Ismaning () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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, located near

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 no ...

Geography

In 2016 it had 16,770 inhabitants. The town is located about seven kilometers northeast of Munich on the right high bank of the Isar River that flows into the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

. Near Ismaning there is a large broadcasting facility called Transmitter Ismaning. The river Seebach running through the centre of the town features many different types of freshwater fish.

History

The year 809 saw the first documentary mention. 1319 there was a sale of the villages of Ismaning,

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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 ...

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and Daglfing to the Hochstift Freising by the

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and later Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian in exchange for "a hundred March lotrings silver". This created the county on the Yserrain which existed until 1802. Then Ismaning became part of the

Kingdom of Bavaria The Kingdom of Bavaria ( ; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingd ...

. Ismaning Palace was seat of the Beauharnais family until 1851 and is now seat of the town hall.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy

Originally an agricultural community, Ismaning has been known as an important media location since the mid-1990s. The Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation's Ismaning transmitter has been located to the northeast of the village since 1932. To the south is the media park with ''Sport1 Medien AG'' (Sport1), ''Gong-Verlag'', ''Mainstream Media AG'' (Heimatkanal) and the private radio station ''Antenne Bayern''.

Traffic

Due to its location near Munich, Ismaning is well connected. Ismaning is located on the railroad line ''Munich East-Munich Airport'', the Federal highway 99, the Federal roads B 471, B 388 and B 301 as well as on the State road 2053 (Freising-Ismaning-Unterföhring-Munich). The S8 line of the

Munich S-Bahn The Munich S-Bahn () is an Railway electrification system, electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for ''Stadtschnellbahn'' (literally, "urban rapid rail"), and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteris ...

connects Ismaning with Munich every 20 minutes.

Famous buildings

This center of Ismaning is characterized by the Catholic parish church of St. Johann Baptist. It is located to the south of

Ismaning Palace Ismaning Palace (German language, German: Schloss Ismaning) is a Baroque palace in Ismaning. It currently serves as the town hall. History The palace was built in 1530 by Philip of the Palatinate in the Renaissance style. From 1716 to 1724, it was ...

(with castle park and former farm buildings), which was reconstructed by

Leo von Klenze Leo von Klenze (born Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784 – 26 January 1864) was a German architect and painter. He was the court architect of Ludwig I of Bavaria. Von Klenze was a devotee of Neoclassicism and one of the mo ...

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* {{Authority control Munich (district)