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Bremen

Geography; Countries & Territories

Bremen is a state of Germany and is located in the northwest of the country. It is the smallest state both in terms of area and population size with over 660,000 inhabitants, and its capital is the ...

Bavaria

Geography; Countries & Territories

The Bavarians emerged in a region north of the Alps, originally inhabited by the Gauls, which had been part of the Roman provinces of Raetia and Noricum. The Bavarians spoke Old High German but, ...

Hesse

Geography; Countries & Territories

As early as the palaeolithic period, the Central Hessian region was inhabited. Due to the favourable climate of the location, people lived there about 50,000 years ago during the last glacial period, ...

North Rhine-Westphalia

Geography; Countries & Territories

Around 1 A.D. there were numerous incursions through Westphalia and perhaps even some permanent Roman or Romanized settlements. The Battle of Teutoburg Forest took place near Osnabrück (as mentioned, ...

Baden-Württemberg

Geography; Countries & Territories

The area used to be covered by the historical states of Baden, including the former Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg, part of the region of Swabia. Württemberg was occupied by the Romans in the ...

Thuringia

Geography; Countries & Territories

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country. It has an area of 16,171 square kilometres and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by ...

Rhineland-Palatinate

Geography; Countries & Territories

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of 19,846 square kilometres and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz.[2] ...