Garching bei München
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Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Administrative region | Upper Bavaria |
District | Munich |
Population | 15,336 (2005) |
Area | 28.16 km² |
Population density | 548 /km² |
Elevation | 481 m |
Coordinates | 48°15′ N 11°39′ E |
Postal code | 85748 |
Area code | 089 |
Licence plate code | M |
Mayor | Manfred Solbrig |
Website | garching.de |
Garching bei München or Garching is a town in Bavaria, Germany near Munich. It is located at , situated near the river Isar and the A9 motorway. A Munich U-Bahn metro line terminates at the university and research facilities near the town.
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[edit] Districts
- Garching
- Dirnismaning
- Hochbrück
- Forschungsinstitute (Research Institutes)
This district will be renamed to "Hochschul- und Forschungszentrum" (University and Research Centre)
[edit] Educational and Research Institutes
A number of research and scientific educational institutions are located in Garching, including:
- Several departments of the Technische Universität München (TUM), including:
- 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
- Other scientific institutes:
- Headquarters of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- Federal Research Institute for Food Chemistry (DFA)
- Walter Meißner Institute (WMI) of the of the BAdW (low-temperature physics)
- Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE)
- Reactor safety research [5]
- General Electric Global Research Center
- Leibniz-Rechnenzentrum [6] of the of the BAdW (central computing facilities for the Munich universities and other research institutes)
[edit] Sister cities
[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)