Munich - Wikipedia Munich[a] (German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] ⓘ, Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ (ː)ɐ] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, [3] making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg Munich is the largest city in Germany that is not a state of its own, and it ranks as the 11th-largest city in the European