 Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Panorama of Bavarian with Füssen in the background
Author: Patrick Huebgen (public domain)
Bavaria is the largest state in the Federal Republic of Germany. It covers an area of 70,548 sq km (27,200 sq mi). The state is known in German as Bayern.
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Regensburg, with its cathedral, by the Danube
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More on Bavaria
Bavaria has a population of 12.5 million people. It is bordered by Baden-Wüttemberg to the west, Hesse to the northwest, Thuringia to the north, Saxony to the northeast, the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the southeast and a small part of Switzerland, across Lake Constance, to the southwest. The capital of Bavaria is the city of Munich.
Landscape of Upper Franconia in winter
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Bavaria is one of the oldest states of Europe. It can trace its history back to the first millennium. It the 17th century, its dukes were the Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. Bavaria was a kingdom between 1806 and 1918, then the short lived Bavarian Socialist Republic after that. It became part of the Weimar Republic (known in German as Deutsches Reich and in English as simply Germany) in 1919.
The rise of the Nazis to power saw the dissolution of the Bavarian parliament without new elections in 1933. Upon gaining power, the Nazis dissolved all other parties in Bavaria (as well as elsewhere in Germany). Bavaria was split into five regionsm called Reichsgaue, namely Schwaben, München-Oberbayern, Bayrische Ostmark, Franken and Main-Franken.
Oktoberfest in Munich
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Following the Second World War, Bavaria was under American occupation. It was then reestablished as a state on 19 September, 1945, and integrated into the Federal Republic of Germany.
Today Bavaria has one of the largest and healthiest economies in Germany. Its GDP in 2007 stands at US$600 billion (€434 billion) and its per capita GDP is €33,200.
Going to Bavaria
The Munich International Airport is the main gateway for flights to Bavaria, connected with many cities in Germany and across Europe. You can also take the ICE high speed train from Frankfurt, Nuremberg and other cities in Germany to Munich.
Pottenstein, Bavaria
Author: Trond Strandsberg (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
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