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Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Central Europe is known for its cultural diversity; [ 5 ] [ 6 ] however, countries in this region also share historical and cultural similarities.
Eastern Europe after 1945 usually meant all the European countries liberated from Nazi Germany and then occupied by the Soviet army. It included the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany), formed by the Soviet occupation zone of Germany. All the countries in Eastern Europe adopted communist modes of control by 1948.
Central and Eastern Europe is a geopolitical term encompassing the countries in Northeast Europe (primarily the Baltics), Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Europe (primarily the Balkans), usually meaning former communist states from the Eastern Bloc and Warsaw Pact in Europe, as well as from former Yugoslavia.
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
DACH: [10] Majority German-speaking states of Central Europe (excludes the Principality of Liechtenstein). Utilises the German name of Germany and the Latin names of Austria and Switzerland. Germany (Deutschland), Austria (Austria) and Switzerland (Confoederatio Helvetica), with Dach meaning "roof" in German.
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km 2 (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.
Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia. Europe. Central Europe; Western Europe; Time in Germany. Time zones: Central European Time , Central European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Germany (major towns): [1] North: Westerland (on the island of Sylt at the Danish border) South: Oberstdorf, town at Austria [2] East: Goerlitz, town ...
Pages in category "Capitals in Europe" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...