Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple

Munich ( German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union. It is spoken... German: München The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. Discussion about how to improve both the policy and the associated help pages is currently taking place at meta:Multimedia. Our policies All sounds must be... pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Germany is a federation of 16 states called Länder (singular Land) or unofficially Bundesländer (singular Bundesland, German federal state). Each Land is represented at the federal level in the Bundesrat. The 16 Länder are: Baden-Württemberg Bavaria (Bayern) Berlin (city-state) Brandenburg Bremen (city-state) Hamburg... Bundesland of With an area of 70,553 km² and 12.4 million inhabitants, the Free State of Bavaria ( German Bayern or Freistaat Bayern) forms the southernmost of the 16 Bundesländer of Germany. Its capital is Munich. Geography Bavaria shares international borders with Austria and the Czech Republic. Neighbouring... Bavaria. Behind For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). Berlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4.5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and... Berlin and This article is about the city in Germany. For other articles subjects named Hamburg, see Hamburg (disambiguation). Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and its principal port. The official name Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg recalls its membership in the mediæval Hanseatic League and the fact that... Hamburg, Munich is Germany's third largest city with a population of about 1.402 million ( 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... as of 2004). It is located on the river The Isar is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a tributary of the Danube and 283 km in length. The name Isar appears to be derived from the Celtic word Isaria (meaning torrential). The source is located in Austria not far from the German border in the Karwendel (a... Isar. The city's A motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe the motivation or intention of a sociological grouping or organization. Many countries, universities, and other institutions have mottos, as do families with coats of arms. These mottos are traditionally in Latin or Romance languages, as well as in... motto is "Die Weltstadt mit Herz" (The world city with a heart).

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The settlement was founded as Munichen in Events January 11 - Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia End of the formal reign of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan, also the beginning of his cloistered rule, which will last to his death in 1192. November 29 - Eleanor of Aquitaine arrives in Salisbury, Wiltshire on royal business. Emperor Nijo ascends... 1158 by Henry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral) Henry the Lion (1129/1131 - August 6, 1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was Duke of Saxony as Henry III since 1142, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII since 1156, both until 1180. He was the... Henry the Lion, Duke of With an area of 18,400 sq. km. and a population of 4.6 million, the Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen) is the tenth largest in area but sixth in population among Germanys sixteen federal states. Created upon Germanys reunification in 1990, it occupies the approximate... Saxony, and half a century later it was granted city status and fortified. Initially, bishop Otto von Freising ( Freising (List of European cities with alternative names) is a city in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the district Freising. Geographical location 48° 24 North, 11° 44 East. Population 40,000. The city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Franz Josef Strauß International Airport. History Even... Freising) and Henry quarreled about the city before the emperor at a The term Reichstag (in English: Imperial Diet) is a composition of German Reich (Empire) and tag (which does not mean day here, but is a derivate of the verb tagen, which means assembling for debate). The Latin term, a direct translation, was curia imperialis. (Still today, the parliaments on the... Reichstag held in Augsburg. In Events April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter November 18 - France Emperor Antoku succeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon Artois is annexed by France Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between... 1180, with the trial of Henry the Lion, Otto of Wittelsbach became Duke of Bavaria. His The Wittelsbach family were the ruling dynasty of the German kingdom of Bavaria from 1180 to 1918 and of the Rhine Palatinate from 1214 until 1805; in 1815 the latter territory was incorporated into Bavaria, which had been a kingdom since 1806. The family provided two Holy Roman Emperors: Louis... Wittelsbach dynasty would rule Bavaria until 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January-February January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his Fourteen Points for the aftermath of World War I. January 24 - a decree of the Council of Peoples Commissars, introducing the Gregorian calendar in Russia since February... 1918. In Events Königsberg was founded Births Emperor Albert I of Germany, in July Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Categories: 1255 ... 1255, the dukedom of Bavaria was split in two, and Munich became the residence of Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria, around the city Munich. Its subdivided into four regions (Planungsverband): Ingolstadt, Munich, Oberland and Südostoberbayern. Population Historical Population of Upper Bavaria: 1939: 1,999,048 1950: 2,541,896... Upper Bavaria.

In Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. beginning of reign of Alfonso IV of Aragon. Petrarch sees a woman he names Laura in the church of Sainte-Claire dAvignon, which awakes in him a lasting passion. He writes a series of poems dedicated to her, which are... 1327, the entire city was destroyed by fire but was rebuilt some years later by Louis IV of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach, born 1282, was duke of Bavaria from 1294, duke of the Palatinate from 1329 and, after 1314, Holy Roman Emperor. Louis died on October 11, 1347. Louis was the son of Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria, who was married to... Louis IV, the ruling The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. The terminology of the title is somewhat confusing. The title of emperor was considered to have passed from... Holy Roman Emperor of the time. In See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe. November 16 - Battle of Lützen Christina becomes queen of Sweden; five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern country. Antigua and Barbuda is... 1632 the city was brought under the control of Gustav II Adolph Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. He was born in Stockholm, the son of Charles IX of the Vasa... Gustav II Adolph of Sweden during the The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. It occurred for a number... Thirty Years' War, but in Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. It is completed in 1724 The Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 is passed by the English Parliament, which naturalized Sophia of Hanover and the issue of her body as British subjects. Births October 31 - Pope Clement XIV (died 1774) Thomas Birch, British... 1705 it was recaptured and brought under Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. Their principal roles were as: Holy Roman Emperors (several centuries to 1806), and rulers of Austria (as dukes 1282– 1453, archdukes 1453– 1804, and emperors 1804– 1918), Kings... Habsburg rule. The city's first academic institution, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, was founded in Events January 11 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. January 13 - The Távora family is executed following the accusation of attempted regicide on Joseph I of Portugal January 15 - The British Museum opens April 13 - a French army defeats Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick at... 1759.

By that time, the city was growing very quickly and was one of the largest cities in mainland World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. It is conventionally considered a continent, which, in this case, is more of a cultural distinction than a geographic one. ( National Geographic, however, officially recognises... Europe. In Events January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British January 19 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope February 6 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - see:Action of 6 February 1806 March 23 - After traveling through the... 1806, it became the capital of the Bavarian monarchical state, with the state's parliament (the In Germany, Austria and South Tyrol, a Landtag is a unicameral legislature for a federal land. Not all states of Germany have a body called the Landtag: in the city state of Berlin the legislature is called Abgeordnetenhaus, and in those of Hamburg and Bremen Bürgerschaft. Until 1999, Bavaria... Landtag) and the new In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England and the... archdiocese of Munich and Freising being located in the city. Twenty years later With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities. Munichs other major university is the Technical University of Munich. Faculties... Landshut University was moved to Munich.

Many of the city's finest buildings belong to this period, all of which pertaining to the Maximilian style of This article is about the built environment. For other uses of the term Architecture see Architecture (disambiguation) Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings. A wider definition would include within its scope the design... architecture, named after the reigning king of the day, Maximilian II of Bavaria (November 28, 1811 - March 10, 1864) was king of Bavaria from 1848 until 1864. He was son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. After studying at Gottingen and Berlin and travelling in Germany, Italy and Greece, he was introduced by his father... Maximilian II. These buildings include the Ruhmeshalle and those on Ludwigstraße and Königsplatz, built by architects Leo von Klenze and Friedrich von Gärtner, and the "Bavaria" statue by Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler.

In 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events February 2 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 - In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. February 14 - Llanelli Conservative Association founded. March 2 – Robert Maclean... 1882 electric lighting was introduced to Munich, and the city hosted Germany's first exhibition of The article on electrical energy is located elsewhere. Electricity is a property of certain subatomic particles (e.g. electrons / protons) which couples to electromagnetic fields and causes attractive and repulsive forces between them. Electricity gives rise to one of the four fundamental forces of nature, and is a conserved property... electricity. Nineteen years later the Tierpark Hellabrunn is the name of the zoological garden in the Bavarian capital Munich. The 36 ha park is situated on the right bank of the river Isar in the southern part of Munich, near the quarter of Thalkirchen. As the groundwater level here is rather high and the water... Hellabrunn Zoo opened in the city. After Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to... World War I, the city was at the center of much unrest. In November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. November begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Scorpio and ends in the sign of Sagittarius. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation... November 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January-February January 8 - President Woodrow Wilson announces his Fourteen Points for the aftermath of World War I. January 24 - a decree of the Council of Peoples Commissars, introducing the Gregorian calendar in Russia since February... 1918, Communism is a term that can refer to one of several things: a social and economic system, an ideology which supports that system, or a political movement that wishes to implement that system. As a theoretical social and economic system, communism would be a type of egalitarian society with no... Communists took power establishing the Münchner Räterepublik, known as the Munich Soviet Republic or Bavarian Soviet Republic (Bayerische Räterepublik), was a short-lived communist country, organized in Bavaria in the year 1919. After Bavaria overthrew its monarch on 7 November 1918, Kurt Eisner of the Independent Socialist Party declared Bavaria a socialist... Bavarian Soviet Republic (Münchner Räterepublik) which was put down on May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). There are 242 days remaining. Events 1494 - Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica. 1791 - The May Constitution of Poland (first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Polish Diet. 1808 - Finnish War: Sweden loses... May 3, 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - Iolaire sinking disaster January 1 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 - Spartacist uprising - Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution January 9 - Spartacus revolutionary... 1919 by the right wing The designation of Freikorps (German for Free Corps) was originally applied to voluntary armies. The first freikorps were recruited by Frederick II of Prussia during the Seven Years War. Other known freikorps appeared during the Napoleonic Wars and were led for example by Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow... Freikorps, many of whom were later drawn to For other people with the surname Hitler, see Hitler (disambiguation). Adolf Hitler ( 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary – 30 April 1945 in Berlin, Germany) was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (more widely known as the Nazi Party) and Führer und Reichskanzler... Adolf Hitler and The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). Black, white, and red were in fact the colors of the old North German Confederation flag (invented by Otto von Bismarck, based on... National Socialism. In 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany... 1923 Hitler and his supporters, who then were concentrated in Munich, staged the The Hitler Putsch (also commonly referred to in English as the Beer Hall Putsch) occurred in the evening of Thursday, November 8 to early afternoon of Friday, November 9, 1923 when the nascent Nazi partys Führer Adolf Hitler, the popular World War I General Erich Ludendorff, and other... Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to overthrow the The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (Pronounced Vye-Mar, and in German it is known as the Weimarer Republik). It is named after the city of Weimar, where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German monarchy... Weimar Republic and seize power. But the revolt failed, resulting in Hitler's arrest and the crippling of the The Nazi swastika symbol The National Socialist German Workers Party ( German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. The term Nazi is a short form of the German word... Nazi Party, which was virtually unknown outside Munich. However, the city would once again become a Nazi stronghold when they took power in Germany in 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. January 15 - Political violence has caused almost 100 deaths in Spain January 17 - US Congress... 1933. Because of its importance for the raise of Nazism, the Nazis called it Hauptstadt der Bewegung ("capital of the movement"). The The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. The term Nazi is a short form of the German word (NA... NSDAP headquarters were in Munich and many Führerbauten ("Führer-buildings") were built around the Königsplatz, some of which have survived to this day.

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In 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-May January 3 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 - Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 - Wedding of King... 1938, the The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Munich Crisis between the major powers of Europe after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938 and concluded on September 29. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the future of Czechoslovakia and it ended up surrendering much of... Munich Agreement was signed in the city, ceding the mostly German speaking Sudetenland (Sudety in Czech) was the name used before 1918 and in 1938–45 for the region inhabited mostly by Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: Sudetští Němci) in the various places of Bohemia. (The region was only partly confined to the mountains of Sudeten). In... Sudetenland, previously a part of Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in what was known as the... Czechoslovakia, to Germany. It was signed by representatives of The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... Germany, The Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San... Italy, The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... France and The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts... Britain. A year later, in 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq... 1939, Johann Georg Elser (January 4, 1903, Hermaringen, Württemberg - April 9, 1945, Dachau concentration camp), was a conspirator against National Socialism. On November 8, 1939, he attempted an assassination of Adolf Hitler on the occasion of the annual commemoration speech dedicated to the failed Beer Hall Putsch of November 9... Georg Elser failed with his attempt to assassinate Hitler while the latter was giving his annual speech to commemorate the Beer Hall Putsch in the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich.

Munich was the city where the This article is about the German resistance movement. For the symbol of the House of York, see White Rose of York. For the film, see Die Weiße Rose (film). Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, executed for participation in a passive resistance movement against the Nazi regime through... White Rose (German: Die Weiße Rose), a group of students that formed a A resistance movement is a group dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country. The term can also refer to any organized effort by supporters of a common goal against a constituted authority. Thus resistance movements can include any irregular armed force that rises up against an enforced or... resistance movement from June 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - World War II: The word United Nations is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in... 1942 to February 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 - End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 - The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 11 - General Juanto dies in Argentina - Ramon... 1943, was based. The core of the members were arrested following a distribution of leaflets in With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities. Munichs other major university is the Technical University of Munich. Faculties... Munich University by This article is about the German resistance movement. For the symbol of the House of York, see White Rose of York. For the film, see Die Weiße Rose (film). Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, executed for participation in a passive resistance movement against the Nazi regime through... Hans and Sophie Scholl.

The city was very heavily damaged by allied bombing during Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II. After The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... American occupation in 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of... 1945, Munich was completely rebuilt following a meticulous and, by comparison to other war-ravaged German cities, a rather conservative plan which preserved its pre-war street grid.

Munich was the site of the The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in West Germany. In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten. Medal count Top medal-collecting nations: (for the full table, see 1972 Summer Olympics medal count) See also 1972 Summer Paralympics International Olympic Committee... 1972 Summer Olympics, during which The State of Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל, translit.: Medinat Yisrael; Arabic: دولة اسرائيل, translit.: Daulat Israil) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea... Israeli athletes were assassinated by The Palestinian flag, adopted in 1948, is a widely recognized modern symbol of the Palestinian people. While there are various older or different definitions of the term Palestinian (discussed in Definitions of Palestine#Palestinian), the overwhelming majority of uses of the term today are in reference to the people, mainly... Palestinian Terrorism is a controversial term with multiple definitions. One definition means a violent action targetting civilians exclusively. Another definition is the use or threatened use of violence for the purpose of creating fear in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological goal. Under the second definition, the targets of... terrorists (see Black September terrorist on the balcony of the Israeli hostel at the Olympic village The Munich Massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli amateur wrestling team were taken hostage by the Palestinian group Black September, an organization designated terrorist by the United... Munich massacre), where terrorist gunmen from the Palestinian " The expression Black September may refer to: Black September, a Palestinian paramilitary organization The Black September in Jordan, a conflict between Palestinian militant organizations and Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan that began in September 1970 and ended in July 1971 with the expulsion of the PLO to Lebanon. This is... Black September" group took hostage members of the Israeli Olympic team. A rescue attempt by the West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. Since the German reunification of 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany is informally called simply Germany. The Federal... West German government was unsuccessful and resulted in the Black September terrorist on the balcony of the Israeli hostel at the Olympic village The Munich Massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli amateur wrestling team were taken hostage by the Palestinian group Black September, an organization designated terrorist by the United... deaths of the Israeli hostages, 5 of the terrorists, and one German police officer.

Several games of the (Redirected from 1974 Soccer World Cup) The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. It was won by the host nation, who beat the Netherlands in the final, 2:1. The victory was the second for West Germany, who first won in 1954. The tournament marked the first... 1974 Soccer World Cup were also held in the city and in 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It has been designated: The International Year of Deserts and Desertification Predicted and scheduled events January January 1 - Deadline by which the small remainder of non-metric road distance signs in the Republic of Ireland must be changed... 2006 it will again be host to several games, including the opening match of the next FIFA logo (usage restricted): For the Good of the Game Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (sometimes called simply football, or soccer). It is based in Zurich, Switzerland. FIFA was formed in Paris on March 21, 1904... FIFA The Football World Cup (official name: FIFA World Cup) is the most important competition in international football (soccer). Organised by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sports governing body, the World Cup finals tournament is the most widely-viewed and followed sporting event in the world... Soccer World Cup.

Sights

The Theatinerkirche on Odeonsplatz, in the center of Munich.

Munich is a popular tourist destination and has been described as Germany's "second city".

The city has several important art A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. This definition is taken... museums, among them the Alte Pinakothek, Neue Pinakothek, and the Pinakothek der Moderne. Before Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. Battle aftermath. Remains of the Chateau Wood World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to... World War I, it was also the site of the Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) was a group of expressionist artists that was established in Munich in 1911. Wassily Kandinsky was one of the founders. Other well-known artists that were part of it were Franz Marc, August Macke, Gabriele Münter and Paul Klee. The members were interested... Blaue Reiter group of artists.

Other famous tourist attractions include the English Garden ( The Englischer Garten or English Garden is a large park in central Munich, Germany. It was founded in 1789 by Benjamin Thompson also known as Count Rumford. With an area covering nearly 4 km² the Englischer Garten is one of the worlds largest city parks. The Englischer Garten houses... Englischer Garten - a garden park roughly in the center of the city that contains a Naturists find going without clothing both enjoyable and relaxing. Nudism, or naturism, is the practice of going nude or unclothed in social and usually mixed gender groups, specifically in cultures where this is not the norm. It sometimes occurs furtively in secluded places in countries where appearing naked in public... nudist area, jogging tracks and bridle-paths), the The Deutsches Museum is based in Munich. It was founded on June 28, 1903, on a meeting of the German Association of Engineers as an initiative of Oskar von Miller. It was called: German Society of the Museum for Masterpieces of Natural Science and Technology Today it is one of... Deutsches Museum (Science Museum), and the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, an ornate Time measuring instrument A clock (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time. A clock can be a physical instrument (an especially accurate one is called a chronometer). The clock in its modern form (24 hour clock) has been in use since at least the 15th century... clock with moving figures atop the town hall. Perhaps Munich's most famous attraction is the Carriage parade, Oktoberfest 2004 Oktoberfest is a two-week beer festival held each year in Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany, during late September and early October. It is one of the most famous events in the city and the worlds largest fair, with some 6 million people attending in... Oktoberfest, a 2-week-long fair with many rides and several very large tents. The Oktoberfest was first held October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). There are 80 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1492 - Christopher Columbuss expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia. 1609 - Three Blind Mice published by London... October 12, 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January 10 - Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled January 20 - Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer executed March 11 - Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria April 19 - Venezuela achieves home rule: Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General... 1810 in honor of the marriage of crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The festivities were closed with a horse race and in the following years the horse races were continued and later developed into what is now known as the Oktoberfest. Despite its name, Oktoberfest actually begins in September, and is usually timed to end on the first Sunday in October.

Other famous buildings in Munich include the Frauenkirche ("Dom zu unserer Lieben Frau" - Cathedral of Our Lady) and the Olympiaturm ("Olympic Tower"), where visitors can be elevated ontop. It is also an important radio and TV broadcasting station.

The diamond-check version of the Munich flag (left) and the Bavarian flag (right). The Frauenkirche is behind.

The Frauenkirche is the most famous building in the city center. This is Munich's central cathedral and is famous for its twin towers which are topped with brass minaret-type structures. At first glance the two towers appear to be the same height but in actual fact one is slightly taller than the other. Unlike most buildings in Munich's old town, the towers of the Frauenkirche (but not the church itself) survived the war intact, making them more than 400 years old. The Frauenkirche's towers (109 meters or 358 feet tall) are also the measurement for a new rule which limits the height of new buildings to the same height. This rule was passed in November 2004 by the people of Munich in a referendum ("Bürgerentscheid") organized by Georg Kronawitter, a former SPD mayor, against the will of the political parties in the city's parliament ("Stadtrat") who feared that it would harm the city's attractiveness to investors.

The Olympiaturm (Olympic Tower) and the Olympic Park with its stadium was built for the The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in West Germany. In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten. Medal count Top medal-collecting nations: (for the full table, see 1972 Summer Olympics medal count) See also 1972 Summer Paralympics International Olympic Committee... 1972 Summer Olympics which were held in Munich. The Olympic buildings are famous for their design, which was inspired by dew-covered cobwebs.

The (Redirected from 2006 soccer world championship) The final stages of Football World Cup 2006 are scheduled to take place in Germany between 9 June and 9 July. The decision to award the highly prestigous event to Germany was controversial as it was widely expected that the tournament would take place... 2006 World Cup, however, will not take place in the traditional Olympic Stadium, but in Munich's new soccer stadium, the Categories: German football grounds | German sport | Stadiums | Football (soccer) stubs | Buildings and structures stubs ... Allianz Arena.

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BMW headquarters building (one of the few buildings that have been built from the top to the bottom) and the bowl shaped BMW museum

Buildings

• Olympiaturm The Olympiaturm in Munich has an overall height of 289.53 meters and a weight of 52,500 tons. At 190 meters height is an observation platform. The attendance of the TV tower is liable to pay the costs. Since its opening 1968 the tower has registered over 35... Olympiaturm
• BMW Headquaters
• Arabella High-Rise Building

Around Munich

Lying on the plain of the Voralpenland, the Munich In the study of human settlements, an agglomeration is an extended city or town area comprising the built-up area of a central place (usually a municipality) and any suburbs or adjacent satellite towns. Another term for agglomeration is urbanized area. Conurbation is a more specific term for urban clusters... agglomeration sprawls unhindered by Physical map of the Earth (Medium) (Large 2 MB) Geography is the scientific study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. The word derives from the Greek words γη or γεια (Earth) and γραφει... geography. Several smaller traditional Bavarian cities are today part of the Munich suburbia and are worth a visit when the main Munich sights are exhausted.

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• Freising (List of European cities with alternative names) is a city in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the district Freising. Geographical location 48° 24 North, 11° 44 East. Population 40,000. The city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Franz Josef Strauß International Airport. History Even... Freising
• Garching bei München
• Starnberg is a Bavarian town, located south west of the city of Munich in Germany. Starnberg lies in the heart of the beautiful Five Lake County which is a popular destination for day-trippers from Munich. It is the capital of the Starnberg district. Geography and Demographics Latitude: 48,00... Starnberg

Sights

• Schloß Nymphenburg (Nymphenburg castle)
• Schloß Oberschleißheim (Oberschleissheim castle)

Economy

Munich was one of the centers of the new economy in Germany, and remains to be a centre for biotechnology, programming and internet companies in Germany. The city is home to the global headquarters of German insurance companies Allianz AG and Münchener Rück, the car manufacturer The BMW logo is a circle divided into quadrants of alternating white and light blue color. This is a stylized representation of an aircraft propeller. The colors of the logo are those of the flag of Bavaria. BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke, or in English, Bavarian Motor... BMW, the technology firms Siemens AG ( NYSE: SI) is the worlds largest electronics company. Its international headquarters are in Munich, Germany. Siemens AG is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange since March 12, 2001. Worldwide, Siemens and its subsidiaries employ 423,000 people in 192 countries and reported global sales of... Siemens AG and Infineon Technologies is a German manufacturer of integrated circuits and related products. It was formed from the semiconductor division of Siemens AG in 1999, and went public in 2000. Its headquarters are in Munich, Germany, with major production and R&D sites around the world. In fiscal year 2003... Infineon Technologies, as well as the German headquarters of McDonald’s and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), (founded 1975), headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the worlds largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software products for various computing devices. Its best known product... Microsoft. In addition to this, Munich is home to a big number of publishing houses, worldwide second only to New York City.

Lifestyle

Residents of Munich enjoy a high quality of life. In fact, the city is consistently rated by Mercer HR Consulting among the top 10 cities with highest quality of life worldwide. Munich enjoys a thriving economy - principally information technology, biotech, and publishing. There is hardly any environmental pollution, although currently the City is having some trouble with air pollution and fine dust. Crime rate is very low and personal safety is high. The public transport is extremely efficient, although S-Bahn (light commurer trains) delays are often cause frustration during extreme winter weather. Nightlife is thriving. There are something like 6,000 licensed establishments in the city. Cafe culture is strong here, especially during the summer of course. There are many restaurants accomodating all preferences of cuisine. And possibly the most important free time activity during the summer: the beer gardens. There are 20 or so major beer gardens, with four of the most famous and popular being located in the The Englischer Garten or English Garden is a large park in central Munich, Germany. It was founded in 1789 by Benjamin Thompson also known as Count Rumford. With an area covering nearly 4 km² the Englischer Garten is one of the worlds largest city parks. The Englischer Garten houses... Englischer Garten - the largest city park in Europe.

Miscellaneous

Munich's current mayor is Christian Ude of the The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. Rooted in the workers movement, it is left-of-center and... SPD (Social-democratic Party of Germany), and Munich has a nearly unbroken history of SPD governments since World War II. This is extraordinary because the rest of Bavaria is a conservative stronghold, with the The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V.) is a conservative Germany. It operates exclusively in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party CDU operates in the rest of the country. Only in 1957 in the state of Saarland the CSU ran... CSU (Christian Social Union) winning Absolute majority is a supermajoritarian voting requirement which is stricter than a simple majority. It means that more than half of all the members of a group, including those absent and those present but not voting, cast votes in favor of a proposition. As an example, lets say that... absolute majorities among the Bavarian electorate in nearly all elections communal, state and federal level.

The figure on Munich's coat-of-arms is the Münchner Kindl, the child of Munich (a monk).

Transportation

Munich AirPort is a wireless networking protocol from Apple Computer designed for both Macintosh and PC computers. It is based on the IEEE 802.11b (also known as Wi-Fi) standard and has been certified to be compatible with other 802.11b devices. According to Apple, AirPort is capable of speeds... airport, named after Franz Josef Strauß Dr. h.c. Franz Josef Strauß (Spelled Strauss in English) (September 6, 1915 - October 3, 1988) was a German politician (CSU) and long-time minister-president of the state of Bavaria. Press reports called him the Strong Man of Europe. Basic biography Early years Born in Munich... Franz Josef Strauß, is Munich International Airport Munich International Airport, named Franz Josef Strauß International Airport (Strauß is often spelled Strauss in English) (German Franz-Josef-Strauß-Flughafen) is the airport located 28 km northeast of Munich, Germany, and is a hub for Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner airlines. It began operations in 1992... Franz Josef Strauß International Airport. The airport can be reached by suburban train lines S1 and S8. Its international three-letter code is "MUC".

Munich has a large public transport system including Georg-Brauchle-Ring station (U1) The History of the Munich U-Bahn goes back to the early 1960s when the city was searching for a way to cut down on traffic congestion in the central parts of the city. It was decided in 1964 to sink the tram routes within... Subways, Munich S-Bahn train Tunnel station Marienplatz The Munich S-Bahn commenced operation on 28 May 1972. It was constructed as part of the scheme to provide an adequate tranportation system during the Olympic Games held in Munich in September 1972 and afterwards by upgrading transportation in the Munich conurbation... Suburban trains, trams and buses. The local transportation is supervised by the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/index.html)).

Colleges and universities

• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), founded in 1472 in Ingolstadt is located along the banks of the Danube River in the center of the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. As of July 31, 2001 it had 119,293 residents registered, making it the sixth largest city in Bavaria. The headquarters of the German automobile manufacturer Audi are located in... Ingolstadt, moved to Munich in 1826
• Munich University of Technology, or Technical University of Munich (TUM) (German: Technische Universität München, TUM), is a major German university, located in Munich (and the towns of Garching and Weihenstephan out of Munich). In 2004 the university ranked highest of all German universities on the Shanghai Jiao Tong... Technical University of Munich (TUM), founded in 1868
• The Munich University of Applied Sciences, (in German: Fachhochschule München (FHM)) was founded in 1971 and is the largest University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria with about 12,000 students. Contents // Categories: German universities | Stub ... Munich University of Applied Sciences (FHM), founded in 1971
• Universität der Bundeswehr München, founded in 1973
• Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, founded in 1830
• Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, founded in 1808
• Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film , founded in 1966
• Hochschule für Philosophie München, founded in 1925 in Pullach, moved to Munch in 1971
• Hochschule für Politik München
• Katholische Stiftungsfachhochschule München, founded in 1971
• Munich Business School (MBS)
• European School of Management and Technology (esmt)
• Max Plank Institute Garching is the name of several places in Bavaria, Germany: Garching bei München, in Munich district Garching an der Alz, in Altötting district This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred... Garching
• The Fraunhofer Society (German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) is a German research organization named after the German physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer, with 58 institutes spread over Germany each focusing on different fields of applied science, as opposed to the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, which works mostly on basic science. Some basic funding for... Fraunhofer Institute

Sister cities

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External links

• The city's own website. (http://www.muenchen.de/)
• Munich City Panoramas (http://www.panorama-cities.net/munich/munich.html) - Panoramic Views and Virtual Tours
• The Oktoberfest (http://www.oktoberfest.de/) with information in both English and German
• Photos (http://www.travel-impressions.de/munich/muenchen.htm) of Munich, Sights, Daily Life, Oktoberfest, etc.
• Munich travel guide at Wikitravel (http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Munich)
• Lonely Planet guide to Munich (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/munich)