Neuhausen-Nymphenburg

Nymphenburg Palace

Neuhausen and Nymphenburg are boroughs of Munich, the capital of the German state of Bavaria. They had been merged into the borough 09 - Neuhausen-Nymphenburg (German: Stadtbezirk 09) in 1992. For further information on the Munich boroughs, see: Boroughs of Munich.

Location

Neuhausen-Nymphenburg with the Nymphenburg Palace Park
Map of the Stadtbezirk 09

Nymphenburg borders in the north-west on Obermenzing, in the southwest on Pasing in the north on Moosach and in the southeast on Neuhausen.

The borough 09 ranges from the Mars-field at the inner edge of town to the Nymphenburg Palace in the west and extends from the Olympic Park over the villa colony in Gern to the railway tracks railway station Pasing.

History and description

Typical of the borough is its mix of different urban areas. In the end of the 19th Century in the vicinity of the castle's avenues a prestigious residential neighborhood was built in which numerous examples of late nineteenth architecture, like the villas colonies Neuwittelsbach and Gern has been received.

In 1890 the borough Neuhausen was unincorporated, which had already been a prosperous district. It was dominated by residential and office houses in a closed, dense block-building style. Along the Arnulfroad and its side streets, these are often cooperative apartment buildings such as the partly under preservation attempt-settlement of the Bavarian Post and Telegraph Association and the village of Neuhausen. In the north of the Rotkreuzplatz there are more villas and town houses of the early days.

In the south along the railway tracks there are partly dominating large-scale commercial used buildings. Center and urban hub of the neighborhood of the Rotkreuzplatz. Some well-preserved buildings from the founder and inter-war period with the rich variety of green spaces give Neuhausen a high quality of living. While the old quarters in the vicinity of Nymphenburgerstreet and Blutenburgstreet are home to upper middle class for some time, the sometimes less sumptuously executed turn of the century buildings offer in the vicinity of Schulstreet and Donnersbergerstreet housing for various population groups. But has also kept the so-called gentrification catchment by road trains and remodeled buildings were renovated. In addition, there were numerous conversions take place in condominiums and shops were once easy to architectural firms, alternative shops, bars and restaurants. For this reason, the City Council in 2006 extended the statute for preservation of this neighborhood, to counteract the displacement of ancestral inhabitants.

On 1 January 1891 the independent municipality Nymphenburg was incorporated to the city of Munich.

It is named after the Nymphenburg Palace, former summer residence of the Bavarian kings. Today the castle along with the Nymphenburg Palace Park is one of the most popular sights of Munich.

The in 1747 by Elector Max III. Joseph founded Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, the Royal Stables Museum of Nymphenburg and the Museum of Man and Nature is located next to the palace. On the Nymphenburg Palace Park also borders the Botanical Garden, which entrance is near the Bavarian State Office of Weights and Measures. The Hirschgarten and the Olympic Park complement the diverse range of parks and recreational areas. Because the borough is connected by the motorway A8 and the ring road it is charged by high traffic volumes. Neuhausen-Nymphenburg has about 90,000 inhabitants, according to Ramersdorf-Perlach the second highest population of the boroughs of Munich. In the north of Neuhausen, between the borough is Gern and Moosach-Nederling, in the northeastern the borough of Ebenau.

The jobs of the district are in addition to trade and service sector largely in the public sector. Apart from the branch of Deutsche Bahn, the Bundeswehr's administrative center, the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, and numerous hospitals, such as the Red Cross Hospital, the German Heart Center, the Brothers of Mercy Hospital and the Third Order Hospital there are also major social institutions in the borough.

The proportion of foreigners Nymphenburg is low, in Neuhausen it is average. Regarding the age distribution Neuhausen is the younger of the two districts.

Gallery

Statistics

(As of each 31 December, residents whose main residence)

year residents foreigners area (ha) res./ha source and further details
2000 81.968 17.923 (21,9%) 1,291,86 63 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2001. pdf-Download
2001 82.235 17.972 (21,9%) 1.291,86 64 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2002. pdf-Download
2002 81.947 17.795 (21,7%) 1.291,86 63 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2003. pdf-Download
2003 81.661 17.703 (21,7%) 1.291,84 63 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2004. pdf-Download
2004 81.921 18.041 (22,0%) 1.291,61 64 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2005. pdf-Download
2005 82.156 17.890 (21,8%) 1.291,45 64 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2006. pdf-Download
2006 84.604 18.016 (21,3%) 1.289,08 66 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2007. pdf-Download
2007 85.964 18.118 (21,1%) 1.287,95 67 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2008. pdf-Download
2008 87.043 18.836 (21,2%) 1.293,31 67 Statistisches Taschenbuch München 2009. pdf-Download

Education and Culture

Blutenburg-Theatre

Politics

In Munich each borough has a Borough Committee (Bezirksausschuss BA). The Borough Committees are elected by local citizens in municipal elections. The Borough Committee consists 39 members. The election of the Borough Committee of 2 March 2008 yielded the following results:

Chairman of the BA is Ingeborg Staudenmeyer (SPD). The Vice-Chairmen are Roland Zintl (Greens) and Immoi Scheibel (CSU). The Greens and the ÖDP provide a common fraction.

The municipality is represented in the City Council by Oliver Belik (SPD) and Councilwoman Elizabeth Schmucker (CSU). [1]

Celebrities

References

  1. ↑ muenchen.de - Bezirksausschusswahl 2008, 17. Dezember 2010
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Lilo Fürst-Ramdohr: Freundschaften in der Weißen Rose. Verlag Geschichtswerkstatt Neuhausen, München 1995. ISBN 3-931231-00-3. S.79

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Coordinates: 48°9′25″N 11°31′0″E / 48.15694°N 11.51667°E