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2 days ago · in Europe (green and dark grey) Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (yellow) Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark Settlement early 9th century Union with Norway c. 1035 Kalmar Union 1397–1523 Denmark-Norway 1523–1814 Cession to Denmark 14 January 1814 Independence referendum 14 September 1946 Home rule 30 March 1948 Further autonomy 29 July 2005 Capital and ...
5 days ago · Bavaria. / 49.07861°N 11.38556°E / 49.07861; 11.38556. Bavaria, [a] officially the Free State of Bavaria, [b] 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.
2 days ago · Franz Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder (posthumous, 1875, after an 1825 watercolour done from life) Franz Peter Schubert ( German: [fʁants ˈpeːtɐ ˈʃuːbɐt]; 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, including ...
1 day ago · Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride.Originally ...
2 days ago · Bremen. / 53.07583°N 8.80722°E / 53.07583; 8.80722. Bremen ( Low German also: Breem or Bräm ), officially the City Municipality of Bremen ( German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, IPA: [ˈʃtatɡəˌmaɪndə ˈbʁeːmən] ⓘ ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen ( Freie Hansestadt Bremen ), a two-city-state ...
2 days ago · Graz ( German: [ɡʁaːts] ⓘ) is the capital of the Austrian federal state of Styria and the second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. As of 1 January 2024, Graz had a population of 339,810 (303,270 of whom had principal-residence status). [4]
1 day ago · Belgium is a constitutional, popular monarchy and a federal parliamentary democracy. The bicameral federal parliament is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. The former is made up of 50 senators appointed by the parliaments of the communities and regions and 10 co-opted senators.
