Economic location

Reachability is the basis for the largest possible mobility

The location Unterschleißheim convinces with its excellent transport connection. This is valid for both, the individual travel and the public transportation. The autobahn Munich - Salzburg can be reached fast via the A99. The A92 provides for the connection to the autobahn Munich - Stuttgart in the western direction as well as the autobahn Munich - Nuremberg in the eastern direction, not forgetting the Munich Airport - Franz Josef Strauß, which is only 19 km away.

An excellent road network connects the industrial area with the city centers of the neighbour communities as well as Munich, the regional capital. Two S-Bahn stations connect the location Unterschleißheim/Lohhof with the regional/national public transportation. The travel time from Unterschleißheim to Munich´s central station is 24 minutes and Freising can be reached within 16 minutes taking the S-Bahn.
The S-Bahn line S1 connects Unterschleißheim/Lohhof directly with Munich Airport- Franz Josef Strauß via Neufahrn.

Distances from Unterschleißheim

The City / The Location

Unterschleißheim is located at the north end of Munich´s administrative district. The rural area comprises 1.439 ha its the air-line distance to Munich´s city center is 15 km.

A successful combination of tradition and readiness for innovations. The cooperation between innovative companies and traditional industry are characteristic for this location. This diversity provides for a versified and sound economic structure. The consequence are intense cooperation possibilities at the local and regional level.

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Job Market

A comparison of the employment figures in the subsequent years 1985 - 2001 clearly shows the positive development of the business activities in Unterschleißheim. In the years 1985 - 1998 alone, the employment figure in the trade and service sector increased from 2128 to over 7800. Meanwhile, there are over 14000 jobs in Unterschleißheim, including the self-employed citizens.

Business Development

Unterschleißheim regards the development of local economy as one of the Town Hall´s main responsibilities.

The administration tries to meet the companies´ requirements by various activities within its bounds of possibility, such as

• allocation of industrial real estates
• consulting service for local companies or those looking for a new location
• public display of the location´s industrial requirements as well as advertisement for the location (citizens information, industrial brochure)
• cooperation with the chamber of commerce and industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria (IHK)
• business forum´s as well as industrial exhibitions´ events, etc
• participation in the office of ICU e.V. and execution of its decisions

Some priorities of the municipal business development are:

• establishing and securing of jobs
• expansion and new settlement of companies
• intensification of local integration
• development of existing high-quality location requirements
• maintaining of a diversified structure of industries and company sizes

Municipal rate for trade income tax: 320 v.H. (since 1980)

Greater Munich Area e.V.

The City of Unterschleißheim is a member of the association "Wirtschaftsraum Südbayern. Greater Munich Area e.V.

The Greater Munich Area with its large centers in Munich, Augsburg and Ingolstadt is one of the economically strongest regions in Germany with 5 m residents and 2.6 m employees. Its potential is based on its broad economic basis, which contains modern high-tech industries next to traditional economic sectors. This area is represented by the "Wirtschaftsraum Südbayern. Greater Munich Area e.V.", a regional cooperation of important municipal and private economic players in South Bavaria. The association changed its name from "Wirtschaftsraum Südbayern. München. Augsburg. Ingolstadt. (MAI)" to "Wirtschaftsraum Südbayern. Greater Munich Area e.V." in June 2005. Unterschleißheim has been an active member since 1996. One of the association´s most important tasks is the regional marketing for the entire area. The association represents the Greater Munich Area at fairs, panel discussions, on the Internet, in the press, surveys and brochures.

Office:

Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 15, 80331 Munich
Phone.: 089-233-24795;
Phone.:089-233-24007
Fax: 089-233-27966
Internet: www.greatermunicharea.de