Arabella Sheraton Bogenhausen
Munich, Oberbayern

Located in the elegant Arabella Park in the noble Bogenhausen quarter, the hotel complex consists of a modern 4 star hotel, formerly also known as " Arabella Sheraton Bogenhausen", numerous shops, exclusive offices and luxurious private apartments. A colourful mix of boutiques, restaurants, bars and cinemas can be found in the Arabella Park itself. The hotel is well connected; you can swiftly reach the “Mittlerer Ring”, Munich’s main inner city ring road, and the underground can whisk you to the city centre in just 7 minutes. The hotel’s rooms have been recently renovated and were awarded the “European Hotel Design Award 2004” in London for their remarkable interior design, offering stylish furnishings and lavish comfort. On the 22nd floor there is a bathing paradise, unique in Munich, where you can swim or relax in the sauna whilst enjoying breathtaking views out over the Bavarian capital.

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Munich is Germany's third largest city and one of Europe's most prosperous and expensive. The city has a population of about 1.3 million (as of 2006) and the Munich metropolitan area is home to around 2.7 million people. The city is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich lies on the elevated plains of Upper Bavaria, about 50 km north of the northern edge of the Alps, at an altitude of about 520 m. Munich is situated in the Northern Alpine Foreland. The northern part of this sandy plateau includes a highly fertile flint area which is no longer affected by the folding processes found in the Alps, while the southern part is covered by morainic hills. In between there are fields of fluvio-glacial out-wash, like around Munich. Wherever these deposits get thinner, the ground water can permeate the gravel surface and flood the area, leading to marshes as in the north of Munich. The year 1158 is assumed to be the foundation date, which is only the earliest date the city is mentioned in a document. By that time the Guelph Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, had built a bridge over the river Isar next to a settlement of Benedictine monks. The monks' presence dated back to the 8th century, although settlement in the Munich area can be traced back to Roman times. To force traders to use his bridge (and charge them for doing so) Henry also destroyed a nearby bridge owned by bishop Otto von Freising (Freising). Subsequently the bishop and Henry quarreled about the city before Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa at an Imperial Diet held in Augsburg in 1158. This sanctioned Henry's spoliation, and awarded an annual compensation for the bishop, and also confirmed Munich's trading and currency rights.