Bavaria

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Bavaria (German - Bayern) is the largest of the 16 states (Bundesländer) of Germany. The capital is Munich with 1,3 million people. About 12,4 million people live in Bavaria.

Bavaria has seven parts: Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria), Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria), Schwaben (Swebia), Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), Unterfranken (Lower Franconia), Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) and Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate). Bavaria has 71 smaller parts and 25 free cities.

The highest point is the Zugspitze, which is also the highest mountain in all of Germany. The second biggest city is Nürnberg, which is famous for its gingerbread, a kind of Christmas bread.

Pope Benedict XVI was born in Bavaria.

[edit] Urban and rural districts

Urban districts:

Amberg Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bamberg Bayreuth Coburg Erlangen Fürth

Hof Ingolstadt Kaufbeuren Kempten Landshut Memmingen Munich (München) Nuremberg (Nürnberg) Passau

Regensburg Rosenheim Schwabach Schweinfurt Straubing Weiden Würzburg

Rural districts:

Aichach-Friedberg Altötting Amberg-Sulzbach Ansbach Aschaffenburg Augsburg Bad Kissingen Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Bamberg Bayreuth Berchtesgadener Land Cham Coburg Dachau Deggendorf Dillingen Dingolfing-Landau Donau-Ries Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Erlangen-Höchstadt Forchheim Freising

Freyung-Grafenau Fürstenfeldbruck Fürth Garmisch-Partenkirchen Günzburg Haßberge Hof Kelheim Kitzingen Kronach Kulmbach Landsberg Landshut Lichtenfels Lindau Main-Spessart Miesbach Miltenberg Mühldorf Munich (München) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Neumarkt Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt (Waldnaab)

Neu-Ulm Nürnberger Land Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Passau Pfaffenhofen Regen Regensburg Rhön-Grabfeld Rosenheim Roth Rottal-Inn Schwandorf Schweinfurt Starnberg Straubing-Bogen Tirschenreuth Traunstein Unterallgäu Weilheim-Schongau Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Wunsiedel Würzburg