Obergiesing-Fasangarten

Giesing, first mentioned in 790, is older than Munich. It remained a farming village until the 19th century, was incorporated in 1854 and later divided into Ober- and Untergiesing. The Fasangarten, originally a pheasant hunting ground, joined Obergiesing in 1937. Together they form district no. 17.

On 31 December 2025, 54,500 people lived here on about 5.7 km², 95 per hectare. About 33% did not hold German citizenship.

The city portal describes Obergiesing as a former workers' district that is now a popular residential area, with more families moving in.

• Giesinger Berg with the well-preserved neo-Gothic Heilig-Kreuz church, the district's landmark.
• Mixed housing: small estates with single- and two-family houses alongside larger blocks on main roads such as Tegernseer Landstraße.
• Former American settlement near the Perlacher Forst, where US soldiers lived until the 1990s; wide streets and names such as Lincolnstraße still recall that time.
• The Stadelheim prison, the Ostfriedhof cemetery with its domed hall and the cemetery at the Perlacher Forst with memorial groves for victims of the Nazi concentration camps and graves of members of the White Rose.

• U-Bahn: U2, U7 and U8 at Silberhornstraße, Untersbergstraße and Giesing; U1 at Mangfallplatz on the southern edge.
• S-Bahn at Giesing station.
• The Mittlerer Ring and the A 995 motorway form the western edge.

According to the city portal, rents are lower than in other inner-city districts, which is one reason why more families are moving in. Housing ranges from small house estates to larger apartment blocks along the main roads and the post-war streets of the former American settlement.

About 13.7% of residents were under 18 at the end of 2025 (city average 15.2%). The Perlacher Forst woods lie on the south-eastern edge, and the Giesing-Harlaching pool in neighbouring Untergiesing has a 25-metre pool and a non-swimmers' pool. Children like watching the trains from the Schmederersteg footbridge.