{{disambiguation|notes='''Munich''' is the capital of the German federal state of Bavaria. Many works have been published using the title ''Munich'', either referring to the city itself or to ''München'', the Old German word from which it derives, meaning ''monks''.}}
====As a topic====
*[[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Munich|Munich]], from [[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]]
*[[Tbe Americana 1906/Munich|Munich]], from Tbe Americana 1906
*[[Collier 1701/Munich|Munich]], from Collier 1701
*[[Fake Munich Travel Guide|Munich]], a travel guide by [[Author:Mtmelendez]]
====Fictional works====
*[[Munich (Kushner and Roth)|Munich]], movie script by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth. ([[w:Munich (film)]])
:''See also: [[Wikisource:Munich]] for works about or related to '''Munich'''.''
==Selected works about Munich==
{{EB11 |volume=19|article= Munich|previous= Mundt, Theodor|next= Municipality|wikipedia = Munich|extra_notes=}}
'''MUNICH''' (Ger. ''München''), a city of Germany, capital of the kingdom of Bavaria, and the third largest town in the German Empire. It is situated on an elevated plain, on the river Isar, 25 m. N. of the foot-hills of the Alps, about midway between Strassburg and Vienna. Owing to its lofty site (1700 ft. above the sea) and the proximity of the Alps, the climate is changeable, and its mean annual temperature, 49° to 50° F., is little higher than that of many places much farther to the north. The annual rainfall is nearly 30 in. Munich lies at the centre of an important network of railways connecting it directly with Strassburg (for Paris), Cologne, Leipzig, Berlin, Rosenheim (for Vienna) and Innsbruck (for Italy via the Brenner pass), which converge in a central station.
:''[[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Munich|More information on Munich from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]]''
{{EAm06 |article= Munich|previous= Mungoos|next= Munich, University of|wikipedia = Munich|extra_notes=}}
'''Munich,''' mü'nik, or '''Munchen,''' mün'Hĕn, Germany, the capital of Bavaria, considered to
be "the most uniformly beautiful city in Europe," lies on an extensive but uninteresting
plateau, about 1,700 feet above sea-level, on
the left bank of the Isar, with suburbs on the
right, the river being crossed by nine bridges.
The original nucleus of the town was at one
time surrounded by walls and ditches, and entered by lofty turreted gates. The ditches
have been filled up and the walls removed, but
three of the old gates, with their loopholed and
embattled flanking towers, still remain. In
the older part of the town there are many old
houses, irregular both in size and form, and of
quaint but not unpicturesque architecture.
This quarter, though it contains the government offices and many public edifices, is surpassed, both in extent and magnificence, by the
new town, which has risen chiefly to the north
and west, with almost unexampled rapidity and
splendor, due to the art-loving proclivities of
King Ludwig I. and his successors, who spent
over 7,000,000 thalers in beautifying the city,
and adorning it with buildings of almost every
style of architecture, wide and handsome
streets, and squares and gardens decorated
with statues and other monuments. Near the
centre of the city, between the Max-Joseph-Platz and the palace gardens, is the royal
palace. consisting of an old central building of
vast extent and two modern wings. From this
great pile run at right angles to each other the
two finest streets in Munich—the Maximilianstrasse and the Ludwigstrasse. The chief public buildings are the old town-house and the
new, the latter in the Gothic style, considerably
enlarged in 1899: the old palace and the Herzog
Max Burg, now used as public offices; the post-office; the central station (1880); the chief customs house (1876-9); and the new palace of
justice (1897).
:''[[Tbe Americana 1906/Munich|More information on Munich from Tbe Americana 1906]]''
{{Collier 1701 |article= Munick|previous= Munda|next= Munoz, Hierom|wikipedia = Munich|extra_notes=}}
MUNICK, or ''Munich'', on the ''Iser'', Lat. ''Monachum'' and ''Monachium''. The Chief Town of ''Bavaria'' in ''Germany'', and the Residence of the Dukes, is counted one of the pleasantest and strongest of ''Germany''. It was built in 962, and walled about by Duke ''Otho'' in 1156, or 57. The Prince's Court is extraordinary Polite, and the Palace one of the most stately of ''Germany'' for its divers Apartments,precious Houshold-goods, Gardens, Pictures, Riches, the Duke's Closet full of Curiosities, the fine Library, &c. The Town is very fine, its Streets are broad and straight, with Houses almost of the same Architecture. The Suburb is on the other side of the fine Bridge. ''Gustavus Adolphus'', King of ''Sweden'', took this Town in 1632, and admired the Palace built by the Elector ''Maximilian''; where Marble is as common, as if the whole Country were a Marble Quarry. Each Corner, Nich, Door, and Chimny, has a Statue drawn half-way. The Hall of Anticks contains 354 such Statues of Jafper, Porphyry, Brass, and Marble of all Colours. In the first GalIery are an 100 Pictures of Illustrious Men, chiefly for Learning. The. Cieling of the second Gallery represents the Chief Towns of ''Bavaria''; its Rivers and Castles, &c. One of ''Gustavus'' 's Captains persuading him to destroy the Palace; he answered, That he should be sorry to rob the world of so fine a thing. ''Cluvier, Descr. Germ. Bertius, l. 3. Germ.'' &c.
:''[[Collier 1701/Munich|More information on Munich from Collier 1701]]''
