According to abbreviationfinder, Manchester is the largest city in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England, between Merseyniederung and Penninischem Mountains 537 800 residents (1961 661 000), Manchester is an independent metropolitan borough and the agglomeration has 2.63 million Resident.The high population losses in the inner city area that have been recorded since 1961 result from slum rehabilitation, combined with resettlement and migration to the surrounding area. Extensive renovation measures in the city center since the 1980s, revitalization of the old canal system. Manchester is an Anglican bishopric. By merging the Victoria University of Manchester (founded 1851) with the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST, founded 1824), the new University of Manchester was created in 2004, one of the largest universities in Great Britain. Manchester Metropolitan University, founded in 1970 as a technical college, was given university status in 1992. Other institutions of education and culture in Manchester include: Royal Northern College of Music, national computer center; Libraries (including Chatham’s Library, founded 1653); Art galleries and museums (including Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, founded in 1983; City Art Gallery; Imperial War Museum North); “The Lowry” cultural center opened in 2000; Symphony orchestra (Hallé Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra), several theaters; Radio and television studios. – Alongside London and Leeds, Manchester is Britain’s most important financial and commercial center. Industrialization began very early in Manchester (center of the cotton industry). 1898 was created on Symphony orchestra (Hallé Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra), several theaters; Radio and television studios. – Alongside London and Leeds, Manchester is Britain’s most important financial and commercial center. Industrialization began very early in Manchester (center of the cotton industry). 1898 was created on Symphony orchestra (Hallé Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra), several theaters; Radio and television studios. – Alongside London and Leeds, Manchester is Britain’s most important financial and commercial center. Industrialization began very early in Manchester (center of the cotton industry). 1898 was created on Manchester Ship Canal the first industrial park in Great Britain, Trafford Park (approx. 12 km 2). After 1945, the companies located there, especially those involved in mechanical engineering with armaments production, were severely affected by the decline. The workforce in Trafford Park was 75,000 in 1945, 50,000 in the 1970s and only 24,000 in 1987. With the help of a government-sponsored development company (since 1987), numerous new settlements have taken place, so that the number of jobs has risen again of which less than 20% are now employed in the industrial sector. In addition to mechanical engineering, Manchester has electrotechnical and electronic, chemical and pharmaceutical, textile, clothing, food and beverage industries, and printing plants. Manchester is the hub of the UK rail and motorway network with the city motorway; international Airport.
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The church of Saint Mary was elevated to a collegiate church in 1421 (cathedral since 1847), then renovated in the Perpendicular style and expanded until the end of the 19th century; north of Chetham’s Hospital Church (1422–61, now a school). After the first classicist buildings in the early 19th century, the city was v. a. shaped by buildings of the Victorian style, the first monument of which is the Albert Memorial (1862–67). In 1859 the Assize Courts were built, the Town Hall from 1868–77, from 1869 Owens College (now the university building) and in 1899 the John Rylans Library. In 1976 L. Bernstein and R. Negri built the Royal Theater. Also of note is the modern Great Manchester Exhibition and Event Center (G-Mex), which was set up in the former building of the Victorian Central Railway Station. In the 1980s, inner-city areas were redeveloped, including the Castlefield project with a museum complex on Liverpool Road. The Imperial War Museum by D. Libeskind(opened in 2002) was created as a deconstructivist building.
History
Manchester arose in the Middle Ages near a former Roman fort (Mamucium, also known as Mancunium handed down), which, although abandoned for centuries, gave the city its name. The development of the city began in the 13th century; Its rise was promoted by Flemish immigrants who brought the textile industry to Manchester in 1330, later by the introduction of the cotton industry (1789 installation of the first steam engine for cotton spinning). In 1762 the first canal (to the coal fields of Worsley) was completed, and in 1830 the railway line to Liverpool was opened. Manchester received city rights in 1838, has been a city since 1853, and a county since 1888. The rise of the city since the industrial revolution is reflected in the number of residents: around 1650: around 5,000; 1760: about 17,000; 1801: over 70,000; 1851: 218,000 and 1901: 544,000. – Manchester, symbol of British capitalism and economic liberalism, Manchesterism its name.
At least 22 people were killed in a suicide attack on the Manchester Arena concert venue on May 22, 2017.
