Sendling is a borough of Munich

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...

. It is located south-west of the city centre and spans of the city boroughs Sendling and Sendling-Westpark

Sendling-Westpark

Sendling-Westpark is the 7th borough of Munich.- Location :Sendling-Westpark is located south west of Munich and expands into the North/South extension from the 8th borough Schwanthalerhöhe as far as Obersendling . The eastern border contains the S-Bahn line to Wolfratshausen, which connects...

. Sendling is sub-divided into Obersendling, Mittersendling and Untersendling. Unter- and Mittersendling are located in the borough of Sendling, Obersendling is located in the borough of Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln

Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln

Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln is the 19th borough of Munich, Germany, comprising the extreme southern part of the city on the left back of the river Isar. After the administrative reform, the boroughs Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried and Solln were incorporated, thus...

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Overview

Sendling is mainly a residential quarter, with shops and businesses straddling the Plinganserstraße around the historical core of Sendling. It is a multicultural quarter, having one of the largest rates of foreigners among the population. The proposed site for the new Mosque in Sendling

Mosque in Sendling

The Mosque in Sendling, Munich, Germany, is situated on Schanzenbachstraße. The Mosque has existed there since 1989 as an Islamic prayer house mainly for Turkish Muslims.- Name & organisation :...

  is located at Gotzinger Platz, opposite St. Korbinian Church.

Harras, an urban square near the historical centre of Sendling, is the busiest square of the borough. A number of shops and businesses line the square; Plinganserstraße, an important traffic artery running from north to south, skirts Harras in the east. A railway station, Harras Station, is located nearby, serviced by U-Bahn

Munich U-Bahn

The Munich U-Bahn system is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. "U-Bahn" is the German contraction for Untergrundbahn or "subway." It is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft...

 metro and S-Bahn

Munich S-Bahn

The Munich S-Bahn is an electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for stadtschnellbahn , and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteristics of both rapid transit and commuter rail systems.The Munich S-Bahn network is operated by S-Bahn München, a subsidiary...

 suburban trains. Harras is the business point in Munich-South. There are many shops, working places and two of the biggest schools in Munich : Dante-Gymnasium and Klenze-Gymnasium

The Westpark is a large recreational park located in the west of the borough. It was laid out for the International Gardening Exhibition that took place in Munich in 1983. Munich's main traffic artery, the Mittlerer Ring cuts right through the park and divides it into an eastern and a western park.

The Wholesale Market Munich

Wholesale Market Munich

The Großmarkthalle München is an international wholesale market located in the Munich borough of Sendling. In an area of 310,000 m², 270 importing companies and wholesalers offer 140 different product classes from 83 countries with a sales volume of more than 750 million Euro...

, located in the eastern part of the borough, is Europe's third-largest grocercy market as well as the borough's largest single employer.

Sendling is served by the U-Bahn metro lines 3 and 6 as well as the S-Bahn suburban trains 7, 20 and 27. Harras Station is served by some regional train services, as well.

Sendling's Night of Murder

Historically, Sendling is known for the Sendlinger Mordweihnacht ("Sendling's Night of Murder"), a massacre of rebelling peasants which took place there in 1705.