Unterföhring

Geschichte

Unterföhring is a municipality in Upper Bavaria. It lies adjacent to the northeast side of Munich, and is one of the nearest suburbs to Munich's central district.HistoryBefore the establishment of Munich around 1158, an important crossing existed over the River Isar, the Föhringer Bridge. Unterföhring was mentioned in documents for the first time in 1180 as an independent place (inferius Feringin). Unterföhring was a component to the high pin freesings counting former county Ismaning. Since the realm deputation main conclusion of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria the today's municipality developed with the municipality edict of 1818.EconomyUnterföhring is one of the most important media centers of Germany. The 1950s saw the settlement of the RIVA photometric companies. In 1962, RIVA took over the Bavarian broadcaster (BR) and the Second Channel of German Television RIVA Studios. In 1972 Taurus films, the later Kirch Group were acquired. Since 2000 the seat of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is also here. In addition, Premiere AG and Kabel Deutschland, the largest cable operator in Germany, are headquartered here. One of the largest independent film production companies in Germany, the neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft, has their head offices here. Unterföhring is also the location of MX1) (was SES Platform Services