From only 24,000 inhabitants in 1700, the city population doubled about every 30 years. It was 100,000 in 1852, 250,000 in 1883 and 500,000 in 1901. Since then, Munich has become Germany's third-largest city. In 1933, 840,901 inhabitants were counted, and in 1957 over 1million. Munich has reached 1.5million in 2022. Yair Mintzker (2012). The Defortification of the German City, 1689–1866. Cambridge University Press. p.112. ISBN 9781108577755. After making an alliance with Napoleonic France, the city became the capital of the new Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 with Elector Maximillian Joseph becoming its first King. The state parliament (the Landtag) and the new archdiocese of Munich and Freising were also located in the city. [ citation needed] Munich was (and in some cases, still is) home to many of the most important authors of the New German Cinema movement, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Edgar Reitz and Herbert Achternbusch. In 1971, the Filmverlag der Autoren was founded, cementing the city's role in the movement's history. Munich served as the location for many of Fassbinder's films, among them Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. The Hotel Deutsche Eiche near Gärtnerplatz was somewhat like a centre of operations for Fassbinder and his "clan" of actors. New German Cinema is considered by far the most important artistic movement in German cinema history since the era of German Expressionism in the 1920s. [ citation needed] Logo of Bavaria Film

The first medieval bridges across the river Isar were located in current city areas of Munich and Landshut. [14] The Duke of Saxony and Bavaria Henry the Lion founded the town of Munich in his territory to control the salt trade, after having burned down the town of Föhring and its bridges over the river Isar. [22] Historians date this event at about 1158. [23] The layout of Munich city, with five city gates and market place, resembled that of Höxter. [24] Anlage zu § 1. Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG" (in German). Archived from the original on 23 April 2009 . Retrieved 24 October 2023. Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst | einfach München". Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst | einfach München (in German). Archived from the original on 4 September 2023 . Retrieved 4 September 2023. Bart Plantenga (2013). Yodel in Hi-Fi: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica. University of Wisconsin Press. pp.173–174. ISBN 9780299290535.Die ausländische Bevölkerung nach der Staatsangehörigkeit 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 June 2018 . Retrieved 19 June 2018. On 13 February 1327, a large fire broke out in Munich that lasted two days and destroyed about a third of the town. [32] Nightlife in Munich is located mostly in the boroughs Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt, Maxvorstadt, Au-Haidhausen, Berg am Laim and Sendling. Between Sendlinger Tor and Maximiliansplatz, on the edge of the central Altstadt-Lehel district, there is also the so-called Feierbanane (party banana), a roughly banana-shaped unofficial party zone spanning 1.3km (0.8mi) along Sonnenstraße, characterized by a high concentration of clubs, bars and restaurants, which became the center of Munich's nightlife in the mid-2000s. [159] Bahnwärter Thiel Public sporting facilities in Munich include ten indoor swimming pools [124] and eight outdoor swimming pools, [125] which are operated by the Munich City Utilities (SWM) communal company. [126] Popular indoor swimming pools include the Olympia Schwimmhalle of the 1972 Summer Olympics, the wave pool Cosimawellenbad, as well as the Müllersches Volksbad which was built in 1901. Further, swimming within Munich's city limits is also possible in several artificial lakes such as for example the Riemer See or the Langwieder lake district. [127] River surfing [ edit ] Surfer on the Eisbach river wave

Andrew L. Thomas (2010). A House Divided: Wittelsbach Confessional Court Cultures in the Holy Roman Empire, C. 1550–1650. BRILL. p.101. ISBN 9789004183704. Hannes Burger: 350 Jahre Paulaner-Salvator-Thomasbräu AG. 1634–1984. Jubiläums-Festschrift. Paulaner-Salvator-Thomasbräu AG, München 1984 In July 2017, Munich had 1.42million inhabitants; 421,832 foreign nationals resided in the city as of 31 December 2017 with 50.7% of these residents being citizens of EU member states, and 25.2% citizens in European states not in the EU (including Russia and Turkey). [111] Along with the Turks, the Croats are one of the two largest foreign minorities in the city, which is why some Croats refer to Munich as their "second capital." [112] The largest groups of foreign nationals were Turks (39,204), Croats (33,177), Italians (27,340), Greeks (27,117), Poles (27,945), Austrians (21,944), and Romanians (18,085). Shmuel Burmil; Ruth Enis (2011). The Changing Landscape of a Utopia. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft. p.143. ISBN 9783884622841. Michael Brenner (2022). In Hitler's Munich: Jews, the Revolution, and the Rise of Nazism. Princeton University Press. p.23. ISBN 9780691191034.Munich is a financial center and global city that holds the headquarters of many companies. This includes more companies listed by the DAX than any other German city, as well as the German or European headquarters of many foreign companies such as McDonald's and Microsoft. One of the best-known newly established Munich companies is Flixbus. In 1634 Swedish and Spanish troops advanced on Munich. Maximilian I published a plague ordinance to halt an epidemic escalation. [40] The bubonic plague nevertheless ravaged Munich and the surrounding countryside in 1634 and 1635. [41] During the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) troops again converged on Munich in 1647 and precautions were taken, so as to avoid another epidemic. [42]

Michael Warner; John Childress (2020). The Use of Force for State Power: History and Future. Springer International Publishing. p.223. ISBN 9783030454104. Reeves, Nicholas (January 2015). "A Rare Mechanical Figure from Ancient Egypt". Metropolitan Museum Journal. 50 (1): 42–61. doi: 10.1086/685672. S2CID 192400311. Munich is the hub of a developed regional transportation system, including the second-largest airport in Germany and the Berlin–Munich high-speed railway, which connects Munich to the German capital city with a journey time of about 4 hours. Flixmobility which offers intercity coach service is headquartered in Munich. In the Landtag of Bavaria, Munich is divided between nine constituencies. After the 2018 Bavarian state election, the composition and representation of each was as follows: Adrienne Steffen; Susanne Doppler, eds. (2020). Case Studies on Food Experiences in Marketing, Retail, and Events. Elsevier Science. p.137. ISBN 9780128177938.Archaeological Showcase at the Münchner Stadtmuseum: Discoveries from the Marienhof excavations (2011/2012) |date=7 November 2021 }}

Munich Central Train Station serves about 450,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in Germany. Munich Central Train Station alongside München Ost railway station are two of the 21 stations in Germany classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 1 station.At the turn of the 20th century Schwabing was a preeminent cultural metropolis. Schwabing was an epicenter for both literature and the fine arts, with numerous German and non-German artists living there. [147] Alexander Cowan; Jill Steward (2013). The City and the Senses: Urban Culture Since 1500. Ashgate Publishing Limited. p.140. ISBN 9781409479604. Bernd Meier, Ludwig Maile: Heilig Kreuz Fröttmaning 815–1990. Kirchenverwaltung und Pfarrgemeinderat St. Albert, München 1990, S. 13–15. The Munich cuisine contributes to the Bavarian cuisine. Munich Weisswurst ("white sausage", German: Münchner Weißwurst) was invented here in 1857. It is a Munich speciality. Traditionally Weisswurst is served in pubs before noon and is served with sweet mustard and freshly baked pretzels.