Munich

Munich ( ;  ;  ) is the third biggest city of Germany (after Berlin and Hamburg), and the capital of Bavaria. It has a population of around 1,500,000. The metropolitan area of Munich includes the city itself, and all the suburbs around it, and has about 3 million people in it; whereas the metropolitan region has 6.2 million people (as of 2022). It is one of the most important centres of the economy in Germany. It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

People 
The official population of Munich city proper at 310.43 km2 is 1,368,840 inhabitants only with principal residence as of 31st January 2009. Around 176,000 inhabitants with secondary residence also live in administrative city limits but they are not calculated in this official census. According to some estimates that population counts around 200,000 people. The fast growing Munich urban area has 2,667,000 inhabitants (2008 estimate). Munich city with all suburbs at 12,000 km2 has 4,700,000 inhabitants and Munich metropolitan region that covers 27,700 km2 and includes Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Landshut, Rosenheim and Landsberg has around 6,000,000 inhabitants. Munich is the 12th largest city in EU by population within city limits and the 14th largest urban area in Europe. Its metropolitan area ranks among largest metro areas in Europe. As of December 2008, 47.3% of Munich's residents belong to no religious group, 38.3% are Roman Catholic, 14.0% are Lutheran Protestants and 0.3% are Jewish. There is also a small Old Catholic parish and an Episcopal Church.

History 

1158: The settlement was founded as Munichen by Henry the Lion.
1255: residence of Upper Bavaria
1806: Munich became the capital of the Bavarian monarchy.
1923: Beer Hall Putsch of the Nazis
1939-45: 45% of the city was destroyed in World War II.
1972: 1972 Summer Olympics
1980: Oktoberfest bombing
2016: 2016 Munich shooting

Economy 
Munich has the strongest economy of any German city. They have the lowest unemployment rate (5.6%) of any German city with more than a million people.

Munich is the largest publishing city in Europe. It is home to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, one of Germany's largest daily newspapers. Munich is also home to Germany's largest public broadcasting network, ARD, and its largest commercial network, Pro7-Sat1 Media AG. The headquarters of the German branch of Random House, the world's largest publishing house, is in Munich.

The Bavaria Film Studios are in the suburb of Grünwald. They are one of Europe's biggest and most famous movie production studios.

Lufthansa has opened a second hub at Munich's Franz Josef Strauss International Airport. It is the second-largest airport in Germany, after Frankfurt International Airport.

Sights and attractions 
 English Garden (Englischer Garten)
 Deutsches Museum (Science Museum)
 Oktoberfest
 Frauenkirche (Cathedral of Our Lady)
 Olympiaturm (Olympic Tower, a radio and TV broadcasting station)
 Bavaria statue

Transportations

Airport 
Munich Airport - Franz Joseph Strauss (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM)

Public transportation 
 
Munich has one of the most comprehensive systems in the world. There are subways, suburban trains, trams and buses.

Sports
Munich is the most successful city in Bundesliga history. FC Bayern Munich have won 20 national championship along with 13 DFB Cups, 5 UEFA Champions League/European Championship, 1 UEFA Cup and 1 UEFA Cup Winners Cup for 39 trophies.

Munich hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics. They were one of the host cities for the 2006 Football World Cup. Munich bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games but lost to Pyeongchang. In September 2011 the DOSB President Thomas Bach said that Munich would bid again for the Winter Olympics in the future.

Sports clubs 
 Bayern Munich
 TSV 1860 Munich
 SpVgg Unterhaching – not really a club from Munich as Unterhaching is a rural town of its own
 Munich Irish Rovers FC
 EHC Munich – local professional hockey club

Colleges and universities 
Munich's universities are known for their high ranking in Germany.
 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
 Technical University of Munich
 Munich University of Applied Sciences

Sister cities 
  Bordeaux (France), since 1964
  Cincinnati (US), since 1989
  Edinburgh (Scotland), since 1954
  Harare (Zimbabwe), since 1996
  Kyiv (Ukraine), since 1989
  Sapporo (Japan), since 1972
  Verona (Italy), since 1960

Beers 
 Augustiner Bräu
 Hacker-Pschorr
 Hofbräu
 Löwenbräu
 Paulaner
 Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu

References

Other websites 
 stadt.muenchen.de/rathaus – German page
 Munich travel guide

 
Olympic cities
1158 establishments
12th-century establishments in Europe
Establishments in Germany