Unterschleißheim is a town in Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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. It is located about 10 km north of the city limits 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...

, and has a population of 27,106 (December 31, 2007).

History

Unterschleißheim was first mentioned in 785. During World War II

World War II

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, a women's subcamp of Dachau concentration camp was located here. The town's 1200th anniversary in 1985 incorporated the inauguration of the new town center with the Town Hall and Citizens Advice Bureau. On December 16th, 2000, Unterschleißheim was granted privileges of a town

Town privileges

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, known as 'Stadtrecht' in German.

Unterschleißheim's coat of arms symbolises the city's past and present. The shield of the coat of arms is divided. The upper part shows a golden zigzag line on a blue background. The lower part incorporates a green branch of a spruce and a green oak leaf on a golden background.

Unterschleißheim is the home of a corporate office of Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems

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, as well as the headquarters of Microsoft

Microsoft

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's subsidiary in Germany and for Eastern Europe.

Recreation

Lake Unterschleißheim was created from 1979-1980 by extracting fill to build the Autobahn. Over the past 3 decades it has become an almost natural lake, with an ecologically balanced zone, a conservation area for seabirds during the nesting season, and a damp biotop covering 26 acres (105,218.4 m²) of land, of which roughly 18 acres (72,843.5 m²) is used for sunbathing. With numerous shallow areas this is a popular summer gathering area for families with children, and used frequently for ice skating and curling

Curling

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 in the winter.

Transportation

Unterschleißheim is situated at the crossroads of two Autobahns, the A99

Bundesautobahn 99

- History :A ring Autobahn round Munich was planned in 1938, but war intervened and construction was deferred. Sections of the road were constructed to the north and east of the city in the 1960s and 1970s, following a route significantly further from the city centre than the ring planned in the...

 and A92, with direct routes to Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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, Nuremberg

Nuremberg

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 and the Munich Airport Franz Josef Strauß. Two S-Bahn

S-Bahn

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 stations on the Munich–Regensburg line, served by S1

S1 (Munich)

The S1 is a line on the Munich S-Bahn....

 trains, connect Unterschleißheim with the regional rail system.

Sister cities

Town twinning

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Le Cres

Le Crès

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, France

France

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 Lucka

Lucka

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, Germany

Germany

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 Zengoalja Kistekseg, Hungary

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 Zelenograd

Zelenograd

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, Russia

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External links

• Official homepage of Unterschleißheim (in German and English)