'''Munich''' ([[German]]: ''München'') is [[Germany]]'s third largest city and the capital of the federal state of [[Bavaria]]. Munich is assumed to have been settled since the 8th century, but it was mentioned for the first time in official documents in 1156 as a settlement of Benedictine monks. The name ''Munich'', or ''München'' in German, is said to refer to those ''monks''. In Italian, Munich is known as ''Monaco di Baviera'' to differentiate it from [[Monaco]]. | '''Munich''' ([[German]]: ''München'') is [[Germany]]'s third largest city and the capital of the federal state of [[Bavaria]]. Munich is assumed to have been settled since the 8th century, but it was mentioned for the first time in official documents in 1156 as a settlement of Benedictine monks. The name ''Munich'', or ''München'' in German, is said to refer to those ''monks''. In Italian, Munich is known as ''Monaco di Baviera'' to differentiate it from [[Monaco]]. |