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Population growth. The population of Munich was only 24,000 in 1700, but it doubled every 30 years, and in 1852 the population exceeded 100,000, qualifying it a large city ( Großstadt) by German administrative standards.
Origin. The year 1158 is assumed to be the foundation date of Munich, which is only the earliest date the city is mentioned in a document. By that time the Guelph Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, built a bridge over the river Isar next to a settlement of Benedictine monks . The monks' presence dated back to the 8th century, although ...
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With a population of 1,589,706 inhabitants as of 29 February 2024, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union.
1 Geography and cityscape. 2 History. 2.1 City fortified. 2.2 Center of Counter Reformation. 2.3 Kingdom of Bavaria. 2.4 World War I. Nazi stronghold. 2.6 World War II. Munich rebuilt. 3 Government. 4 Economy. 5 Demographics. 6 Society and culture. 7 Looking to the future. 8 Notes. 9 References. 10 External links. 11 Credits.
Munich (in German, München ) was born 850 years ago, when Henry the Lion--the Duke of Bavaria and Saxony--was on a development binge that led to the creation of Munich, Lübeck, Brunswick, and several other cities.
Munich is the third biggest city of Germany, and the capital of Bavaria. It has a population of around 1,500,000. The metropolitan area of Munich includes the city itself, and all the suburbs around it, and has about 3 million people in it; whereas the metropolitan region has 6.2 million people.
