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Munich District
—  District  —
Coat of Arms of Munich (district)
Coat of arms
Bavaria m
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Bavaria
Adm. region Upper Bavaria
Capital Munich
Area
 • Total 667.27 km2 (257.63 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 323,015
 • Density 480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration M (followed by one letter)
Website http://www.landkreis-muenchen.de

Munich District (German: Landkreis München) is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It borders (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Dachau, Freising, Erding, Ebersberg, Rosenheim, Miesbach, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Starnberg, Fürstenfeldbruck, and almost encircles (except for the west and northwest sides) district-free city Munich itself, which is the district seat.

History[]

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.

Geography[]

The district is located in the east and the south of the city Munich, mostly covering the moraine plain around Munich. In the south of the district the foothills of the Alps start, which also contain the highest elevation of the district, two hills 703 m above sea level in the municipality Schäftlarn. The lowest elevation with 471 m is near Unterschleißheim in the north of the district. The main river is the Isar, which also flows through the city of Munich.

Coat of arms[]

Coat of arms The left half of the coat of arms show the Bavarian blue-and-white lozenge symbols. The black and gold (mostly simplified to yellow) colors in the right half are the colors of the city Munich. On top is a wavy line, which symbolizes the river Isar.

Towns and municipalities[]

Towns Municipalities
  1. Garching
  2. Unterschleißheim
  1. Aschheim
  2. Aying
  3. Baierbrunn
  4. Brunnthal
  5. Feldkirchen
  6. Gräfelfing
  7. Grasbrunn
  8. Grünwald
  9. Haar
  10. Hohenbrunn
  11. Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn
  12. Ismaning
  13. Kirchheim
  14. Neubiberg
  1. Neuried
  2. Oberhaching
  3. Oberschleißheim
  4. Ottobrunn
  5. Planegg
  6. Pullach
  7. Putzbrunn
  8. Sauerlach
  9. Schäftlarn
  10. Straßlach-Dingharting
  11. Taufkirchen
  12. Unterföhring
  13. Unterhaching

Government[]

The district is administered by the Landratsamt München and politically led by the Kreistag.

References[]

External links[]

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Coordinates: 48°00′N 11°40′E / 48.0, 11.67


This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at Munich District. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.
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