Oberschleißheim
Oberschleißheim () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Munich (district), district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located 13 km north of Munich (centre). As of 2005 it had a population of 11,467. Oberschleißheim is best known for the Schleissheim Palace and the Flugwerft Schleissheim next to the airport housing the airplane department of the Deutsches Museum, German Museum. The airfield is also home to one of the five German Federal Police helicopter squadrons. Established in 1912, the airfield was the first in Bavaria. During World War II, a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp was located here. In the early 20th century, Schleißheim was home to author Waldemar Bonsels, who was inspired to write his "Biene Maja" by a gnarly tree in the woods nearby. History Schleißheim was first mentioned as “Sliusheim” in 785. The small church of St. Martin in Mallertshofen is a Romanesque church which still exists. In the Year 1315 the name of the villag ...
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Flugplatz Schleißheim
The Flugplatz Schleißheim (the part of the site used today as an airfield is called Sonderlandeplatz Oberschleißheim) is an airfield in the Bavarian town of Oberschleißheim near Munich (about 13 km north of the city center), in the Jägerstraße 1. It is the oldest still operating airfield in Germany, which was planned as a military airfield. History of the airport The airfield was founded in 1912 for the Royal Bavarian Air Force. A subdivision was located at the Gersthofen/Gablingen airfield. Because of the proximity to '' Schloss Schleißheim'', all airfield buildings were built in the "reduced home style". After the First World War, the airfield was used for civilian purposes until 1933, initially as a technical base for the beginning civilian air traffic, from 1927 it was mainly used for pilot training. NS period and Second World War After the NSDAP seized power, it was expanded into an air base of the ''Luftwaffe'' (Air Force) in the course of the National Soci ...
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Schleissheim Palace
The Schleißheim Palace (german: Schloss Schleißheim) comprises three individual palaces in a grand Baroque park in the village of Oberschleißheim, a suburb of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The palace was a summer residence of the Bavarian rulers of the House of Wittelsbach. The palaces Old Schleissheim Palace The history of Schleißheim Palace started with a Renaissance country house (1598) and hermitage founded by William V close to Dachau Palace. The central gate and clock tower between both courtyards both date back to the first building period. The inner courtyard is called ''Maximilianshof'', the outer one ''Wilhelmshof''. Under William's son Maximilian I the buildings were extended between 1617 and 1623 by Heinrich Schön and Hans Krumpper to form the so-called Old Palace. This plan is typologically similar to the castle of Laufzorn in Oberhaching begun by Maximilian's brother Albert the year before. There, too, a free staircase leads up to the first floor, which is us ...
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Rowing At The 1972 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, all for men. It was the last time that rowing did not include women's disciplines at the Olympics. Participating nations A total of 440 rowers from 35 nations competed at the Munich: * (18) * (16) * (16) * (5) * (1) * (2) * (8) * (16) * (1) * (7) * (21) * (12) * (26) * (3) * (18) * (17) * (15) * (1) * (21) * (3) * (9) * (21) * (19) * (6) * (16) * (16) * (3) * (9) * (26) * (1) * (17) * (26) * (3) * (26) * (15) Medal table Medal summary Men's events References External links International Olympic Committee medal database {{Rowing at the Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics events 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by population, third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 11th-largest city in the European Union. The Munich Metropolitan Region, city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Northern Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the population density, most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialects, Bavarian dialect area, ...
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