Franz Josef Strauss International Airport (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM) is the main airport in Munich. The airport can be reached by suburban train lines S1 and S8. Munich has a large public transport system including Subways, Suburban trains, trams and buses. For its population, Munich has one of the most comprehensive systems in the world. The local transportation is supervised by the Munich Transport and Tariff Associatio ...

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Residents of Munich enjoy a high quality of life. Mercer HR Consulting consistently rates the city among the top 10 cities with highest quality of life worldwide. The 2005 survey ranked Munich as 5th. Munich enjoys a thriving economy - principally information technology, biotechnology, and publishing. Environmental pollution is low, although currently the city is concerned about levels of fine dust in the air. The public transport is extremely efficient, although delays on the S-Bahn (commuter train) often cause frustration during extreme wi ...

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The city was founded next to an already existing settlement of monks Munichen (Latin Monacum, Monachium) by the Welf Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. The village grew around St.Peter church next to a bridge, that Henry initially built over the river 'Isar'. To force traders to use his bridge (and, of course charge them for doing so) he destroyed a nearby bridge owned by bishop Otto von Freising (Freising). Therefore the bishop and Henry quarreled about the city before the emperor at a Imperial Diet held in Aug ...

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The city was founded next to an already existing settlement of monks Munichen (Latin Monacum, Monachium) by the Welf Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria. The village grew around St.Peter church next to a bridge, that Henry initially built over the river 'Isar'. To force traders to use his bridge (and, of course charge them for doing so) he destroyed a nearby bridge owned by bishop Otto von Freising (Freising). Therefore the bishop and Henry quarreled about the city before the emperor at a Imperial Diet held in Aug ...

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Bayern Munich or FC Bayern (German: FC Bayern München) is a German football club. Founded in 1900, it is based in the Bavarian city of Munich. It used to play in the Olympiastadion München, but moved to a new ground, Allianz Arena, in 2005. The club is the most famous and successful in Germany and has a fan base of 110,911 members and 2,189 fan clubs, which makes it the biggest sport club in Germany. The club is also one of only four to have won all three major European trophies. Four Champions League trophies, ...

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising — known in the German language as Erzbistum München und Freising and in Latin as Archidioecesis Monacensis et Frisingensis — is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Bavaria, Germany. It is led by the prelature of the Archbishop of Munich, administering the see from the motherchurch in Munich Frauenkirche, also called the Munich Cathedral. The see was canonically erected circa 739 by Saint Boniface as the Diocese of Freisin ...

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The Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is with approximately 48,000 students the second largest university in Germany (surpassed only by the University of Cologne) and generally considered one of the best universities of Germany, on par with the University of Heidelberg. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities. ...

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The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in Munich, West Germany. In the bid to organise the Olympics, Munich beat out Detroit, Madrid and Montreal. After the 1936 Games in Berlin, it was the second time for the Summer Olympics to take place in Germany. As a counterpart to the Berlin Olympics the Munich Olympics were supposed to present a new, democratic and optimistic Germany to the world, therefore the motto of the Munich Games was "The Happy Games". The emblem was called "Bright Sun", the masco ...

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Dowsing is a controversial practice which proponents claim empowers them to find water, metals, gem stones, and hidden objects by carrying or waving a stick or other apparatus over a piece of land and watching for any movement. Repeated tests under controlled conditions have not supported this claim. Dowsers (sometimes known as diviners) may also use a forked branch of a tree, bent pieces of metal or plastic wire, or a small pendulum. Some people use no pointing device at all. Dowsing - Claims made. Most do ...

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The history of the region is connected to the city of Munich. The district was established in 1852 and underwent several changes due to the ongoing incorporation of municipalities into the city of Munich. In 1972 the constant shrinking of the district was compensated by adding nine municipalities from the former district of Wolfratshausen. ...

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Bayern Munich - History to world War II. The club was formed in 1900 when a number of football enthusiasts split from club MTV 1879, which for their liking was not enthusiastic enough in their attitude towards the new game. Almost from day one Bayern was leading on the local level, but failed to make much of an impact beyond. For financial reasons, and to partake in better facilities the club twice joint forces with other clubs. In 1906 they merged with Münchner SC. After World War I, MSC largely ceased t ...

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Chamberlain received an ecstatic reception upon his return to Britain. At Hendon Aerodrome, north of London, he made the now infamous "peace for our time" speech and waved the agreement to a delighted crowd. Though the British and French were pleased, as were the German military and diplomatic leadership, Hitler was furious. He felt like he had been forced into acting like a bourgeois politician by his diplomats and generals. Joseph Stalin was also very upset by the results of the Munich conference. The Soviets had not been represente ...

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Coches since the inception of the nationale league (Bundesliga) in 1963 1) current coach, record to matchday 17 of 2005-06 season ...

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Bayern Munich - Domestic. 19 German Championships 1932, 1968/69, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05 Runners-up (8): 1969/70, 1970/71, 1987/88, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2003/04 12 German Cups: 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005 ...

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The terrorists demanded the release and safe passage to Egypt of 234 Palestinians and non-Arabs jailed in Israel, and an additional two German prisoners, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof of the German Red Army Faction. The hostage-takers threw the body of Weinberg out the front door of the residence to show their seriousness, Israel's response was immediate and absolute: there would be no negotiation. The German authorities, under the leadership of Chancellor Willy Brandt and Minister for the Interior Hans-Dietrich Genscher rejected Israel' ...

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A deal was reached, however, and on September 29, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier and Benito Mussolini signed the Munich Agreement. The Czechoslovak government capitulated September 30 and agreed to abide by the agreement. The settlement gave Germany the Sudetenland starting October 10, and de facto control over the rest of Czechoslovakia as long as Hitler promised to go no further. Additionally Hitler and Chamberlain signed an additional resolution determining to resolve all future disputes between Germany and the ...

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On September 5, Golda Meir, then Prime Minister of Israel, appealed to other countries to "save our citizens and condemn the unspeakable criminal acts committed". [13] The attack was widely condemned around the world, with King Hussein of Jordan calling it a "savage crime against civilization ... perpetrated by sick minds" (Cooley 1973). Hussein was the only leader of an Arab country to publicly denounce the Olympic attack. The bodies of the five Palestinians — Afif, Nazzal, Chic Thaa, Hamid and Jawad — killed during the Fürstenfeldbruck gun battle were delivered to Libya, where they received heroes' funera ...

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On September 5, Golda Meir, then Prime Minister of Israel, appealed to other countries to "save our citizens and condemn the unspeakable criminal acts committed". [13] The attack was widely condemned around the world, with King Hussein of Jordan calling it a "savage crime against civilization ... perpetrated by sick minds" (Cooley 1973). Hussein was the only leader of an Arab country to publicly denounce the Olympic attack. The bodies of the five Palestinians — Afif, Nazzal, Chic Thaa, Hamid and Jawad — killed during the Fürstenfeldbruck gun battle were delivered to Libya, where they received heroes' funera ...

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TUM was founded by King Ludwig II in 1868. TUM features the world's first research neutron source FRM-II. It went into service on March 2, 2004. ...

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