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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Upper Bavaria

Elevation
  
481 m (1,578 ft)

Area
  
28.16 km²

Postal code
  
85748

State
  
Bavaria

District
  
Munich

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Local time
  
Friday 1:18 PM

Population
  
15,224 (31 Dec 2008)

Garching bei München

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 19 km/h, 54% Humidity

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 14 September 1990.

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Map of 85748 Garching, Germany

Location

The town is at 48°15′N 11°39′E, near the River Isar and the A9 autobahn.

Garching has a number of scientific research institutes and scientific experiments located in the city, including a linear accelerator and a research nuclear reactor. The nuclear research reactor, nicknamed Atomei (nuclear egg) appears in the city's coat of arms, and started the process leading to an accumulation of research institutes. A number of roads and places in the city are named after scientists, mathematicians and technical innovators, including "Carl-Von-Linde-Strasse", "Dieselstrasse", "Einsteinstrasse", "Eulerweg", "Heisenbergstrasse", "Max-Planck-Strasse", "Röntgenstrasse", "Schrödingerweg".

Districts

The town has four districts:

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

    • Transport

    The Munich U-Bahn metro line 6 connects the city with the stations Garching-Hochbrück, Garching and Garching-Forschungszentrum.

    Educational and research institutes

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

  • Departments of the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • physics
  • FRM-II research reactor
  • semiconductor physics and engineering (Walter Schottky Institute)
  • chemistry [1]
  • mechanical engineering
  • mathematics
  • computer science
  • 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)
  • ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre at ESO Headquarters
  • Federal Research Institute for Food Chemistry (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie; DFA)
  • Walther Meißner Institute (WMI) of the BAdW (low-temperature physics)
  • Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE)
  • Reactor safety research [2]
  • General Electric Global Research Center
  • Leibniz-Rechenzentrum [3] of the BAdW (central computing facilities for the Munich universities and other research institutes)
  • BMW M GmbH - high-performance/motorsport vehicle research and development

    • International relations

    Garching bei München is twinned with:

  • Lørenskog (Norway)
  • Radeberg (Germany)

    • Sport

    The town's association football club VfR Garching, formed in 1921, experienced its greatest success in 2014 when it won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern for the first time.

    References

    Garching bei München Wikipedia
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