History of Munich

B. Listing of general outline and structure of paper.

A. Founding of Munich in 1157 and growth due to the Wittelsbach family.

B. 1327 fire and rebuilding of Munich.

C. Munich in the nineteenth century as political capital of Bavaria.

D. Significant events in the twentieth century.

III. Basic theoretical basis for the city in an historical perspective.

A. Political, legal, and sociological definitions of the city.

B. Munich as an urbangrowth center based on theoretical assumptions.

IV. Components of Munich's rise to an urban center.

A. Munich's geographical and political orientation.

B. Munich as an educational and religious center because of its founding by monks.

C. Munich as an industrial and economic center, developing into an administrative and political seat of power due to its geographic location in the region.

D. Munich in the modern, postindustrial period and contemporary position in Europe.

Munich, in German known as M?nchen, is the capital and principle city of the West German (Federal Republic of Germany) state of Bavaria. After Hamburg and Berlin, Munich is the third largest city in the country, and is situated near the Austrian border about thirty miles north of the Alps. The city itself is comprised of an area of about one hundred twenty square miles, and has a predominantly Roman Catholic p

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land in Czechoslovakia. In modern history, the Munich conference has some to be known as the backdrop of appeasement, and one of the principle causes of the Second World War.6 Despite heaving Allied bombing during World War II, by 1960 Munich had recovered and most of the rebuilding had been completed. In the modern period, Munich has come to be known as one of the most beautiful cities in Germany, and is the focal point for many who travel to see Germany's Schwartzwald (Black Forest). In 1972, Munich hosted the Olympic Games, an event unfortunately marred by the massacre of eleven Israelis by members of a Palestinian terrorist group.7 Of course, there are a number of elements that worked in conjunction during Munich's development to turn this city of Medieval origins into a modern urban center for the region of southern Germany. ____________________ 6 Albert M. Craig, et.al. The Heritage of World Civilizations, (New York: Macmillan, 1986), 11467. 7 M.T. Wild, West Germany  A Geography of Its People, (Kent: Dawson Publishing, 1979), conclusion and passim. There is tremendous disagreement regarding the theoretical basis for defining the city as an area of urban and social development. There have been attempts to def
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