Also see: Garching an der Alz in Altötting district.

Garching
Garching
Coordinates	48°15′0″N 11°39′0″E / 48.25°N 11.65°E / 48.25; 11.65
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

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Districts

The town has four districts:

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] International relations

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Garching bei München is twinned with:

• Lørenskog (Norway)
• Radeberg (near Dresden)

[edit] 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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