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It is an important industrial, cultural, and transportation center, and attracts many tourists with its elegant shops, fashionable nightclubs, great breweries, and lively festivals. A nearby international airport and a network of railroads and highways connect Munich with the rest of Germany and other cities of Europe.</font> </p> <div style="clear:left"></div><a name="p2"> </a><p> <font size="2" class="pkey">The old part of the city, on the western bank of the Isar River, has a number of baroque and rococo buildings, mostly built in the first half of the 18th century by the rulers of Bavaria, who were inspired by Italian models. In the center of the old section is the Marienplatz, a well-known square, which is dominated by the city hall, the ornate <i>Neues Rathaus</i>, built between 1867 and 1908. Next to the city hall is the 15th-century Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), a massive late Gothic brick cathedral with two towers (99 m/325 ft high).</font> </p> <div style="clear:left"></div><a name="p3"> </a><p> <font size="2" class="pkey">Several of the original gates to the city, including Sendlinger Gate (1310) and Isar Gate (1337), are still standing. The Hellabrunn Zoo is one of the largest in Germany. The city also has a large English garden, with a lake; a Chinese <a class="qv" href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562054/Pagoda.html">pagoda</a>; and the Haus der Kunst, an art gallery, within its confines. The baroque Nymphenburg Castle (begun 1664) is located in an opulently landscaped park. A large stadium was erected for the 1972 Olympic Games, which were held in Munich. On the eastern bank of the Isar River is the Maximilianeum (1874-1877), home of the Bavarian parliament.</font> </p> <div style="clear:left"></div> <div style="clear:left"></div><a name="s2"> </a><table class="sectiontitle" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="baseline"> <td class="sec2">II</td> <td width="15"></td> <td> <h2 class="sec1">Cultural Institutions</h2> </td> </tr> </table> <div><a class="pseclink" href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/text_761556802___2/Munich.html" title="View print-ready information">Print this section</a></div><a name="p4"> </a><p> <font size="2" class="pkey">Among the many museums and art galleries of Munich is the Deutsches Museum (German Museum), a museum of science and technology located on an island in the Isar River. The Bavarian National Museum in the city contains arts and crafts from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. A leading German art gallery is the Alte Pinakothek (1836); its collection includes many paintings by the old masters. Munich's Neue Pinakothek, opened in 1981 to replace a museum that was destroyed during World War II (1939-1945), contains an important collection of 19th-century European art.</font> </p> <div style="clear:left"></div> <hr style="color:#CCCCCC;clear:right;height:2px"> <div style="width:400px"><div class="pamod"><div class="pamodtitle">More from Encarta</div><div class="patitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.degreesandtraining.com/index.jsp">College degrees and career training</a></div><div class="pabody"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.degreesandtraining.com/index.jsp">Explore online and on-campus programs.</a></div><div class="palink"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.degreesandtraining.com/index.jsp">Learn how to get that degree!</a></div><div class="patitle"><a href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/education_1/Default.aspx">Recharge your brain</a></div><div class="pabody"><a href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/education_1/Default.aspx">We serve up a heady brew of Encarta's best.</a></div><div class="palink"><a href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/education_1/Default.aspx">Check out Coffee Break.</a></div><div class="patitle"><a href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Lists/?article=20ThingsSleep">Are you a somniphobe?</a></div><div class="pabody"><a href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Lists/?article=20ThingsSleep">Fear of sleep keeps some people awake.</a></div><div class="palink"><a href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Features/Lists/?article=20ThingsSleep">Check out our list of 20 things you didn't know about sleep.</a></div></div></div> <hr style="color:#CCCCCC;height:2px"><a name="p5"> </a><p> <font size="2" class="pkey">Other notable cultural centers are the National Theater, the home of the Bavarian State Opera; and the Residenz (Royal) Palace, containing the Reiche Zimmer, the Treasury, and the Cuvilliés Theater—a sumptuously decorated rococo theater designed (1751-1753) by François de Cuvilliés. Munich also is an important center of film production and radio and television broadcasting.</font> </p> <div style="clear:left"></div><a name="p6"> </a><p> <font size="2" class="pkey">The city is the seat of the Ludwig Maximilian University, founded in Ingolstadt in 1472 and transferred to Landshut in 1800 and to Munich in 1826. A technical university (1868) also is here.</font> </p> <div style="clear:left"></div> <div style="clear:left"></div><a name="s4"> </a><table class="sectiontitle" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="baseline"> <td class="sec2">III</td> <td width="15"></td> <td> <h2 class="sec1">History</h2> </td> </tr> </table> <div><a class="pseclink" href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/text_761556802___4/Munich.html" title="View print-ready information">Print this section</a></div><a name="p8"> </a><p> <font size="2" class="pkey">Munich was founded in 1158 as a mint and marketplace by Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony. In 1255, the powerful Wittelsbach family, who ruled as the dukes of Bavaria, made the city their residence. Munich was destroyed by fire in 1327 and later rebuilt by Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor. In 1632, during the Thirty Years' War, the city was captured by Gustav II Adolph of Sweden. Much of the modern development and splendid architecture of Munich date from the reigns of three kings of Bavaria: Maximilian I, Louis I, and Louis II. After World War I (1914-1918) the city was the center of the political unrest that led to the rise of <a class="qv" href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761560927/National_Socialism.html">National Socialism</a> under Adolf Hitler. In 1923 Hitler staged the abortive “beer hall <i>putsch,</i>” or revolt, in Munich. In 1938 representatives of the major European powers signed the <a class="qv" href="/web/20090820001252/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562425/Munich_Pact.html">Munich Pact</a> in the city, ceding to Germany the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia. Heavily damaged during World War II, the city has been carefully rebuilt to a master plan that included reconstruction wherever possible. 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