Garching bei München
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- Also spelled "Garching bei Muenchen" (without "ü").
- Also see: Garching an der Alz in Altötting district.
| Garching | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Munich |
| Mayor | Hannelore Gabor (CSU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 28.16 km² (10.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 481 m (1578 ft) |
| Population | 15,336 (01/01/2005) |
| - Density | 545 /km² (1,411 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | M |
| Postal code | 85748 |
| Area code | 089 |
| Website | garching.de |
Garching bei München or Garching is a town in Bavaria, Germany near Munich. It is the home of several research institutes and university departments.
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[edit] Location
The town is at , near the River Isar and the A9 autobahn. A Munich U-Bahn metro line terminates at the university and research facilities near the town. It is only two U-Bahn stops from Fröttmanning which has the newly built Allianz Arena.
Like many places near Munich, Garching bei München is a reasonably safe town. Various restaurants are scattered through town, but mainly in the center. The town is quiet and quaint, and has virtually no nightlife.
[edit] Districts
The town has four districts:
- Garching
- Dirnismaning
- Hochbrück
- Forschungsinstitute (Research Institutes) - to be renamed Hochschul- und Forschungszentrum (University and Research Centre)
[edit] Educational and research institutes
Several research and scientific educational institutions are based in Garching, including:
- Departments of the Technische Universität München (TUM)
- Max Planck Institutes:
- Part of the physics department of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
- Headquarters of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- Federal Research Institute for Food Chemistry (DFA)
- Walter Meißner Institute (WMI) of the BAdW (low-temperature physics)
- Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE)
- Reactor safety research [5]
- General Electric Global Research Center
- Leibniz-Rechenzentrum [6] of the BAdW (central computing facilities for the Munich universities and other research institutes)
[edit] Sister cities
[edit] External links
- http://www.garching.de/ (Official Town Website)
- European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
- Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
- Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ)
- Physics Department TUM
- Chemistry Department TUM
- Mechanical Engineering
- Walter Meissner Institute (WMI)
- Walter Schottky Institute (WSI)
- Research Neutron Source (FMR II)
- Federal Research Center for Food Chemistry (DFA)
- Leibniz Computer Center (LRZ)
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