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History:
The history of Garching in the course of time
This is an overview of the most important dates in Garching’s history since 1910:
1910
Beginning of installation of an electricity supply system for Garching’s buildings.
1911
Garching got a central water supply system.
1914 till 1918
16 combatants from Garching lost their lives during World War I.
1931
On Josef Amon’s initiative, the wasteland cooperative society was founded and people started to fertilize fields with sludge.
1939 till 1948
World War II took its toll with 91 casualties among the population of Garching, both at the front and at home; 38 soldiers were reported missing in action abroad.
1945
In April, during the last days of war, Garching and Dirnismaning were shelled by US artillery; numerous buildings were heavily damaged.
1945 till 1948
A great number of expellees from East Germany made Garching and Hochbrück their new hometown.
1957
On October 31, the first German atomic research reactor, the “atomic egg”, was put into operation.
1972
The Protestant pastor Rückert founded the “citizens’ week”, a festival for citizens by citizens.
1977
Construction of a new community center was begun.
1990
On September 14, 1990, the town of Garching was granted the privileges of a town. The mayor, Helmut Karl, was presented with the deed granting the privileges of a town by the Bavarian Minister of the Interior at that time, Dr. Edmund Stoiber.
1995
Opening of the underground line from Fröttmaning to Garching-Hochbrück (U6), opening of the underground station Garching-Hochbrück on October 28, 1995.
1997
In the course of the planned relocation of the entire department of science and technology of the Technical University Munich to Garching, the most advanced mechanical engineering department in Europe opened its doors in May.
On November 21, 1997, the town council resolved that the town of Garching near Munich would use the designation “university town” on its place-name signs from then on.
2000
At the Expo 2000 in Hannover, the town of Garching near Munich was represented with three international projects from the campus and research center:
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- in eighty days to the moon “European Micro Satellite Mission to the Moon – LunarSat”;
- “Neutron Research – its Benefits for Diagnosis and Therapy in Medical Science”;
- the Branch Institute Greifswald of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics – an International Project;
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On July 28, 2000, the research reactor was shut down after being in operation for almost 43 years.
2001
On April 2, 2001, beginning of extension of the underground line U6 from the station Hochbrück via the station Garching to the campus and research center.
2004
- Opening of the European Research Center of General Electric on June 30, 2004.
- The new neutron source FRM-II started operating.
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