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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 (32), Au-Haidhausen (5), Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied (4), Berg am Laim (21), Bogenhausen (38), Feldmoching-Hasenbergl (12), Hadern (9), Laim (13), Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt (14), Maxvorstadt (19), Milbertshofen-Am Hart (30), Moosach (36), Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (20), Obergiesing (7), Pasing-Obermenzing (4), Ramersdorf-Perlach (33), Schwabing-Freimann (50), Schwabing-West (9), Schwanthalerhöhe (16), Sendling (5), Sendling-Westpark (3), Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln (23), 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
427 All Buildings
413
existing
1
under construction
3
planned
5
unbuilt
5
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
224 high-rise building
142 low-rise building
16 church
9 skyscraper
5 stadium
4 chimney
4 monument
3 water tower
3 mast (framework)
2 building with towers
2 hall
2 telecommunications tower
2 airport tower
2 open-air structure
2 sculpture
1 observation tower
1 clock/bell tower
1 palace
1 windmill
1 monumental hall

Other buildings

No. Type
6 Famous buildings
15 Buildings with construction images