Motorhome Hire Munich, Germany
Munich or München is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria.
Munich is Germany's third largest city and one of Europe's most prosperous cities. The city has a population of about 1.4 million (as of 2004) and the Munich metropolitan area is home to around 3 million people. The city is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.
The city's motto was "Die Weltstadt mit Herz" (The world city with a heart) for a long time and has been recently replaced by "München mag Dich" (Munich likes you). The figure on Munich's coat-of-arms is a monk referred to as the Münchner Kindl, the child of Munich.
Sightseeing in Munich
Munich is a popular tourist destination and has been described as Germany's "secret capital". Center of the city is the Marienplatz with the Old and the New Townhall, its tower contains as attraction the Rathaus-Glockenspiel, an ornate clock with almost life-sized moving figures that show scenes from a medieval jousting tournament as well as a performance of the famous "Schäfflertanz".
The Peterskirche is the oldest church of the inner city, founded already in the romanesque period. Around this church Munich grew already as a settlements of monks before the city was officially founded in 1158.
The Frauenkirche is the most famous building in the city center. This is Munich's central cathedral and is famous for the brass onion domes that top the twin towers. The domes were added in the 16th century not matching the gothic style of the building and thus giving it a somewhat peculiar style-mix. The original design asked for pointed towers like the dome of Cologne but those where never built for lack of money. At first glance the two towers appear to be the same height but in actual fact one is slightly taller than the other. Unlike most buildings in Munich's old town, the towers of the Frauenkirche survived the war intact, making them more than 500 years old. The Frauenkirche's towers are also the measurement for a new rule which limits the height of new buildings to the same height in the city. This rule was passed in November 2004 by the people of Munich in a referendum organized by Georg Kronawitter, a former SPD mayor, against the will of the political parties in the city's parliament who feared that it would harm the city's attractiveness to investors.
Munich's most famous attraction is the Oktoberfest, a 2-week-long fair with many rides and several very large tents. The Oktoberfest was first held October 12, 1810 in honor of the marriage of crown prince Ludwig to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The festivities were closed with a horse race and in the following years the horse races were continued and later developed into what is now known as the Oktoberfest. Despite its name, Oktoberfest actually begins in September. It lasts two weeks and always finishes on the first Sunday in October unless the German national holiday on the 3rd of October is a Monday or Tuesday - then the Oktoberfest still opens for these days.
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