Munich
Capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany
Also known as Muenchen · Monachium · Münich · Munich, Germany
- Country
- Germany(since 1990)
- , West Germany(1949–1990)
- , allied-occupied Germany(1945–1949)
- +6 more
- Located in
- Upper Bavaria(since 1837)
- , Isarkreis(1808–1837)
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- , Q19964046(1507–1802)
- +1 more
- Population
- 1,505,036(December 31, 2025)
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- , 1,505,005(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 1,510,378(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +21 more
- 1,505,036(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 310.71 km²(2016)
2
Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- , 310.74 km²(October 31, 2013)
- , 0.86 mi²(1867)
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- 310.71 km²(2016)
- Elevation
- 519 m
- Head of government
- Dominik Krause(since 2026)
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- , Dieter Reiter(2014–2026)
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- , Christian Ude(1993–2014)
- +20 more
- Dominik Krause(since 2026)
- Founded
- 1158
2
Sources- 1.“Stadtgründung München: Brannte die Brücke?”br.de/themen/bayern/inhalt/unterwegs-in-bayern/isar-brueckenbrand-stadtgruendung100.htmlRetrieved 2020-01-09
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2022-11-26
- 1158
- Postal code
- 80331–81929
- , 85540
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
454 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Vehicle registration plate code
- M(since 1956)
- MUC(since 2023)
1
Sources- 1.“MUC-Kennzeichen für München seit 1. Dezember 2023 verfügbar”muenchen.de/verkehr/aktuell/muc-kennzeichen-fuer-muenchner-fahrzeuge-ab-dezember-2023
- Native label
- München pronunciation audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schönitzer (WMDE)-München.wav · ipa transcription: ˈmʏnçn̩
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- München pronunciation audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Michael Schönitzer (WMDE)-München.wav · ipa transcription: ˈmʏnçn̩
- Capital of
- Bavaria reason for preferred rank: status quo
1
- Munich District reason for preferred rank: status quo
- Upper Bavaria reason for preferred rank: status quo
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Isarkreis(1808–1837)
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- Bavarian Soviet Republic
- People's State of Bavaria
- Q19964046
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- Bavaria reason for preferred rank: status quo
- Budget
- €9.54B valid in period: 2025
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Sources- 1.“Haushaltsplan 2025 | Band 1 Gesamthaushalt”stadt.muenchen.de/dam/jcr:4de1b470-a315-4413-bdcb-3c5db92ec9bf/Band_1_Internet.pdfRetrieved 2025-08-15
- €6.6B valid in period: 2018
- €9.54B valid in period: 2025
- Twinned administrative body
- Edinburgh(since 1954)
4
Sources- 1.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtpolitik/Partnerstaedte/Edinburgh.html
- 2.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburghs-ten-sisters-remarkable-cities-18177349
- 3.stadt.muenchen.de/infos/partnerstaedte.html
- 4.democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s34650/Item%207.8%20-%20Edinburgh%20International%20Framework.pdf
- Verona(since 1960)
- Bordeaux(since 1964)
- Sapporo(since 1972)
- Cincinnati(since 1989)
- Kyiv(since 1989)
4
Sources- 1.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtpolitik/Partnerstaedte/Kiew.html
- 2.old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf
- 3.kyivcity.gov.ua/kyiv_ta_miska_vlada/pro_kyiv/mista-pobratimi_z_yakimi_kiyevom_pidpisani_dokumenti_pro_poridnennya_druzhbu_spivrobitnitstvo_partnerstvo/
- 4.stadt.muenchen.de/infos/partnerstaedte.html
- Harare(since 1996)
- Monterrey
- Edinburgh(since 1954)
- Demonym
- Münchner applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Münchnerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Münchnerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- Munkenano
- Munichoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Munichois applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- мюнхенец applies to part: masculine singular
- мюнхенцы applies to part: masculine plural
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- мюнхенець applies to part: masculine singular
- мюнхенка applies to part: feminine singular
- мюнхенці applies to part: plural
- münchenez applies to part: masculine singular
- monacensi applies to part: masculine plural
- Budget
- €9.62B(2025) reason for preferred rank: status quo
1
Sources- 1.“Haushaltsplan 2025 | Band 1 Gesamthaushalt”stadt.muenchen.de/dam/jcr:4de1b470-a315-4413-bdcb-3c5db92ec9bf/Band_1_Internet.pdfRetrieved 2025-08-15
- €8.87B(2023)
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Sources- 1.“Haushaltsplan 2023 | Band 1 Gesamthaushalt mit Allgemeinem Teil, Teilhaushalten, Zentralen Ansätzen und Stellenplan”stadt.muenchen.de/dam/jcr:b45ea579-86bc-4539-ae74-927412402a9e/Band_1_Gesamthaushalt_2023.pdfRetrieved 2024-01-19
- €7.1B(2021)
1
Sources- 1.“Der Stadthaushalt | 2021”stadt.muenchen.de/dam/jcr:3f134f3a-b10a-4cfc-962d-c4fd233df576/Stadthaushalt_2021-Online-Version.pdfRetrieved 2024-01-19
- €9.62B(2025) reason for preferred rank: status quo
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- Mayors for Peace(since 2005)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Bayerischer Städtetag
1
Sources- 1.bay-staedtetag.de/bayerischer-staedtetag/mitglieder/alphabetische-liste/Retrieved 2019-11-17
- Working Group of Bicycle-Friendly Municipalities in Bavaria
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- Official name
- München
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- München
- Shares border with
- Munich District(since 1880)
- District of Dachau(since 1938)
- District of Fürstenfeldbruck(since 1942)
- Garching bei München
- Q55278376(1862–1879)
- Q55278629(1862–1879)
- Neubiberg
- Oberschleißheim
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- Short name
- M
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- LHM applies to part: Landeshauptstadt München
- MUC
- M
- Time of earliest written record
- June 14, 1158 image: Augsburger schied 02.jpg · object named as: forum apud Munichen
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Sources- 1.“München in Zahlen”muenchen.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/muenchen-in-zahlen.htmlRetrieved 2020-01-09
- 2.Stated in Augsburger Schied
- June 14, 1158 image: Augsburger schied 02.jpg · object named as: forum apud Munichen
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Altstadt-Lehel
- Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
- Maxvorstadt
- Schwabing-West
- Au-Haidhausen
- Sendling
- Sendling-Westpark
- Schwanthalerhöhe
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- Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
- Moosach
- Milbertshofen-Am Hart
- Schwabing-Freimann
- Bogenhausen
- Berg am Laim
- Trudering-Riem
- Ramersdorf-Perlach
- Obergiesing-Fasangarten
- Untergiesing-Harlaching
- Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln
- Hadern
- Pasing-Obermenzing
- Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied
- Allach-Untermenzing
- Feldmoching-Hasenbergl
- Laim
- Male population
- 725,905(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-14
- 717,308(December 31, 2018)
- 725,905(September 30, 2021)
- Female population
- 762,297(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-14
- 754,200(December 31, 2018)
- 762,297(September 30, 2021)
- Social media followers
- 7,240(January 16, 2024) youtube channel id: UCUpmzhtRAiRYDUmpshbt9wA
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- 127,671(May 25, 2023) subreddit: munich
- 268,686(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17229628
- 7,040(November 26, 2022) youtube channel id: UCUpmzhtRAiRYDUmpshbt9wA
- 6,730(October 12, 2021) youtube channel id: UCUpmzhtRAiRYDUmpshbt9wA
- 260,627(January 3, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17229628
- 250,448(April 22, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17229628
- 7,240(January 16, 2024) youtube channel id: UCUpmzhtRAiRYDUmpshbt9wA
- IPA transcription
- ˈmʏnçn̩ language: German
- Different from
- München criterion used: toponym is not unique
- Munich criterion used: toponym is not unique
- Motto text
- Weltstadt mit Herz
- München mag Dich
- Awards
- Führerstadt(1937)
- Hauptstadt der Bewegung(July 7, 1936)
- Phone number
- +49-89-2330
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Sources- 1.“Kreisverwaltungsreferat”risi.muenchen.de/risi/dokument/v/5473688
- +49-89-115 applies to part: 3-1-1
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Sources- 1.“Impressum und Datenschutz”stadt.muenchen.de/infos/impressum-datenschutz.html
- +49-89-2330
- Fax number
- +49-89-23326458
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Sources- 1.“Impressum und Datenschutz”stadt.muenchen.de/infos/impressum-datenschutz.html
- +49-89-23326458
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Bayern/München.map
- Name
- München
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 472,067(December 5, 2025) youtube channel id: UC-AI98tQmZHnJPh3EPwLF7Q · youtube handle: rathausmunchen
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- 472,067(December 5, 2025) youtube channel id: UC-AI98tQmZHnJPh3EPwLF7Q · youtube handle: rathausmunchen
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 48.2481°N, 11.5007°E
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 48.0617°N, 11.5087°E
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 48.1371°N, 11.7229°E
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 48.1581°N, 11.3608°E
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On other databases
156 identifiers linking Munich across the web's reference databases
- Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID39806
- App Store app ID1578828008
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier8119817192832802134
- ArchINFORM location ID258
- BabelNet ID00056219n
- Bavarikon IDODB_A00000904
- BBC Things ID71ecc10e-6b39-4229-a0a8-21468671cf42
- BHCL UUID12d6d33b-e6ee-49f2-9513-e1f3aa25899e
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11864901q
- BIBSYS ID4094773
- British Museum place IDx26041
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDmunchen-20
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10162563
- CANTIC ID981060922756506706
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00030740
- CiNii Research ID1140000791829043584
- Comic Vine ID4020-57945
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/Bavaria/Localities/Munich/
- Data Commons IDnuts/DE212
- Der Spiegel topic IDmuenchen
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--43364
- Domain namemuenchen.de
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDb82db615-6917-4296-bb58-f6afca279bc5
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0009046
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Munich-Bavaria-Germany
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDmunich
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)dMju2
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526948
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID70480
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ4375
- Facebook location ID116045151742857
- Facebook usernamemuenchen
- FactGrid item IDQ10427
- Fandom article IDgermany:Munich
- FAST ID1205308
- Freebase ID/m/02h6_6p
- GADM IDDEU.2.54_1
- GeoNames ID6559171
- German district key09162
- German municipality key09162000
- German regional key091620000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004333
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Munich
- GitHub topicmunich
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDMunich (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)
- GND ID4127793-4
- Google Maps Customer ID75637923834337405
- Google Play Store app IDde.swm.muenchenapp
- Google+ ID110857161346153584395
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDmunic
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0044844
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDMünchen
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDmiunkhen-7171e8
- Grove Art Online IDT060321
- Gynopedia IDMunich
- Harper's tagmunich-germany
- HASCDE.BY.MN
- HDS ID006600
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDadm_139162
- IATE entry ID874616
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30704
- IdRef ID026392933
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ1726
- IMDb keywordmunich-germany
- INaturalist place ID108211
- Instagram location ID213359469
- Instagram usernamemuenchen
- Interlingual Index IDi82984
- ISNI0000000121893141
- J9U entity ID987007554825005171
- Japan Search name IDミュンヘン
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID11216
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)15521
- Joconde location IDT84-618
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4127793-4
- Klexikon article IDMünchen
- Klimadashboard.de region ID1a449c1b-055a-4775-a413-0796d1263a43
- KSW place ID78649
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID6690
- Larousse IDville/Munich/134388
- Latin Place Names IDm/monachii
- Le Figaro tag IDMunich
- Lemmy community IDmunich@discuss.tchncs.de
- Lex IDMünchen
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79059670
- LinkedIn company or organization IDstadt-muenchen
- Mindat locality ID234243
- München Wiki article IDMünchen
- Museum-digital place ID80
- MusicBrainz area ID89bbbab6-72de-43eb-81ba-e620ab207008
