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With an area of 70,553 km² and 11.6 million inhabitants, the Free State of Bavaria ( German Bayern or Freistaat Bayern) forms the southernmost of the 16 Bundesländer of Germany. Its capital is Munich.
1 Geography
Bavaria shares international borders with Austria and the Czech Republic.
Neighbouring states within Germany are Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Thuringia and Saxony.
Two major rivers flow through the state, the Danube (Donau) and the MainFor other uses, see Main (disambiguation). The Main is a river in Germany, 524 km in length, and one of the more voluminous tributaries of the Rhine river. It flows through the Bundeslander Bavaria and Hessen. Its catchment basin competes with the Danube.
The major cities in Bavaria are Munich, NurembergThis article is about the city in Germany. See also Nuremberg, Pennsylvania, USA. Nuremberg ( German: Nurnberg is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz river and the (Rhine-), AugsburgAugsburg is a city in south central Germany. It is the capital of the Swabia region of Bavaria, and is located on the Lech river. Population: 276,193 (2004). Districts There are 17 districts Stadteile in Augsburg: Innenstadt Antonsviertel Barenkeller Berg, WürzburgWurzburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main river, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken. For the German World War II radar system of the same name see Wuerzburg radar''. The city of Wurzburg is not included in Wurzburg (d, IngolstadtIngolstadt is located along the banks of the Danube River in the Federal State of Bavaria, Germany. As of July 31, 2001 it had 119,293 residents registered, making it the sixth largest city in Bavaria. The headquarters of the German automobile manufacture, RegensburgRegensburg (English formerly Ratisbon Latin Ratisbona Czech ezno is a city (population 146,824 in 2002) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the, Fürth and Erlangen.
See also: List of places in Bavaria.
2 Politics
Bavaria has a unicameral Landtag, or state parliament, elected by universal suffrage. Until December 1999, there was also a Senat, or Senate, whose members were chosen by social and economic groups in Bavaria, but following a referendum in 1998, this institution was abolished. The head of government is the Ministerpräsident, or prime minister.
