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Coordinates: 48.1333°N 11.5667°E. The Kingdom of Bavaria ( German: Königreich Bayern; Bavarian: Kinereich Bayern; spelled Baiern until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918.
Map of the Kingdom of Bavaria, including its 15 Districts. The map printed in 1808 by the royal Bavarian chartered lithographer Aloys Senefelder (1771–1834) and by Franz Gleißner (1761–1818) is considered to be the world’s oldest map produced using the flat printing process.
May 21, 2024 · Geographical and historical treatment of the German state of Bavaria, including maps and a survey of its people, economy, and government.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kingdom of Bavaria. Bavaria, Germany. The Kingdom of Bavaria foundation dates back to the ascension of prince-elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach as King of Bavaria in 1805. The 1805 Peace of Pressburg allowed Maximilian to raise Bavaria to the status of a kingdom.
The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingdom became a federated state of the new empire and was second in size, power, and wealth only to the leading state, the Kingdom of Prussia.
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A map of Bavaria in the 19th century. When the Holy Roman Empire dissolved under Napoleon's onslaught, Bavaria became a kingdom in 1806 and joined the Confederation of the Rhine. The Duchy of Jülich was ceded to France and the Electoral Palatinate was divided between France and the Grand Duchy of Baden. The Duchy of Berg was given to Joachim Murat
The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empire to its status as an independent kingdom and finally as a large Bundesland (state) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
