"The Heart Of Bavaria" a Munich Travel Page by traveloturc

Munich (German München), the third largest of German city in south central Germany, the capital of Bavaria, on the Isar River. It is an important industrial, cultural, and transportation center, and attracts many tourists with its elegant shops, fashionable nightclubs, great breweries, and lively festivals. A nearby international airport and a network of railroads and highways connect Munich with the rest of Germany and other cities of Europe.

The city was founded in 1158 by the Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, next to a settlement of Benedictine monks, called Munichen (Latin Monacum, Monachium). In the late 15th century Munich underwent a revival of gothic arts
. Duke Wilhelm V commissioned the Jesuit Michaelskirche, which became a center for the counter-reformation, and also built the Hofbräuhaus for brewing brown beer in 1589.After Munich quickly became a center of baroque life. Munich was under the control of the Habsburg family for some years after Maximilian II Emanuel made a pact with France in 1705 In 1806, it became the capital of the new Kingdom of Bavaria, with the state's parliament (the Landtag)in 1930 the first ever television was showcased at the city's Deutsches Museum (founded in 1903) on the banks of the Isar. Numerous inventors and scientists worked in Munich, including, Georg Ohm, Rudolf Diesel, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Alois Alzheimer, and the young Albert Einstein Munich also became a center of the arts and literature again, as, Henrik Ibsen, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and many others lived and worked there.In 1911. The city was a home for painters like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and for numerous writers like Rainer Maria Rilke. After World War I, the city was at the center of much political unrestd.Vladimir Lenin, who had lived in Munich some years before, sent a congratulatory telegram to thye communist in Munchen .
In 1923 Hitler and his supporters, who at that time were concentrated in Munich, staged the Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic and seize power.In 1933. Because of its importance to the rise of Nazism, the Nazis called it the Hauptstadt der Bewegung ("capital of the movement"). The NSDAP headquarters were in Munich and many Führerbauten ("Führer-buildings") were built around the Königsplatz, some of which have survived to this day.In !939 Georg Elser failed with his attempt to assassinate Hitler during his annual speech to commemorate the Beer Hall Putsch in the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich.The city was very heavily damaged by allied bombing during World War II - the city was hit by 71 air raids over a period of five years.
Munich was the site of the 1972 Summer Olympics, during which Israeli athletes were assassinated by Palestinian terrorists (see Munich massacre), Several games of the 1974 World Cup were also held in the city, including the German triumph against the Netherlands in a legendary final.The current Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising on June 29, 1951. Ratzinger served as Archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1982.

Although Munchen is considered as the most prosperious city in Europe
and the mother land of Art ,sciences and literature the main important facade of the city is the october fest held in october(Despite its name, most of Oktoberfest occurs in September. It always finishes on the first Sunday in October)and of course beer...