Munich metropolitan region
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| Basic data for the Munich metropolitan region | |
| State : | Bavaria |
| Administrative districts : |
Upper Bavaria , Lower Bavaria , Swabia |
| Area : | 25,548 km² |
| Residents : | 6,120,000 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 240 inhabitants / km² |
| North South expansion: | 186 km |
| West-east expansion: | 193 km |
| Geographic location : | 47 ° 23 ′ - 49 ° 02 ′ n. Br. 10 ° 15 ′ - 12 ° 54 ′ east. |
| Structure: | 6 independent cities , 27 districts |
The Munich metropolitan region is one of currently eleven metropolitan regions in Germany. The Munich metropolitan region encompasses large parts of the southern Bavarian area around the Munich planning region with its center Munich .
Position and extent
The Munich metropolitan region is the southernmost metropolitan region in Germany and one of three metropolitan regions that are wholly or partly in Bavaria. The spatial coverage is not conclusively determined, but largely coincides with the administrative district of Upper Bavaria and parts of the administrative districts of Lower Bavaria and Swabia .
The Munich metropolitan region comprises the regional authorities of the state capital Munich and the independent cities of Augsburg , Ingolstadt , Kaufbeuren , Landshut and Rosenheim as well as the districts of Aichach-Friedberg , Altötting , Augsburg , Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen , Dachau , Dillingen an der Donau , Dingolfing-Landau , Danube -Ries , Ebersberg , Eichstätt , Freising , Fürstenfeldbruck , Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Kelheim , Landsberg am Lech , Landshut , Miesbach , Mühldorf am Inn , Munich , Ostallgäu , Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , Rosenheim , Schrobenhausen , Starnberg , Traunstein and Weilheim-Schongau .
The districts of Erding and Neuburg-Schrobenhausen are in the region, but are not members of the association.
Municipalities
According to the official definition, the following list shows all cities and districts belonging to the Munich Metropolitan Region.
| local community | Residents Dec. 31, 2015 |
Area in km² |
Inhabitants / km² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munich | 1,450,381 | 310.74 | 4,667.51 |
| augsburg | 286.374 | 146.84 | 1,950.25 |
| Ingolstadt | 132,438 | 133.37 | 993.01 |
| Kaufbeuren | 42,731 | 40.03 | 1,067.47 |
| Landshut | 69,211 | 65.81 | 1,051.68 |
| Rosenheim | 61,844 | 37.22 | 1,661.58 |
| Sum / average | 2,042,979 | 734.01 | 2,783.31 |
| Counties | Residents Dec. 31, 2015 |
Area in km² |
|---|---|---|
| Aichach-Friedberg | 130.916 | 780.33 |
| Altötting | 108,485 | 569.35 |
| augsburg | 245,600 | 1,071.12 |
| Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen | 124.930 | 1,110.69 |
| Dachau | 149,370 | 579.18 |
| Dillingen on the Danube | 94,575 | 792.22 |
| Dingolfing-Landau | 94.104 | 877.79 |
| Danube Ries | 131,345 | 1,274.68 |
| Ebersberg | 137.421 | 549.37 |
| Eichstatt | 128,805 | 1,214.06 |
| Erding | 133,747 | 870.72 |
| Freising | 173.225 | 799.82 |
| Fürstenfeldbruck | 213,481 | 434.79 |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 87,385 | 1,012.23 |
| Kelheim | 118.965 | 1,065.98 |
| Landsberg am Lech | 117,657 | 804.38 |
| Landshut | 154,577 | 1,347.91 |
| Miesbach | 98.286 | 866.23 |
| Mühldorf am Inn | 112.034 | 805.31 |
| Munich | 340.003 | 664.25 |
| Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | 94,654 | 739.80 |
| Ostallgäu | 137,709 | 1,394.92 |
| Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm | 124.128 | 761.14 |
| Rosenheim | 256.074 | 1,439.54 |
| Starnberg | 133,621 | 487.71 |
| Traunstein | 174.162 | 1,534.00 |
| Weilheim-Schongau | 132.906 | 966.38 |
| total | 3,948,165 | 24,813.9 |
facts and figures
The Munich metropolitan region can be identified with the following basic data:
- 36.2% of the area of Bavaria, 25,548 km²
- 46.65% of the population of Bavaria, 5.991 million inhabitants (2015)
- 48.2% of jobs in Bavaria, that is 2.6 million employees subject to social security contributions (2016)
- 53.8% of the Bavarian gross domestic product, 283.2 billion euros in 2014
In a comparison of all European metropolitan regions in Germany, the Munich metropolitan region had:
- the highest population growth : from 1990 to 2015: increase of over 19.8%
- the highest increase in employees subject to social security contributions , from 2006 to 2017 by 23.4%
- the highest gross domestic product per employed person at € 82,696 in 2014 (21% above the German average)
- the highest purchasing power with € 25,790 per inhabitant (2016)
The association "European Metropolitan Region Munich"
The Munich Metropolitan Region is organized in the European Metropolitan Region Munich Association (EMM eV). 25 rural districts in southern Bavaria, the six independent cities of Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Kaufbeuren, Landshut, Munich and Rosenheim, around 40 municipalities belonging to the district, important local and international business companies, renowned educational and research institutions and associations are members of the EMM eV The office is based in Munich .
The EMM eV serves as an open network for actors from politics, economy, science and society and especially as a platform for interdisciplinary and inter-institutional projects. All projects of the association are characterized by the sustainable promotion of economic power in harmony with nature and the environment in order to further increase the quality of life in the metropolitan region. In 2016, the association made mobility one of its focal points and is working intensively on an integrated mobility concept and an EMM roof tariff. Companies and institutions as well as the population of the entire Munich metropolitan region benefit from the networking in the association, which follows the motto “Do more with one another”.
Emergence
In 2008 the EMM e. V. and thus the "Economic Area of Southern Bavaria. Greater Munich Area eV "and the" Initiative European Metropolitan Region Munich "(EMM) merged.
aims
The goals of the European Metropolitan Region Association in Munich:
- Networking of actors from politics, business, science and society and a platform for targeted dialogues
- Strengthening the cooperation between town and country and emphasizing polycentrality
- Increasing the quality of life by strengthening the attractiveness of the region as an economic and living space in harmony with nature and the environment
- Positioning of the region in the Europe-wide competition of the metropolitan regions for investors and specialists
- Initiation of projects on the topics of mobility, knowledge, economy and the environment
- Improvement of the accessibility / mobility / transport connections within the region and the supra-regional connection
organization structure
The organization of the association and its committees follows the principle of equal participation of local authorities on the one hand and economy and society on the other. The general assembly currently elects a total of 32 representatives to a steering group, separated by banks, from their respective sub-banks. This in turn elects the 16-member board from among its members. The board of directors appoints a managing director to manage the day-to-day business. The focus of the association is formed by the working groups that develop and implement projects.
Working groups
Projects are currently being developed and implemented in the following working groups:
- Knowledge
- economy
- environment
- mobility
Metropolitan Conference
The EMM eV organizes a metropolitan conference once a year, always at a different location in the region. Every year, the focus is on one topic that is relevant to the future for the entire region. In 2017, the Fürstenfeldbruck district hosted the conference, which dealt with the topic of digitization and the associated opportunities and challenges, especially for companies and regions.
Web links
- official website of the European Metropolitan Region Association of Munich
- Initiative Group European Metropolitan Regions in Germany - Metropolitan Region Munich
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Data and facts in the Munich metropolitan region. In: Europäische Metropolregion München eV Accessed on June 26, 2019 .
- ↑ a b members. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ soul-surf.com GmbH: Metropolitan Conference . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on November 22, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
