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Munich

Munich

About Munich

1,378,176 in city
0 in metro
310 km² (120 mi²)
523 m
The capital and largest city of the Bavarian province. Munich means the home of monks and traces its origins to the 8th centruy Benedictine monastery at Tegernsee. It has long been a center of the arts and education. Modern Munich is flamboyant yet easy going, and is often considered to be the most attractive major German city. It is a principal convention and financial center.

Zones

Olympia Areal (36), Parkstadt Schwabing (14)

Boroughs

Allach-Untermenzing (1), Altstadt-Lehel (34), Au-Haidhausen (5), Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied (4), Berg am Laim (21), Bogenhausen (38), Feldmoching-Hasenbergl (16), Hadern (8), Laim (12), Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt (14), Maxvorstadt (10), Milbertshofen-Am Hart (30), Moosach (32), Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (20), Obergiesing (8), Pasing-Obermenzing (4), Ramersdorf-Perlach (33), Schwabing-Freimann (48), Schwabing-West (9), Schwanthalerhöhe (15), Sendling (5), Sendling-Westpark (3), Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln (21), Trudering-Riem (7), Untergiesing-Harlaching (1)

Metro Cities

Adelsdorf, Aschheim, Dachau, Feldkirchen, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Garching, Germering, Haar, Hallbergmoos, Ismaning, Kirchheim, Mainburg, Marktheidenfeld, Munich, Olching, Ottobrunn, Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Starnberg, Unterföhring, Unterhaching, Unterschleißheim

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
425 All Buildings
405
existing
8
under construction
3
planned
5
unbuilt
4
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Hochhaus Uptown München 479 ft 2004
2 Highlight I 413 ft 2004
3 HVB-Tower 373 ft 1981
4 Highlight II 371 ft 2004
5 SV-Zentrale 338 ft 2008

Building types

No. Type
225 high-rise building
144 low-rise building
13 church
9 skyscraper
5 stadium
4 chimney
4 monument
3 mast (framework)
3 water tower
2 building with towers
2 hall
2 telecommunications tower
2 airport tower
2 open-air structure
1 windmill
1 sculpture
1 observation tower
1 multi-story building
1 palace

Other buildings

No. Type
6 Famous buildings
15 Buildings with construction images