McDonald's with McCafé at Berlin Central Station. The first German McDonald's restaurant opened on December 4, 1971 in Martin-Luther-Straße in Munich. McDonald's and its 235 franchisees employ an annual average of around 60,000 people in around 1,500 restaurants across Germany. With an average of around 2.7 million guests a day, McDonald's is the market leader in the German restaurant industry, a popular family restaurant and a meeting place for all age groups.