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The bombing of Munich (Luftangriffe auf München) took place mainly in the later stages of World War II. Munich was, and is, a significant German city, as much culturally as industrially. Augsburg , thirty-seven miles to the west, was a main centre of diesel engine production (and still is today), and was also heavily bombed during the war.
Capital of the reunited duchy of Bavaria. Munich about 1572. When Bavaria was reunited in 1506 Munich became capital of the whole of Bavaria. The arts and politics became increasingly influenced by the court. During the 16th century Munich was a center of the German counter reformation, and also of renaissance arts.
Screenshot of MapQuest in use on a web browser. MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [1] MapQuest vies for market share with competitors such as Apple Maps, Here and Google Maps. [2] [3]
The Maximilianstraße in Munich is one of the city's four royal avenues next to the Brienner Straße, the Ludwigstraße and the Prinzregentenstraße. It starts at Max-Joseph-Platz, where the Residenz and the National Theatre are situated, and runs east-west. Planned and begun in 1850 by King Maximilian II of Bavaria, the street takes his name.
Dachau was the concentration camp that was in operation the longest, from March 1933 to April 1945, nearly all twelve years of the Nazi regime. Dachau's close proximity to Munich, where Hitler came to power and where the Nazi Party had its official headquarters, made Dachau a convenient location.
Aerial view of the old town. Lion sculptures by Wilhelm von Rümann at the Feldherrnhalle. Alps behind the skyline. Munich ( / ˈmjuːnɪk, - nɪx / MEW-nik (h); German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] ⓘ) [3] is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. With a population of 1,589,706 inhabitants as of 29 February 2024 ...
Altstadt (Munich) Coordinates: 48.138°N 11.574°E. Center of Munich's Old Town with the Marienplatz, Old and New Town Hall, St. Peter and the Frauenkirche. The Munich Old Town is part of the Bavarian capital Munich and has belonged to the city the longest, even if some places which are meanwhile districts of Munich, were mentioned long before ...
Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City. In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) of the Australian Great Barrier Reef in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots ...