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Au is a district in the south eastern plain tract of the
After the municipality had been made a town in 1808 it was given its own coat of arms on 25 July 1808 by the Royal Bavarian Landes-Commissariat. It is likely that coat of arms also applied to Haidhausen.
Description: Three silver lilies with green styling and 6 leaves on a blue background.
Meaning: In reference to the Lilienberg Monastery in Au.
After the incorporation into the city of Munich in 1854, all rights to the coat of arms belonged to the Munich city council.
Official site of the district at www.muenchen.de
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Au is a district in the south eastern plain tract of the German
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city of 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 popu ...
in Bavaria
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. Au extends from the Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from ...
in the north and along the Isar
The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria, and Bavaria, Germany, which is not navigable for watercraft above raft size. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Munic ...
up to Wittelsbacherbrücke (Wittelsbacher Bridge) in the south.
In the centre of the area the Auer Dult
The Auer Dult is a traditional fair in Munich, Germany, combinding a market and a German style folk festival.
It takes place three times per year on the Mariahilfplatz in the Munich district of Au, fuelled by around three hundred traders and sho ...
takes place three times a year on the Mariahilfplatz
The Mariahilfplatz is a town square on the right bank of the River Isar in the district of Au in Munich, Germany.
Centrally located in the suburb of Au, the Mariahilfplatz is a well visited and active place. One of the largest fairs in Munich, the ...
, which is the largest annual market in Munich.
Bordering boroughs of the city are Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt and Altstadt-Lehel
Altstadt (Central Bavarian: ''Oidstod'') and Lehel (Central Bavarian: ''Lechl'') are districts of the German city of Munich. Together they form the first borough of the city: Altstadt-Lehel.
Location
The borough covers the historical area of A ...
on the western side of the Isar, Untergiesing-Harlaching in the south and Giesing in the south-east. The Haidhausen district lies to the east and along with Au, forms the Au-Haidhausen borough of the city.
Au was first documented on 12 December 1340 as "Awe ze Gysingen", with ''Awe'' meaning "Land on water". In 1808 Au was made a town as ''Vorstadt Au'' ("Suburb of Au"). In 1818, along with Untergiesing (what the settlement at Nockherberg had been referred to as), Au formed its own urban municipality. On 1 October 1854 the district was incorporated into Munich.
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
Hans-Georg "Katsche" Schwarzenbeck (born 3 April 1948) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Bundesliga from 1966 to 1981, appearing in 416 matches for Bayern Munich. He won six German league cham ...
, a 1974 World Cup champion, has operated a stationery shop in Au for over 20 years.
The operatic soprano Clara Vespermann (1799–1827) was born in Hau.
Coat of arms of the former "Vorstadt Au"
After the municipality had been made a town in 1808 it was given its own coat of arms on 25 July 1808 by the Royal Bavarian Landes-Commissariat. It is likely that coat of arms also applied to Haidhausen.
Description: Three silver lilies with green styling and 6 leaves on a blue background.
Meaning: In reference to the Lilienberg Monastery in Au.
After the incorporation into the city of Munich in 1854, all rights to the coat of arms belonged to the Munich city council.
Literature
* Helmuth Stahleder: ''Von Allach bis Zamilapark''. Names and historical dates of the history of Munich and its incorporated suburbs. Stadtarchiv München, ed. München: Buchendorfer Verlag 2001. * Herrmann Wilhelm: "In der Münchner Vorstadt Au - Vergessene Lebenswelten des siebzehnten, achtzehnten und neunzehnten Jahrhunderts". MünchenVerlagExternal links
Official site of the district at www.muenchen.de
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