Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln is the 19th borough of Munich, Germany, comprising the extreme southern part of the city on the left back of the river Isar. After the administrative reform, the boroughs Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried and Solln were incorporated, thus forming the new borough. It comprises 17.7525 square kilometres and has a population of 79,147 residents (as of 2005).[1]
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Thalkirchen is located on the river Isar and is a mostly residential district. Sights include the Flaucher, a part of the Isarauen ("floodplains") and a popular recreation site, and Tierpark Hellabrunn (Munich Zoo) which can be found on the opposite site of the river from Thalkirchen. While not located in Thalkirchen, it is nevertheless billed as "Tierpark Thalkirchen". The zoo and the district have their own U-Bahn station, Thalkirchen.
Obersendling is located up-slope from Thalkirchen and north of Solln. The district is dominated by Siemens which has a large presence at Siemenswerke. The district can be reached by U-Bahn via the Aidenbachstraße and Obersendling stations as well as Siemenswerke railway station.
Other districts include Solln, Forstenried and Fürstenried.
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