Garching bei München

Garching bei München
Garching
Coat of arms
Garching bei München
Coordinates: 48°15′N 11°39′E / 48.250°N 11.650°E / 48.250; 11.650Coordinates: 48°15′N 11°39′E / 48.250°N 11.650°E / 48.250; 11.650
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Munich
Government
• Mayor	Dietmar Gruchmann (SPD)
Area
• Total	28.16 km2 (10.87 sq mi)
Elevation	481 m (1,578 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	17,534
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	85748
Dialling codes	089
Vehicle registration	M
Website	Official website

Garching bei München or Garching is a city in Bavaria, Germany, near Munich. It is the home of several research institutes and university departments. It became a city on 14 September 1990.

Location

The town is at 48°15′N 11°39′E / 48.250°N 11.650°E / 48.250; 11.650, near the River Isar and the A9 autobahn.

Garching has a number of scientific research institutes and scientific experiment facilities located in the city, including a linear accelerator and a research nuclear reactor. The nuclear research reactor, nicknamed Atomei (nuclear egg) appears in the city's coat of arms, and started the process leading to an accumulation of research institutes. A number of roads and places in the city are named after scientists, mathematicians and technical innovators such as Carl von Linde, Rudolf Diesel, Albert Einstein, Leonhard Euler, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, Wilhelm Röntgen, and Erwin Schrödinger.

Districts

The town has four districts:

• Garching
• Dirnismaning
• Hochbrück
• Hochschul- und Forschungszentrum (University and Research Centre) - formerly known as Forschungsinstitute (Research Institutes)

Transport

The Munich U-Bahn metro line 6 connects the city with the stations Garching-Hochbrück, Garching and Garching-Forschungszentrum.

Educational and research institutes

Garching Research Center (Garching-Forschungszentrum)

Several research and scientific educational institutions are based in Garching, including:

• Departments of the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • physics
  • FRM-II research reactor
  • semiconductor physics and engineering (Walter Schottky Institute)
  • chemistry
  • mechanical engineering
  • mathematics
  • computer science
• Max Planck Institutes:
  • 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)
  • Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF)
• Part of the physics department of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
• Headquarters of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
  • ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre at ESO Headquarters
• Federal Research Institute for Food Chemistry (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie; DFA)
• Walther Meißner Institute (WMI) of the BAdW (low-temperature physics)
• Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE)
• Reactor safety research
• General Electric Global Research Center
• Leibniz-Rechenzentrum of the BAdW (central computing facilities for the Munich universities and other research institutes)
• BMW M GmbH - high-performance/motorsport vehicle research and development

International relations

Garching bei München is twinned with:

• Lørenskog (Norway)
• Radeberg (Germany)

Sport

The town's football club VfR Garching, formed in 1921, experienced its greatest success in 2014 when it won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern for the first time.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garching bei München.

• Official Town Website