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Garching

Garching bei München (German: [ˈɡaʁçɪŋ baɪ̯ ˈmʏnçn̩], Garching near Munich) or Garching is a city in Bavaria, near Munich. It is the home of several research institutes and university departments, located at Campus Garching.

For the place in Altötting district in Bavaria, see Garching an der Alz.

Garching bei München

Germany

Bavaria

Upper Bavaria

Munich

Dietmar Gruchmann (SPD)

28.16 km2 (10.87 sq mi)

481 m (1,578 ft)

17,526

620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)

UTC+01:00 (CET)

UTC+02:00 (CEST)

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www.garching.de

Garching city

Garching Hochbrück

(University and Research Campus)

Campus Garching

The town has four districts:

High-tech hub[edit]

Garching is part of the Nordallianz, a group of 8 towns and cities situated north of Munich.

Transport[edit]

The town is at 48°15′N 11°39′E / 48.250°N 11.650°E / 48.250; 11.650, near the river Isar and the Bundesautobahn 9.


The Munich U-Bahn line U6 connects the city with the stations Garching-Hochbrück, Garching and Garching-Forschungszentrum (Garching Science Campus).

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Leibniz Supercomputing Centre

Technical University of Munich

TUM Department of Physics

Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

European Southern Observatory

ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre

Federal Research Institute for Food Chemistry (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie DFA)

Bavarian Center of Applied Energy Research (ZAE)

Global Research Center

General Electric

high-performance vehicle research and development

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Several research and scientific educational institutions are based in Garching, including:

(Norway)

Lørenskog

(Germany)

Radeberg

Garching bei München is twinned with:

Sport[edit]

The town's football club VfR Garching, formed in 1921, experienced its greatest success in 2014 when it won promotion to the Regionalliga Bayern for the first time.