Garching bei München

Also see: Garching an der Alz in Altötting district.

Garching
Garching
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Munich
Mayor	Hannelore Gabor (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	28.16 km2 (10.87 sq mi)
Elevation	481 m  (1578 ft)
Population	15,336  (1 January 2005)
- Density	545 /km2 (1,411 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	M
Postal code	85748
Area code	089
Website	garching.de Coordinates: 48°15′0″N 11°39′0″E / 48.25°N 11.65°E / 48.25; 11.65

Garching bei München or Garching is a city in Bavaria, Germany near Munich. It is the home of several research institutes and university departments. It became a city on 1990-09-14.

Location

The town is at 48°15′N 11°39′E / 48.25°N 11.65°E / 48.25; 11.65, near the River Isar and the A9 autobahn. The Munich U-Bahn metro line 6 connects the city with the stations Garching-Hochbrück, Garching and Garching-Forschungszentrum.

Like many places near Munich, Garching bei München is a reasonably safe town. Various restaurants are scattered through town, but mainly in the center. The town is quiet and quaint, and has virtually no nightlife.

Districts

The town has four districts:

• Garching
• Dirnismaning
• Hochbrück
• Hochschul- und Forschungszentrum (University and Research Centre) - formerly known as Forschungsinstitute (Research Institutes)

Educational and research institutes

Several research and scientific educational institutions are based in Garching, including:

• Departments of the Technische Universität München (TUM)
  • physics
  • the research reactor FRM-II
  • semiconductor physics and engineering (Walter Schottky Institute)
  • chemistry [1]
  • mechanical engineering [2]
  • mathematics [3]
  • computer science [4]
• Max Planck Institutes:
  • Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
  • Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
  • Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ)
• Part of the physics department of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
• Headquarters of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
• Federal Research Institute for Food Chemistry (DFA)
• Walter Meißner Institute (WMI) of the BAdW (low-temperature physics)
• Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE)
• Reactor safety research [5]
• General Electric Global Research Center
• Leibniz-Rechenzentrum [6] of the BAdW (central computing facilities for the Munich universities and other research institutes)

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Garching bei München is twinned with:

• Lørenskog (Norway)
• Radeberg (near Dresden)

External links

• http://www.garching.de/ (Official Town Website)
• European Southern Observatory (ESO)
• Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
• Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE)
• Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
• Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ)
• Physics Department TUM
• Chemistry Department TUM
• Mechanical Engineering
• Walter Meissner Institute (WMI)
• Walter Schottky Institute (WSI)
• Research Neutron Source (FMR II)
• Federal Research Center for Food Chemistry (DFA)
• Leibniz Computer Center (LRZ)

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