Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
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Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, the capital of the German state of Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. They had been merged into the borough 09 - Neuhausen-Nymphenburg in 1992. For further information on the Munich boroughs, see: Boroughs of Munich
Boroughs of Munich
Since the administrative reform in 1992, Munich is divided into 25 boroughs or Stadtbezirke:-References:Source:...
.
Location
Nymphenburg borders in the north-west on Obermenzing, in the southwest on PasingPasing
Pasing is a district in the city of Munich, Germany and part of the borough Pasing-Obermenzing.-Overview:Pasing is located west of the Munich city centre, at the north-western edge of the city's innermost traffic zone. The district is mainly residential; there is a large concentration of shops,...
in the north on Moosach
Moosach
Moosach is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Glonn.- Geography :...
and in the southeast on Neuhausen.
The borough 09 ranges from the Mars-field at the inner edge of town to the Nymphenburg Palace
Nymphenburg Palace
The Nymphenburg Palace , i.e. "Nymph's Castle", is a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria, southern Germany. The palace was the main summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria.-History:...
in the west and extends from the Olympic Park over the villa colony in Gern
Gern
Gern is an U-Bahn station in Munich on the U1, it opened on 24 May 1998. The station includes displays on local history and is also noted for its innovative lighting; nine pyramidal aluminium fixtures give the illusion of daylight streaming in from above....
to the railway tracks railway station Pasing.
History and description
Typical of the borough is its mix of different urban areas. In the end of the 19th Century in the vicinity of the castle's avenues a prestigious residential neighborhood was built in which numerous examples of late nineteenth architecture, like the villas colonies Neuwittelsbach and Gern has been received.In 1890 the borough Neuhausen was unincorporated, which had already been a prosperous district. It was dominated by residential and office houses in a closed, dense block-building style. Along the Arnulfroad and its side streets, these are often cooperative apartment buildings such as the partly under preservation attempt-settlement of the Bavarian Post and Telegraph Association and the village of Neuhausen. In the north of the Rotkreuzplatz there are more villas and town houses of the early days.
In the south along the railway tracks there are partly dominating large-scale commercial used buildings. Center and urban hub of the neighborhood of the Rotkreuzplatz. Some well-preserved buildings from the founder and inter-war period with the rich variety of green spaces give Neuhausen a high quality of living. While the old quarters in the vicinity of Nymphenburgerstreet and Blutenburgstreet are home to upper middle class for some time, the sometimes less sumptuously executed turn of the century buildings offer in the vicinity of Schulstreet and Donnersbergerstreet housing for various population groups. But has also kept the so-called gentrification catchment by road trains and remodeled buildings were renovated. In addition, there were numerous conversions take place in condominiums and shops were once easy to architectural firms, alternative shops, bars and restaurants. For this reason, the City Council in 2006 extended the statute for preservation of this neighborhood, to counteract the displacement of ancestral inhabitants.
On 1 January 1891 the independent municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
Nymphenburg was incorporated to the city of Munich.
It is named after the Nymphenburg Palace
Nymphenburg Palace
The Nymphenburg Palace , i.e. "Nymph's Castle", is a Baroque palace in Munich, Bavaria, southern Germany. The palace was the main summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria.-History:...
, former summer residence of the Bavarian kings
King of Bavaria
King of Bavaria was a title held by the hereditary Wittelsbach rulers of Bavaria in the state known as the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1805 until 1918, when the kingdom was abolished...
. Today the castle along with the Nymphenburg Palace Park is one of the most popular sights of Munich.
The in 1747 by Elector Max III. Joseph founded Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
The Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer of Nymphenburg porcelain, is situated in the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, capital of Bavaria, and since the mid-eighteenth century has been manufacturing porcelain of high artistic value.- History :After his accession in 1745 Maximilian III...
, the Royal Stables Museum of Nymphenburg and the Museum of Man and Nature
Museum of Man and Nature
The Museum Mensch und Natur is a German natural history museum. It is occupies part the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Bavaria.- Bear exhibit :...
is located next to the palace. On the Nymphenburg Palace Park also borders the Botanical Garden
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
, which entrance is near the Bavarian State Office of Weights and Measures. The Hirschgarten and the Olympic Park
Olympic Park
An Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games. Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre. It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics complex in the case of the summer games, or the main...
complement the diverse range of parks and recreational areas. Because the borough is connected by the motorway A8
Bundesautobahn 8
is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near Salzburg....
and the ring road it is charged by high traffic volumes. Neuhausen-Nymphenburg has about 90,000 inhabitants, according to Ramersdorf-Perlach the second highest population of the boroughs of Munich. In the north of Neuhausen, between the borough is Gern and Moosach-Nederling, in the northeastern the borough of Ebenau.
The jobs of the district are in addition to trade and service sector largely in the public sector. Apart from the branch of Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
, the Bundeswehr
Bundeswehr
The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
's administrative center, the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office
Landeskriminalamt
Landeskriminalamt - is the German term for a State Investigation Bureau in Germany. LKAs are part of the state police which, in turn, is directly subordinate to the respective state ministry of the interior.-Investigations:...
, and numerous hospitals, such as the Red Cross Hospital, the German Heart Center, the Brothers of Mercy Hospital and the Third Order Hospital there are also major social institutions in the borough.
The proportion of foreigners Nymphenburg is low, in Neuhausen it's average. Regarding the age distribution Neuhausen is the younger of the two districts.
Statistics
(As of each 31 December, residents whose main residence)| year | residents | foreigners | area (ha) | res./ha | source and further details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 81.968 | 17.923 (21,9%) | 1,291,86 | 63 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2001. pdf-Download |
| 2001 | 82.235 | 17.972 (21,9%) | 1.291,86 | 64 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2002. pdf-Download |
| 2002 | 81.947 | 17.795 (21,7%) | 1.291,86 | 63 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2003. pdf-Download |
| 2003 | 81.661 | 17.703 (21,7%) | 1.291,84 | 63 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2004. pdf-Download |
| 2004 | 81.921 | 18.041 (22,0%) | 1.291,61 | 64 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2005. pdf-Download |
| 2005 | 82.156 | 17.890 (21,8%) | 1.291,45 | 64 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2006. pdf-Download |
| 2006 | 84.604 | 18.016 (21,3%) | 1.289,08 | 66 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2007. pdf-Download |
| 2007 | 85.964 | 18.118 (21,1%) | 1.287,95 | 67 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2008. pdf-Download |
| 2008 | 87.043 | 18.836 (21,2%) | 1.293,31 | 67 | Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2009. pdf-Download |
Education and Culture
- Blutenburg-Theatre, Blutenburgstraße 35
- History Workshop Neuhausen e. V., Neuhauser Trafo, Nymphenburger Str. 171a
- Maxim (Cinema), Landshuter Allee 33
- Munich College, Außenstelle Neuhausen, Neuhauser Trafo, Nymphenburger Str. 171a
- Munich Library, Borough-Library, Neuhauser Trafo, Nymphenburger Str. 171a
- Nymphenburger Schools, School-Center, Sadelerstraße 10
- Pathos Transportation Theatre, Dachauer Straße 110d
Politics
In Munich each borough has a Borough Committee (Bezirksausschuss BA). The Borough Committees are elected by local citizens in municipal elections. The Borough Committee consists 39 members. The election of the Borough Committee of 2 March 2008 yielded the following results:- SPD 16 seats – 41,4 %
- CSU 10 seats – 26,6 %
- Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 9 seats – 20,1 %
- FDPFDPFDP may refer to:Political parties:* Free Democratic Party * FDP.The Liberals, a political party in Switzerland** Free Democratic Party of Switzerland, a predecessor to FDP.The Liberals* Free Democratic Party of the former East Germany...
3 seats – 7,6 % - David contra Goliath/ÖDP 1 seat – 4,3 %
Chairman of the BA is Ingeborg Staudenmeyer (SPD). The Vice-Chairmen are Roland Zintl (Greens) and Immoi Scheibel (CSU). The Greens and the ÖDP provide a common fraction.
The municipality is represented in the City Council by Oliver Belik (SPD) and Councilwoman Elizabeth Schmucker (CSU).
Celebrities
- The author Alfred AnderschAlfred AnderschAlfred Hellmuth Andersch was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany and died in Berzona, Ticino, Switzerland...
. - The author Manfred Bieler.
- The historic Karl Bosl.
- The architect Hans Döllgast.
- The toolmaker Anton DrexlerAnton DrexlerAnton Drexler was a German right-wing political leader of the 1920s, known for being Adolf Hitler's mentor during his early days in politics.-Biography:...
. - The actor Helmut FischerHelmut FischerHelmut Fischer was a popular award winning German actor.-Life:Helmut Fischer was the son of a businessman and a tailor and grew up in the Munich district of Neuhausen in Donnersbergerstraße 50a, where he also went to school...
. - Landscape painter Max HaushoferMax HaushoferMaximilian Joseph Haushofer was a German landscape painter and professor of landscape painting at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts....
(1811–1866). - Ellis Kaut, developer of PumucklPumucklPumuckl is a Kobold from a German radio play series for children. He is a descendant of the Klabautermänner.He is invisible to people around him except for the master carpenter Eder with whom Pumuckl lives....
. - Oskar von MillerOskar von MillerOskar von Miller was a German engineer and founder of the Deutsches Museum, a large museum of technology and science....
founder of Deutschen MuseumsDeutsches MuseumThe Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of technology and science, with approximately 1.5 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. The museum was founded on June 28, 1903, at a meeting of the Association...
. - The sculptor Karl Knappe.
- Carl OrffCarl OrffCarl Orff was a 20th-century German composer, best known for his cantata Carmina Burana . In addition to his career as a composer, Orff developed an influential method of music education for children.-Early life:...
(1895–1982). - The journalist Ponkie.
- Lilo RamdohrLilo RamdohrLieselotte Fürst-Ramdohr was a member of the Munich branch of the student resistance group White Rose in Nazi Germany. She was born in Aschersleben.- Early life :...
(born 1913) lived as Lilo Berndl from 1941 until 1944 in Nymphenburg, where in May 1942 cartoons with leaflets of the White Rose had been highjacked by Alexander SchmorellAlexander SchmorellAlexander Schmorell was one of five Munich University students who formed a resistance group known as White Rose which was active against Germany's Nazi regime from June 1942 to February 1943.-Early life:Schmorell's father, a medical doctor, was a German born and raised in Russia...
. - The poet Eugen Roth.
- The author Augustin SouchyAugustin SouchyAugustin Souchy was a German anarchist, antimilitarist, and journalist.- First World War :At the outbreak of the First World War he moved in Austria. From there he was deported to and forced to wear a sign around his neck that read "Beware: Anarchist!", which later became the title of his...
. - According to legend, Neuhausen was Christianized by Blessed Winthir in the 8th century.
- The soccer-player Philipp LahmPhilipp LahmPhilipp Lahm is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and Germany. Lahm is also the captain for both the national team and Bayern....
(* 1983).
External links
- Neuhausen at www.muenchen.de
- Nymphenburg at www.muenchen.de
- Bezirksausschuss 9 Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
- Geschichte des Stadtteils
- KulturGeschichtsPfad Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
- Literatur zu Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
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