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Germany's most popular tourist destination, Munich is also-according to opinion polls-the city that native Germans would most like to live in. Its popularity is easy to understand. Located within eyeshot of the snowcapped Alps, Munich is sophisticated, wealthy and elegant, a city of broad boulevards and baroque facades; a thriving media and high-tech metropolis, but with a small-town flair and endearing...

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Munich Neighborhoods

Altstadt

Altstadt is Munich's historic city center and is home to many of its most famous landmarks; among them, St. Peter, the Frauenkirche and Marienplatz. The former royal palace, Odeonsplatz, is also a big... more neighborhoods

History

Munich is a young town! Its founding is attributed to the Guelph Duke, Henry of the Lions, who gained the title Duke of Bavaria in 1156. Now a town of approximately 1.4 million inhabitants, the site was...

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