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Oberföhring
Bogenhausen (Central Bavarian: ''Bognhausn'') is the 13th borough of Munich, Germany. It is the geographically largest borough of Munich and comprises the city's north-eastern quarter, reaching from the Isar on the eastern side of the Englischer Garten to the city limits, bordering on Unterföhring to the north, Aschheim to the east and the Haidhausen (Munich), Haidhausen borough to the south. In 1805 the Treaty of Bogenhausen was signed which allied Bavaria to Napoleonic France. Sub-divisions Alt-Bogenhausen Alt-Bogenhausen is the oldest part of Bogenhausen and is located between the river Isar to the west, the Prinzregentenstrasse (Munich), Prinzregentenstraße to the south and the Mittlerer Ring to the east and north. Alt-Bogenhausen is one of Munich's most desirable residential districts and has some of the highest quality housing in town which comes with the highest rental prices in Germany. The borough's main artery is ''Ismaninger Straße'', connecting Prinzregentenst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own. It ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The metropolitan area has around 3 million inhabitants, and the broader Munich Metropolitan Region is home to about 6.2 million people. It is the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, third largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Munich is located on the river Isar north of the Alps. It is the seat of the Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavarian administrative region. With 4,500 people per km2, Munich is Germany's most densely populated municipality. It is also the second-largest city in the Bavarian language, Bavarian dialect area after Vienna. The first record of Munich dates to 1158. The city ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Englischer Garten
The ''Englischer Garten'' (, ''English Garden'') is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count Rumford (''Reichsgraf von Rumford''), for Prince Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria. Thompson's successors, Reinhard von Werneck (1757–1842) and Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (1750–1823), advisers on the project from its beginning, both extended and improved the park. With an area of (370 ha or 910 acres), the ''Englischer Garten'' is one of the world's largest urban public parks. The name refers to its English garden form of informal landscape, a style popular in England from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century and particularly associated with Capability Brown. History Creation When the Elector of Bavaria Maximilian III Joseph, the last ruler from the Bavarian branch of the Wittelsbach dynasty, died childless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismaninger Straße
The Ismaninger Straße is a city center, Arterial road, entrance and exit road in Munich. Route The road continues straight to the north along the Innere Wiener Straße at the Max-Weber-Platz in Haidhausen (Munich), Haidhausen, crosses the Prinzregentenstraße (Munich), Prinzregentenstraße at the city district border between the districts of Au-Haidhausen and Bogenhausen, and continues east on the eastern ''Isarhochufer'' of the old town of Bogenhausen at the traditional restaurant ''Bogenhauser Hof'' (No. 85) and further on the former noble seat ''Steppberg'' (later ''Villa Fleischer'', completed after the World War I, First World War as ''Reichsfinanzhof'', (now ''Federal Fiscal Court, Bundesfinanzhof'') over to the ''Herkomerplatz'' fort, where it comes from the Isar bridge ''Max-Joseph-Brücke'' to meet Montgelasstraße, which is extended from Bülowstraße to ''Effnerplatz''. The extension of the Ismaninger Straße forms the Oberföhringer Straße, which continues on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isarring
The Isarring is a four-lane section of the Mittlerer Ring, the '' Bundesstraße 2 R'' (federal highway), in Munich. It is used by 110,000 cars every day and was constructed in 1966. Route The Isarring joins at the Ungererstraße exit onto Schenkendorfstraße. From this intersection-free junction, the Ungererstraße turns into the '' Bundesstraße 11'' as it leaves the city. On the side leaving the city is now, the '' Nordfriedhof''; the ring is lowered at this point. After a right turn, the road leads into the ''Biederstein Tunnel'', whose name derives from the ''Schlösschen Biederstein'' (Castle Biederstein), but which was demolished decades ago. In its place are a dormitory and a retirement home. After the tunnel and a left turn, the ring leads through the ''Englischer Garten'' (English Garden). On the right is the '' Kleinhesseloher See'' (lake) with the restaurant ''Seehaus''. It then follows the ''Tucherpark'' exit, where the road crosses the Isar The Isar () is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypo-Haus
The listed HVB Tower or formerly Hypo-house (Hypo-Haus) or Hypo high-rise building (Hypo-Hochhaus) is an administrative building of the HypoVereinsbank in Munich. Architecture and history In 1960 there were the first thoughts to centralize the headquarters of Hypo-Bank, Hypobank, which was located to twelve different locations at that time. In 1970, concrete planning for the construction of the hypo-house at the Arabellapark started in cooperation with the architectural firm Betz. The construction preparations began in September 1974 with the excavation. For the low-rise buildings and the pillars of the tower, construction work began in April 1975. In November 1978, the new offices were occupied in the low-rise buildings. The skyscraper was completed in 1981 and opened officially on 16 November 1981. Today it is part of the administrative center of HypoVereinsbank at the Arabella Park. The ensemble also includes two low-rise buildings (North and South) and the later built "Hypo-Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Samwer
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Quandt
Stefan Quandt (born 9 May 1966) is a German billionaire heir, engineer and industrialist. As of December 2024, ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth at US$21.6 billion, ranked at number 89 on Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Early life Quandt was born in Bad Homburg to Herbert Quandt, a German industrialist and prominent Nazi, and Johanna Quandt. He earned a degree from the University of Karlsruhe where he studied economics and engineering, from 1987 to 1993. Career From 1993–1994, Quandt worked for the Boston Consulting Group in Munich. From 1994 to 1996 he worked for Datacard Group of Minneapolis as a marketing manager in Hong Kong. BMW On his father's death in 1982 Quandt inherited 17.4% of BMW, the company his father had saved from bankruptcy in 1959. From further purchases he later owned 23.7% of the company. In 1997, he joined the company's supervisory board. Following his mother’s death in 2015, Quandt’s voting stake in BMW temporarily increased to 34.19 percent, ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Hohlmeier
Monika Hohlmeier (née Strauß; born 2 July 1962) is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Christian Social Union, part of the European People's Party. Between 1998 and 2005 she served as Bavarian State Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs. Early life and education Born in Munich, Bavaria, Hohlmeier is the daughter of former German politician Franz Josef Strauss. She completed a training as a hotel manager. Political career Bavarian State Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs, 1998–2005 Between 1998 and 2005, Hohlmeier served as Bavarian State Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs in the government of Minister-President Edmund Stoiber. In 2005, she decided to step down from her office, amid accusations she allowed party votes to be falsified and got jobs for friends; she was replaced by Siegfried Schneider (politician), Siegfried Schneider. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Berger
Roland Berger (born 22 November 1937) is a German entrepreneur, consultant and philanthropist. Life Roland Berger was born in Berlin in 1937 as Robert Altmann; his family name changed later, after his father, Georg L. Berger, married his mother in a second marriage. An early member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), Georg Berger was chief bookkeeper of the Hitler Youth from 1936 to 1939, and in 1940 was appointed general manager of the aryanized Austrian food company Ankerbrot. In 1937 Hitler had appointed Georg Berger Ministerialrat in the Reichswirtschaftsministerium. Contrary to earlier statements by Roland Berger, Georg Berger was not an active opponent of the persecution of the Jews, nor was he ever sent to a concentration camp. Rather, Berger profited willingly off their persecution.Roland Berger (in German). ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bavarian
Central or Middle Bavarian form a subgroup of Bavarian dialects in large parts of Austria and the German state of Bavaria along the Danube river, on the northern side of the Eastern Alps. They are spoken in the ' Old Bavarian' regions of Upper Bavaria (with Munich), Lower Bavaria and in the adjacent parts of the Upper Palatinate region around Regensburg, in Upper and Lower Austria, in Vienna (see Viennese German), in the state of Salzburg, as well as in the northern and eastern parts of Styria and Burgenland. Before 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans, it was also spoken in Hungary and southern Bohemia and Moravia.Kurt Gustav Goblirsch, ''Consonant Strength in Upper German Dialects'', John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012 aNOWELE Supplement Seriesvol. 10 (originally Odense University Press 1994), p. 23 It also influenced Austrian German. Differences There are noticeable differences in the language within the group, but changes occur along a west-east dialect continuum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grünwald, Bavaria
Grünwald (German language, German for ''green forest'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Munich (district), district of Munich, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Isar, 12 km southwest of Munich (centre). it had a population of 11,303. Grünwald is best known for medieval Grünwald Castle (Burg Grünwald), the Bavaria Film Studios (one of Europe's biggest and most famous movie production studios), and as a domicile for many prominent and rich people (Grünwald is the wealthiest municipality in Germany). The castle serves as a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection, Bavarian Archaeological Museum. For the 1972 Summer Olympics, the municipality hosted the Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, individual road race cycling event. A nearly circuit to be traversed eight times was used. Notable residents * Sophia Flörsch, German race driver * Robert Freitag, Austrian-Swiss stage and screen actor and film dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Burda
Hubert Burda (born 9 February 1940) is a German billionaire publisher. He is the owner, publisher and general partner of Hubert Burda Media, a global media company of more than 600 media products, including websites, print magazines and other brands. It operates in 20 countries, predominantly in Germany and the UK. Its brands include ''Focus'', ''Bunte'' and ''Radio Times''. Burda is chairman of the conference Digital Life Design (DLD), which takes place annually in January in Munich. ''Forbes Magazine'' estimates his net worth at $4 billion. Early life Burda is the youngest son of the publishing couple Franz and Aenne Burda, alongside his older brothers Franz and Frieder. As a sixth-form pupil he took painting lessons daily and hoped to become a painter, against his father's wishes. His father permitted him to study art history only on condition that he wait until after the age of 25 to begin. Burda attended the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, where he studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
