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'''Munich''' is [[Germany]]'s third largest city and the capital of the federal state of [[Bavaria]]. Munich is assumed to be settle 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 know as ''Monaco di Baviera''.
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'''Munich''' 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''.
    
In 1919, following Germany's defeat in the [[First World War]], the city was briefly a Communist utopia.  In 1923, it was the scene of the beer hall ''Putsch'' that failed to bring [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[NSDAP]] to power, and was called the "Capital of the Movement" during the Third Reich, i.e. the Hitler movement.  
 
In 1919, following Germany's defeat in the [[First World War]], the city was briefly a Communist utopia.  In 1923, it was the scene of the beer hall ''Putsch'' that failed to bring [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[NSDAP]] to power, and was called the "Capital of the Movement" during the Third Reich, i.e. the Hitler movement.  

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