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Bavaria shares international borders with Austria (Salzburg, Tyrol, Upper Austria and Vorarlberg) and the Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Plzeň and South Bohemian Regions), as well as with Switzerland (across Lake Constance to the Canton of St. Gallen).
- Size of Bavaria. GREEN: A classic Volkswagen. Beetle in the city of Neuerg an der Donau, Bavaria. Bavaria is Germany’s biggest state (Bundesland) with an area of 70,548 square kilometres (27,200 square miles).
- Co-ordinates of Bavaria. Munich sits at the co-ordinates 48 8′ 0″ N, 11 34′ 0″E, putting it at a similar longitude to Paris in France, Quebec in Canada, Seattle in the USA, Ulan Bator in Mongolia and Vienna in Austria.
- Rivers of Bavaria. Where is Bavaria on the map? Click here to see an interactive. Bavaria map and check out where its neighbours are.The largest rivers that flow through the state are the Danube and the Main.
- Alps. Bring up Bavaria and many people will think of Alpine glory a la The Sound of Music. Actually only a small part of the state’s surface – the "deep south" – is alpine.
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Bavaria, largest Land (state) of Germany, comprising the entire southeastern portion of the country. Bavaria is bounded to the north by the states of Thuringia and Saxony, to the east by the Czech Republic, to the south and southeast by Austria, and to the west by the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hessen. Munich (München) is the capital. Area 27,...
Bavaria is a country of high plateaus and medium-sized mountains. In the north are basalt knolls and high plateaus; in the northwest are the wooded sandstone hills of the Spessart. The northwest is drained by the Main River, which flows into the Rhine. To the southeast the topography varies from the stratified land formations of Swabia-Franconia to shell limestone and red marl, the hill country of the Franconian-Rednitz Basin, and the limestone mountains of the Franconian Jura along the Danube, which divides Bavaria north and south. On the eastern edge of Bavaria are the Bavarian and Bohemian forests, and in the north is the Franconian Forest. South of the Danube is a plateau upon which lies the capital, Munich, and beyond it are the Bavarian Alps. Bavaria’s share of the Alps consists of wooded peaks of several thousand feet, behind which rise steep ridges and high plateaus (in the west, the Allgäuer Alps; in the east, the Alps of Berchtesgaden). They reach their highest point with the 9,718-foot (2,962-metre) Zugspitze, which is also the highest point in Germany. Bavaria has a continental climate that is harsh for middle Europe, although there are some exceptions, such as the Lower Main valley.
Historically, the north has been inhabited by descendants of the Franks, the southeast by residents of old Bavarian stock, and the southwest by people of Bavarian-Swabian descent. The majority of Bavaria’s inhabitants still live in small towns. Only about one-fifth live in cities of 100,000 or more. Munich is the third largest city in Germany and the largest city in Bavaria.
After World War II there was an influx of refugees from the Sudetenland and eastern Europe, where many ethnic Germans had lived for centuries. A significant proportion of Bavaria’s population at the beginning of the 21st century was composed of those refugees and their descendants. Beginning in the 1960s, the industrial areas received large numbers of migrant workers from southern Europe.
Great changes took place in the religious composition of the population after the war, with a heavy influx of Protestants. In the early 21st century, most Bavarians were Roman Catholics, and Evangelical Lutherans were the second largest religious group.
About two-fifths of the state’s gross output in the early 21st century consisted of industrial and handicraft products. Trade, transportation, and services accounted for more than half and agriculture and forestry for only a tiny amount.
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Type: State with 12,500,000 residents. Description: federated state in the south of Germany. Neighbors: Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Salzburg, Saxony, South Bohemia, Thuringia, Tyrol, Upper Austria and Vorarlberg. Categories: federated state of Germany, federated state, free state, ward and locality.
Bavaria shares international borders with Austria and the Czechia . Two major rivers flow through the state, the Danube (Donau) and the Main. Highest point is the Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps at 2962 m. Its capital is Munich. Other major cities in Bavaria are Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Augsburg, Regensburg, Würzburg, Ingolstadt.
When Otto of Wittelsbach gained Bavaria at Altenburg in September 1180, the duchy's borders comprised the Böhmerwald, the Inn, the Alps and the Lech; and the duke exercised practical power only over his extensive private domains around Wittelsbach, Kelheim and Straubing.
Sep 26, 2019 · Bavaria has international boundaries with Switzerland, Czech Republic (South Bohemian, Plzen, and Karlovy Vary Regions), and Austria (Vorarlberg, Upper Austria, Tyrol, and Salzburg). Since all these nations are in the Schengen Area, their boundaries are usually open.
