Garching
Garching bei München | |
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 Garching | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Garching bei München within Munich district  | |
  Garching bei München  Garching bei München | |
| Coordinates:48°15′N11°39′E/ 48.250°N 11.650°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Munich |
| Government | |
| •Mayor(2020–26) | Dietmar Gruchmann (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.16 km2(10.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 481 m (1,578 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 17,526 |
| • Density | 620/km2(1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| Postal codes | 85748 |
| Dialling codes | 089 |
| Vehicle registration | M |
| Website | www |
Garching bei München(German:[ˈɡaʁçɪŋbaɪ̯ˈmʏnçn̩],Garching near Munich) orGarchingis acityinBavaria,nearMunich.It is the home of several research institutes and university departments, located atCampus Garching.
History[edit]
Spatial urban planning[edit]
Garching was small Bavarian village, until theFree State of Bavariadecided to implement a technology and urban planning policy wherebyscienceshould be clustered north ofMunich.Thisurban planningpolicy was in line with the principles advanced by the International Congress of Modernist Architects (CIAM) in the 1933Athens Charter.Garching was redeveloped in three spatially separated parts, to cover the urban functions of industry, habitation, and research. In 1959 a new residential quarter forMax Planck Societyemployees was constructed. In 1960 theMax Planck Institute for Plasma Physicswas established in Garching.[2]
In 1963Technical University of Munich(TUM) published plans, whereby some TUM institutes would be moved to Garching.[3]TheMax Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physicsand theInstitute for Radiochemistrywere both established in Garching in 1964. In 1966 theBavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanitiesestablished theWalther Meißner Institute for Low Temperature Researchin Garching. In 1967 the TUM and theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich(LMU) established a joint accelerator laboratory in Garching. In the same year the TUM moved its department of chemistry and its department of biology to Garching. The industry zone of Garching was built up inGarching-Hochbruck.[4]However, Garching only promoted itself as science city, by incorporating the localnuclear reactor,affectionately known as "atomic egg", in the official coat of arms in 1967.[5]
After World War II the scientific publishing business started off slowly and had to be relaunched.[6]A photojournalist lamented, that "photographers would rather go visit the kampas, the dangerous natives on the banks of theUcayali River,than ProfessorHeisenbergin theMax Planck Institute."[7]
Districts[edit]
The town has four districts:
- Garching city
- Garching Hochbrück
- Campus Garching(University and Research Campus)
High-tech hub[edit]
Garching is part of theNordallianz,a group of 8 towns and cities situated north ofMunich.
Transport[edit]
The town is at48°15′N11°39′E/ 48.250°N 11.650°E,near the riverIsarand theBundesautobahn 9.
TheMunich U-Bahnline U6 connects the city with the stationsGarching-Hochbrück,GarchingandGarching-Forschungszentrum(Garching Science Campus).
University and research institutes[edit]
Several research and scientific educational institutions are based in Garching, including:
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Technical University of Munich(TUM)
- Institutes of theMax Planck Society(MPG)
- European Southern Observatory(ESO)
- Federal Research Institute for Food Chemistry (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für LebensmittelchemieDFA)
- Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE)
- General ElectricGlobal Research Center
- BMW Mhigh-performance vehicle research and development
Twin towns[edit]
Garching bei München istwinnedwith:
Sport[edit]
The town's football clubVfR Garching,formed in 1921, experienced its greatest success in 2014 when it won promotion to theRegionalliga Bayernfor the first time.
References[edit]
- ^Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag(Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
- ^Mikael Hård; Thomas J. Misa, eds. (2008).Urban Machinery: Inside Modern European Cities.Mass. p. 218.ISBN9780262083690.
- ^Mikael Hård; Thomas J. Misa, eds. (2008).Urban Machinery: Inside Modern European Cities.Mass. p. 216.ISBN9780262083690.
- ^Mikael Hård; Thomas J. Misa, eds. (2008).Urban Machinery: Inside Modern European Cities.Mass. p. 218.ISBN9780262083690.
- ^Mikael Hård; Thomas J. Misa, eds. (2008).Urban Machinery: Inside Modern European Cities.Mass. p. 219.ISBN9780262083690.
- ^Cathryn Carson (2010).Heisenberg in the Atomic Age: Science and the Public Sphere.Cambridge University Press. p. 137.ISBN9780521821704.
- ^Cathryn Carson (2010).Heisenberg in the Atomic Age: Science and the Public Sphere.Cambridge University Press. p. 143.ISBN9780521821704.
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