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Dachau was the concentration camp that was in operation the longest, from March 1933 to April 1945, nearly all twelve years of the Nazi regime. Dachau's close proximity to Munich, where Hitler came to power and where the Nazi Party had its official headquarters, made Dachau a convenient location.
The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a beer hall in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, originally built in 1589 by Bavarian Duke Maximilian I as an extension of the Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München brewery. The general public was admitted in 1828 by Ludwig I. The building was completely remodeled in 1897 by Max Littmann when the brewery moved to the suburbs.
1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Electrification. 750 V DC third rail. Average speed. 35.6 km/h (22.1 mph) The Munich U-Bahn ( German: U-Bahn München) is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. The system began operation in 1971, [1] and is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG; Munich Transport ...
The Munich Metropolitan Region is one of eleven metropolitan regions in Germany, consisting of the agglomeration areas of Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Landshut, Rosenheim and Landsberg am Lech. It is Germany's fifth most populous metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan-Region , the Frankfurt Rhine-Main-Region , the Berlin ...
The Autobahn ( IPA: [ˈaʊtoˌbaːn] ⓘ; German plural Autobahnen, pronounced [ˈaʊ̯toˌbaːnən] ⓘ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is Bundesautobahn (abbreviated BAB ), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word Bundesautobahn is 'Federal Auto (mobile) Track'.
As the German name for Munich, München, means Home of Monks, the monk in this case is a self-explanatory symbol (canting arms) who represents the city of Munich. Appearing on a document of 28 May 1239, the oldest seal of Munich has a picture of a monk wearing an open hood.
The Munich Opera Festival ( German: Münchner Opernfestspiele) takes place yearly in the Bavarian capital from late June to late July. [1] [2] Preceding on the calendar the two nearby festivals of Bayreuth and Salzburg, which both start in late July, the festival summarizes the concluding main season's work of the Bavarian State Opera, which ...
