Pullach im Isartal

Geschichte

Pullach, officially Pullach i. Isartal, is a municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria in Germany. It is on the Isar Valley Railway and is served by the S 7 line of the Munich S-Bahn, at the Großhesselohe Isartalbahnhof, Pullach and Höllriegelskreuth railway stations.The headquarters of the intelligence agency of the German government, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), was located in Pullach before the agency moved to Berlin in 2014. This made Pullach a metonym for the BND just as Langley is for the CIA.GeographyPullach sits on the western bank of the River Isar, just south of Munich.Neighbouring municipalitiesOn the opposite bank of the Isar, lies the municipality of Grünwald, with the municipality of Baierbrunn further south. The municipality is bordered to the north by Munich, specifically the suburbs of Solln and Harlaching. The Forstenrieder Park marks the western boundary.Municipality wardsThe municipality of Pullach Im Isartal is divided into five separate wards: Gartenstadt, Großhesselohe, Isarbad, Höllriegelskreuth and Pullach.GartenstadtThe ward of Gartenstadt developed in the area between Höllriegelskreuth and Pullach, just west of the railway, during the 1920s. The dominant architecture of the area is terraced and detached homes in a more leafy surrounding. The street names typically reflect this type of environment, such as Ahornallee and Tannenstraße (Acorn Alley and Pine Street). Few of the original houses remain, one such original property can be found at 11, Josef-Heppner-Str.