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| Free State of Bavaria Freistaat Bayern Freistoot Bayern | |
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| Capital | Munich |
| Leaders | |
• Minister-President | Markus Söder |
| Area | |
• Total | 70,550.19 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 13,369,393 |
• Density | 189 km² |
Bavaria (German: Bayern), officially the Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), is the largest and the southernmost of Germany's sixteen states. It borders Thuringia to the north, Saxony to the northeast, the Czech Republic to the east, Austria to the south, Switzerland (across Lake Constance) to the southwest, Baden-Württemberg to the west, and Hesse to the northwest.
History[edit | edit source]
Electorate of Bavaria (1623–1806)[edit | edit source]
See main article: Electorate of Bavaria (1623–1806)
Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1918)[edit | edit source]
See main article: Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1918)
In 1871 Bavaria became apart of the German Empire but remained a centre of separatism and retained its own monarchy.[1]
Free State of Bavaria[edit | edit source]
Following the collapse of the German Empire in November 1918 at the end of the First World War, a republican government was formed and the People's State of Bavaria established. In April 1919 the Bavarian Soviet Republic was established by the communists after the overthrow of the previous government, however, this state was short lived as soon after it was invaded by the German government and incorporated as a state into the Weimar Republic.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IU. A. Korkhov, B. A. Krylov (1979). Great Soviet Encyclopedia: 'Bavaria; Historical information'.