout or sauerkraut. They are offered in inns, bakeries and farmers' markets.
nightlife
Cinemas
alphabetically by place name; "Bg" = handicapped accessible
Surname | place | Street, No. | Postltz. | Tel. | MVV | Bg | Internet |
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Drive-in theater | Aschheim | Munchener Strasse 60 | 85609 | 089 / 907 008 | Yes | ||
Cinema | Dachau | Fraunhoferstr. 5 | 85221 | 08131 / 266 99 | Yes | info | |
Cinema world | Dießen am Ammersee | Fishing 12 | 86911 | 08807 / 94 09 91 | -- | ||
Cineplex Lichtspielberg | Erding | Dorfener Str. 17 | 85435 | 08122 / 96 49 10 | Yes | ||
Bavaria | Freising | Untere Hauptstr. 8th | 85354 | 08161 / 484 412 | Yes | ||
Cinema center | Freising | Obere Hauptstr. 54 | 85354 | 08161 / 484 414 | -- | ||
Movie theater | Fürstenfeldbruck | Maisacher Strasse 7 | 82256 | 08141 / 926 98 | S-Bahn FFB | Yes | info |
Movie casino | Gauting | Hauptplatz 4 | 82131 | 089 / 850 24 44 | -- | ||
Film station | Gilching | Römerstrasse 11 | 82205 | 08105 / 27 59 27 | Gilching-Argelsried S-Bahn | Yes | info |
Filmsck | Graefelfing | Bürgerhaus-Bahnhofsplatz | 82166 | 089 / 85 18 22 | Yes | ||
Capitol | Grafing | Grandauerstr. 2 | 85567 | 08092 / 4640 | -- | ||
Gröben plays of light | Groebenzell | Puchheimer Strasse 4 | 82194 | 08142 / 50 49 59 | Yes | info | |
movie theater | hair | Jagdfeldring 97 | 85540 | 089 /45 60 09 96 | Yes | ||
Cinema widescreen | Herrsching am Ammersee | Luitpoldstrasse 5 | 82211 | 08152 / 39 96 10 | -- | ||
film studio | Ottobrunn | Rathausplatz 1 | 85521 | 089 / 60 85 53 44 | Yes | ||
Cinema center | Ottobrunn | Ottostr. 72 | 85521 | 089 / 609 41 41 | Yes | ||
Cinema widescreen | Starnberg | Wittelsbacherstr. 10 | 82319 | 08151 / 971 800 | Yes | ||
Old brewery cinema | Webs | Landsberger Str. 57 | 82266 | 08143 / 99 77 17 | -- |
The Bavarian capital can be reached quickly and has an extensive Range of cinemas.
Practical advice
- Tourismusverband München Oberbayern e.V., Bodenseestr. 113, 81243 Munich. Tel.: 49 (0)89 8292180.
security
climate
literature
- Bavaria, State Office for Monument Preservation, Munich (Ed.): Monuments in Bavaria, Volume 1/17, District of Munich. Munich: Lip, 1997, Monuments in Bavaria, ISBN 978-3874905763 ; 342 pages. List of monuments, approx. 45 € ;
Web links
- District of Munich
- Fürstenfeldbruck District Office
- District Office Dachau
- District of Erding
- District of Freising
- Tourism association Upper Bavaria (supraregional);