Etymology
The name Munich is usually interpreted as a "with the monks," says in the name Forum apud Munichen with which the city is called by Emperor Frederick I. upon initial documentary mention imAugsburger difference of 14 June 1158th
It is probably Munichen the dative plural of Old High German and Middle High German Mün Munih (e) CH, the forerunner of the word monk back. Before the founding of the city is said to have been a branch of monks from the monastery Schäftlarn here. That this, as often claimed, lay on the Petersbergl, has not yet been confirmed by archaeological finds. According to another hypothesis, the eponymous monastic establishment was later Klosterhof Schäftlarn on the site of the present St. Michael's Church. A previously assumed connection to the monastery Tegernsee applies for some time refuted. It is not even certain that at the foundation of Munich ever yet existed a monastic settlement, or whether Munichen already constituted a fixed place name, which went back to a previous, but no longer existing monastic settlement.
Historically Munich was also called by his Latin name: Monacum, adjective monacensis; . also Monachia or Monachium
Munich has different names in other languages: This is the name of the city in English, French and Spanish as well as in Munich Italian Monaco (di Baviera) ("di Baviera" is used as an additive to distinguish from the Principality of Monaco).