Garching

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

For the place in Altötting district in Bavaria, see Garching an der Alz.
Garching bei München
Garching
Coat of arms
Location of Garching bei München
Garching bei München
Garching bei München
Coordinates: 48°15′N 11°39′E
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionUpper Bavaria
DistrictMunich
Government
 • MayorDietmar Gruchmann (SPD)
Area
 • Total28.16 km2 (10.87 sq mi)
Elevation
481 m (1,578 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total17,760
 • Density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
85748
Dialling codes089
Vehicle registrationM
WebsiteOfficial website

Location

The town is at 48°15′N 11°39′E, near the river Isar and the Bundesautobahn 9.

Garching has a number of scientific research institutes and scientific experiment facilities located in the city, including a linear accelerator and a research nuclear reactor. The nuclear research reactor, nicknamed Atomei (atomic 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 such as Carl von Linde, Rudolf Diesel, Albert Einstein, Leonhard Euler, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, Wilhelm Röntgen, and Erwin Schrödinger.

Districts

The town has four districts:

Transport

The Munich U-Bahn line U6 connects the city with the stations Garching-Hochbrück, Garching and Garching-Forschungszentrum.

Educational and research institutes
Main article: Campus Garching
Garching Research Center (Garching-Forschungszentrum)

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

Relations

Garching is part of the Nordallianz, a group of 8 towns situated between the city of Munich and Munich Airport.

Garching bei München is twinned with:

Sport

The town's 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
  1. "Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.
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