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2 days ago · Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of 70,550.19 km 2 (27,239.58 sq mi), it is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany.
- 70,550.19 km² (27,239.58 sq mi)
- Germany
5 days ago · The historical town of Dinkelsbühl is located in Central Franconia on the northern stretch of the Romantic Road. According to many historians, it is the best-preserved medieval town in Germany, having remained totally unscathed during the World Wars, except for a broken window in the gothic cathedral of St. George.
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1 day ago · A relieved John of Bavaria had all suspicious burghers and noblemen beheaded in Liège or drowned in the Meuse. From then on, he would go through life as ‘John the Pitiless’. He was back in the saddle, but he was also indebted to John of Burgundy more than ever before. The prince-bishopric had basically become a Burgundian protectorate.
1 day ago · Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right). She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria ...
- 12 May 1743 – 29 November 1780
- Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
2 days ago · The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen ).
3 days ago · The state symbol of Bavaria is the white and blue rhombus. It is regarded as a symbol of Bavaria and is officially used as the “small Bavarian state coat of arms”. The rhombus is depicted on a four-squared shield with a golden rim decorated with stones and beset with five ornamental leaves.
3 days ago · VATICAN CITY — Pope emeritus Benedict XVI received a nativity scene from his homeland of Bavaria on Wednesday. An association dedicated to maintaining and promoting nativity scenes presented Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Benedict XVI’s personal secretary, with two cribs.
