If you visit Munich you will be nicely surprised that Germany is not so boring and rigorous country as many people accustomed to think. Munich is a one of the most dynamic, cheerful, kind and at the same time mysterious cities in Germany.
To say that Munich is a “country inside the country” will be too plain. But it’s true. It really differs from the rest of big megacities in Germany. And here there are the best things which you could probably find in Germany: best soccer team, best old city, best opera and best beer in the country.
But why I put the beer at the end of the roaster? It’s not correct. We can literally say that Munich as city grew from the beer. Some historians can dispute the beer version of Munich inception but at least the official version of Munich history confirms it.
In 724 to city of Freising (which is located in 30km from Munich) come Bishop Korbinian. He found that locals already Christians but in their worship they use some pagan rites. To “set order in the heads” of locals Korbinian decided to found the abbey at the top of the Nerberg mount.
In their free time monks brewed some drinks and in one day of 11 century they had brewed beer!!!
With times around this abbey grew a lot of settlements and one of them (Petersbergel) in 1158 mentioned as villa Munich. Since this year treated as the year of Munich beginning. Today at the Petersbergel hill in Munich stands oldest church of the city – St. Peter Church.
In 16 century Munch has been enriched by the wonderful buildings but most beautiful buildings of the city were built one century ago. A lot of contribution into the city development made King Louis First who sad that he will be restless until Munich will not look like the Athens.
In 1816-1830 he built one of the most famous museums in Europe – Glyptotek which holds today Greek ancient sculptures. He also invited to Munich many famous artists from Germany and founded Pinakothek.
From my point of view most important event in Munich history happened in 1810 when before the city’s gate was celebrated marriage of King Louis. Citizens of Munich were so pleased by celebration that they decided celebrate it every year. Such appeared famous Oktoberfest in Munich.
In Munich history you can find a lot of funny stories. For example, at one moment they had most progressive and most ecology friendly system of streets cleaning. Idea was very simple. Each quarter in Munich should had have two pigs which tidied up streets in natural way.
What is important in Munich is that you can stroll over the city and not pay attention to the weather. Even in rainy day you can occupy yourself by visiting a lot of Munich museums or sitting in one of the beer restaurants.
In sunny day you can go to the English park or walk over the city’s historical center and watch mosaics and paintings on the Munich homes. And don’t try to discover Munich in one or two days. It’s impossible. If you don’t have enough time just held off undiscovered sights for the next visit.
