Free State of Bavaria
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Free State of Bavaria Freistaat Bayern |
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| State of Germany | |||
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| Anthem: Bayernhymne (German) "Hymn of Bavaria" |
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| Coordinates: 48°46′39″N 11°25′52″E / 48.77750°N 11.43111°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| Capital | Munich | ||
| Government | |||
| • Minister-President | Horst Seehofer (CSU) | ||
| • Governing party | CSU | ||
| • Bundesrat votes | 6 (of 69) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 70,549.44 km2 (27,239.29 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015-12-31) | |||
| • Total | 12,843,514 | ||
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Bavarian | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | DE-BY | ||
| GDP/ Nominal | €550/ $610 billion (2015) | ||
| GDP per capita | €43,000/ $48,000 (2015) | ||
| NUTS Region | DE2 | ||
| Website | bayern.de | ||
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Bavaria (/bəˈvɛəriə/; German: Freistaat Bayern [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈbaɪɐn]; Czech: Bavorsko) is a free state and one of 16 federal states of Germany. Located in the German southeast with an area of 70,548 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany, and, with 12.9 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second most populous state. Munich, Bavaria's capital and largest city, is the third largest city in Germany.
The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and formation as a duchy in the 6th century CE (AD) through the Holy Roman Empire to becoming an independent kingdom and finally a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Duchy of Bavaria dates back to the year 555. In the 17th century CE (AD), the Duke of Bavaria became a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The Kingdom of Bavaria existed from 1806 to 1918, when Bavaria became a republic. In 1946, the Free State of Bavaria re-organised itself on democratic lines after the Second World War.
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