The NordAllianz - Metro Region Munich North (German: NordAllianz - Metropolregion München Nord) is a group of 8 towns situated between the City of Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 and Munich Airport. Its members are
Garching,
Hallbergmoos

Hallbergmoos

Hallbergmoos is a municipality in the district of Freising in Bavaria in Germany.-Economy:Augsburg Airways, a regional airline, is headquartered in Hallbergmoos...

,
Ismaning

Ismaning

Ismaning is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located near Munich. In 2006 it had 14,638 inhabitants. Near Ismaning there is a large broadcasting facility called Transmitter Ismaning....

,
Neufahrn

Neufahrn

Neufahrn may refer to two municipalities in Bavaria, Germany:*Neufahrn bei Freising, in Upper Bavaria*Neufahrn , in Lower Bavaria...

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Oberschleißheim

Oberschleißheim

Oberschleißheim is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located 13 km north of Munich . As of 2005 it had a population of 11,467....

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Unterföhring

Unterföhring

Unterföhring is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district Munich.-History:Before the establishment of Munich around 1158, an important crossing existed over the River Isar, the Föhringer Bridge. Unterföhring was mentioned in documents for the first time in 1180 as an independent place...

, and
Unterschleißheim

Unterschleißheim

Unterschleißheim is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located about 10 km north of the city limits of Munich, and has a population of 27,106 .-History:...

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Originally created to lobby against the establishment of unwanted facilities such as landfills or power plants on the territory of its members, NordAllianz is now promoting the region as a centre for business, science and living.

Colleges, Universities and Research Facilities

Garching hosts a large science and research campus, where several Departments of the Technical University of Munich

Technical University of Munich

The Technische Universität München is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan...

 (TUM), parts of the Department of Physics of Munich University (LMU), several Max Planck Institutes, and other research facilities are located. See Garching#Educational and research institutes.

Oberschleißheim

Oberschleißheim

Oberschleißheim is a municipality in the district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located 13 km north of Munich . As of 2005 it had a population of 11,467....

 also hosts parts of the Department of Veterinary Medicine of Munich University (LMU).

Economy

Many corporations have located their business outside of Munich and thus within NordAllianz, including the German or European Headquarters of companies such as Microsoft, EADS, GE General Electric, SwissRe, ProSiebenSat.1, Allianz, etc.

This results in the highest nominal economical strength per capita in Germany.

Transportation

Lines S1 and S8 of Munich S-Bahn

Munich S-Bahn

The Munich S-Bahn is an electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. "S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for stadtschnellbahn , and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteristics of both rapid transit and commuter rail systems.The Munich S-Bahn network is operated by S-Bahn München, a subsidiary...

 pass through NordAllianz. The City of Garching is connected to Munich U-Bahn

Munich U-Bahn

The Munich U-Bahn system is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. "U-Bahn" is the German contraction for Untergrundbahn or "subway." It is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft...

 (line U6).

Of the Autobahns around Munich, A 9, A 92

Bundesautobahn 92

The connects Munich with Deggendorf, and is 134 kilometers long. Between the interchange Neufahrn and the interchange Munich Airport it has three lanes, otherwise two with a shoulder...

 and A 99

Bundesautobahn 99

- History :A ring Autobahn round Munich was planned in 1938, but war intervened and construction was deferred. Sections of the road were constructed to the north and east of the city in the 1960s and 1970s, following a route significantly further from the city centre than the ring planned in the...

 pass through the region and provide an extremely dense street network for a region this size.

The planned Munich Transrapid

Transrapid

Transrapid is a German high-speed monorail train using magnetic levitation. Based on a patent from 1934, planning of the Transrapid system started in 1969. The test facility for the system in Emsland, Germany was completed in 1987...

 will also pass through NordAllianz. However, as no stop is planned between Munich Central Station

München Hauptbahnhof

Munich Central Station is the main railway station of the city of Munich in Germany. It is one of the three long distance train stations in Munich, the others being München-Pasing and München Ost. The station sees about 350,000 passengers a day, which puts it on par with other large stations in...

 and Munich Airport, politicians and citizens of NordAllianz oppose to the project. This even includes local representatives of CSU

Christian Social Union of Bavaria

The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...

- Bavaria's ruling party and the strongest supporter of the project.

External links

• NordAllianz - Metro Region Munich North - official site