City Portrait

Germering, a young city with a long history.

With its more than 41.000 citizens Germering is today the sixth largest community in Oberbayern. Its career is documented to be exceptional.

Archaeological finds show that the first Germeringer came by about 7.500 years ago. The first settlements are about 4.000 years old.
During the 1960s and 1970s Germering grew especially fast (reaching 11.160 citizens in 1961 and up to 33.891 in 1976).
Today’s size of Germering is the result of the realignment in 1978, which united the former independent communities Germering including Neugermering and Unterpfaffenhofen including Harthaus, Nebel, Wandlheim, Kleßheim and Streiflach.
In 1990 Germering became Bayerns largest district community. On April 12^th 1991 it was upgrated to the level of “Stadt Germering” and in October 2004 appointed “Große Kreisstadt Germering”.

Lots of cultural, sportive and free time possibilities

There are lots of possibilities available to be spent in cultural, sportive and free time activities. The Stadthalle (opened in 1993) offers concerts, operas, musicals, plays, cabarets, exhibitions as well as special programs for children. The private Rossstall-Theater with its amateur ensemble presents mostly comedies.

In addition there are many cultural societies like orchestras, choirs and visual artist associations.

The permanent exhibition of the Zeit+Raum Museum at the Town Hall offers an overview of Germerings history. The Förderverein organizes in addition exhibitions, lectures and excursions.

Together with the recreation area Germeringer See, the indoor and outdoor swimming pools, the icehall “Polariom”, the Kleingarten- and Krautgartenanlagen, the playgrounds for younger and older children as well as the facilities of the local sport clubs provide lots of possibilities for free time entertainment.

Social dedications

Since many years Germering keeps a strong focus on social issues and received several national awards for its intensive commitment for everybody. From youngsters to elderly persons many offers are available.

The Center for youg and elderly people (Zenja) at the former Town Hall of Unterpfaffenhofen accommodates the offices of the Social service, the worker welfare, the consumerism and the “Germeringer Insel”, which is the contact point for all social issues. The women and mother center (FrauMütZe – Goethestr. 5) has its focus on women, families and the integration of women with migration background.

Nature and Environment are subjects of the City itself, the Umweltbeirat and the Bund Naturschutz.

International connections exist between Germering and its two twin towns Domont / France (since 1984) and Balatonfüred / Hungary (since 1986).

First Class business location

Traditionally Germering is a first class location for trade and commerce. Nowadays it expends more and more into the high technology sector, too. Their interests are covered by the Wirtschaftsverband Germering.

Wide spectrum of political engagement

Since 2008 Andreas Haas is Head of the Town Hall. 40 town councils from CSU, SPD, Bündnis90/Die Grünen, Freie Wähler (FWG/UBG), ÖDP/Parteifreie and FDP form the City Council. There are special referents for 17 different areas, supported by the Seniorenbeirat, the Behindertenbeirat, the Umweltbeirat and the Jugendrat.