Images of Munich

Munich - A beautiful German city

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Discover many pictures of the city of Munich. With more than 1 million inhabitants, Munich in Bavaria is the third German city, but the second tourist destination in the country just behind Berlin. The German city is famous for its historical monuments and many museums. The churches are numerous and original, including Notre Dame cathedral with its domes. You will see pictures of the most famous place Sainte Marie and the town hall. The square is surrounded by many monuments and takes you into the historic center of the city. The following pictures were taken in May 2013. You'll also find information and tips for preparing your trip to Germany and Munich: From when? What budget for a weekend? What to see? Finally, I made a trip to Munich trying to relate the impressions and sensaions felt. Good trip to Munich.

Munich is a city in southern Germany and the capital of the state of Bavaria. With 1 547 190 inhabitants intramural to 30 April 20193 and 2 351 706 inhabitants in its urban area4, it is the third largest city in Germany by the population after Berlin and Hamburg. The Munich Metropolitan Region, which also includes Augsburg and Ingolstadt, has more than five million inhabitants. Crossed by the Isar tributary of the Danube, it is located in the district of Upper Bavaria, at the foot of the Bavarian Alps.

The name of the city comes from the old High German Munichen ("by the monks"), because of the presence of a Benedictine monastery at the current location of the old town; Heraldry is also a monk. First mentioned in 1158, Munich became the home town of the Dukes of Bavaria in 1255 and the Roman Emperor Louis IV. In 1506, after two centuries of division, the principalities unified to form Bavaria. A catholic city - as Notre-Dame cathedral testifies, the main religious building of the city - it is one of the centers of the Counter-Reformation. Becoming the capital of the electorate of Bavaria (1623) and the Kingdom of Bavaria (1805), it became one of the main cultural, artistic and scientific German in the nineteenth century, under the leadership of King Louis II.

During the twentieth century, Munich experienced a significant industrial development, becoming the first economic center of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990) then of reunified Germany. © Pictures of Emmanuel Buchot

Galery photos of Munich

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