Munich | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Munich


00:03:42 1 History
00:03:51 1.1 Origin as medieval town
00:05:20 1.2 Capital of reunited Bavaria
00:07:41 1.3 World War I to World War II
00:10:20 1.4 Postwar
00:12:37 2 Geography
00:12:46 2.1 Topography
00:13:39 2.2 Climate
00:15:12 3 Demographics
00:15:48 3.1 Immigration
00:16:49 3.2 Religion
00:17:42 4 Politics
00:18:50 5 Subdivisions
00:19:55 6 Architecture
00:20:25 6.1 Inner city
00:23:08 6.2 Royal avenues and squares
00:25:28 6.3 Other boroughs
00:29:13 6.4 Parks
00:31:16 7 Sports
00:31:25 7.1 Football
00:31:57 7.2 Basketball
00:32:20 7.3 Ice hockey
00:32:33 7.4 Olympics
00:33:12 7.5 Road Running
00:33:37 7.6 Swimming
00:34:18 7.7 River surfing
00:34:55 8 Culture
00:35:04 8.1 Language
00:35:31 8.2 Museums
00:38:16 8.3 Arts and literature
00:48:19 8.4 Markets
00:48:59 8.5 Hofbräuhaus and Oktoberfest
00:50:08 8.6 Culinary specialities
00:50:38 8.7 Beers and breweries
00:53:30 8.8 Circus
00:53:50 8.9 Nightlife
00:58:04 9 Education
00:58:13 9.1 Colleges and universities
01:00:57 9.2 Primary and secondary schools
01:02:27 10 Scientific research institutions
01:02:38 10.1 Max Planck Society
01:03:55 10.2 Fraunhofer Society
01:04:33 10.3 Other research institutes
01:05:03 11 Economy
01:05:54 11.1 Manufacturing
01:07:07 11.2 Finance
01:07:31 11.3 Media
01:08:17 11.4 Top 10 largest companies in Munich (2016)
01:08:28 12 Transport
01:08:45 12.1 Munich International Airport
01:10:06 12.2 Other airports
01:11:05 12.3 München Hauptbahnhof
01:12:42 12.4 Public transportation
01:14:37 12.4.1 Munich Public Transportation Statistics
01:15:21 12.5 Individual transportation
01:16:34 12.6 Cycling
01:17:27 13 Around Munich
01:17:36 13.1 Nearby towns
01:18:11 13.2 Recreation
01:18:43 14 International relations
01:19:24 15 Famous people
01:19:33 15.1 Born in Munich
01:19:42 15.2 Notable residents
01:19:50 16 See also



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Munich (; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] (listen); Austro-Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ]) is the capital and most populous city of the second most populous German federal state of Bavaria, and, with a population of around 1.5 million, it is the third-largest city of Germany after Berlin and Hamburg, as well as the 12th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, it is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km²). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna.
The city is a major centre of art, technology, finance, publishing, culture, innovation, education, business, and tourism in Germany and Europe and enjoys a very high standard and quality of living, reaching first in Germany and third worldwide according to the 2018 Mercer survey, and being rated the world's most liveable city by the Monocle's Quality of Life Survey 2018. According to the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute Munich is considered an alpha-world city, as of  2015.The name of the city is derived from the Old/Middle High German term Munichen, meaning "by the monks". It derives from the monks of the Benedictine order, who ran a monastery at the place that was later to become the Old Town of Munich; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat of arms. Munich was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically untouched despite an occupation by the Protestant Swedes. Once Bavaria was established as a sovereign kingdom in 1806, it became a major European centre of arts, architecture, culture and science. In 1918, during the German Revolution, the ruling house of Wittelsbach, which had governed Bavaria since 1180, was forced to abdicate in Munich and a short- ...