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57,485 km 2 (22,195 sq mi) General map of Germany. Germany (German: Deutschland) is a country in Central and Western Europe [ 3 ] that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and is seventh-largest country by area in the ...
Kandern is a city in southwestern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the Kreis (district) of Lörrach. During the Battle of Schliengen, in which the French Revolutionary army fought the forces of Austria, the battle lines of both armies ended in Kandern. It is not far from a tripoint where the three countries Germany, France and ...
Hof (German pronunciation: [hoːf]) is a town on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconian region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtel Mountains and Franconian Forest upland regions. The town has 47,296 inhabitants, [ 3 ] the surrounding district an additional 95,000.
Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat near Berchtesgaden; Kehlsteinhaus, the only remnant of Hitler's Berghof; Salzkammergut, an area of lakes east of the city; Untersberg mountain, next to the city on the Austria–Germany border, with panoramic views of Salzburg and the surrounding Alps; Skiing is an attraction during winter. Salzburg has no ...
Angeln (Danish: Angel) is a peninsula on the Baltic coast of Jutland, in the Bay of Kiel. It forms part of Southern Schleswig, the northernmost region of Germany. The peninsula is bounded on the north by the Flensburg Firth, which separates it from Sundeved and the island of Als in Denmark, and on the south by the Schlei, which separates it ...
The regional Upper Rhine Conference is a framework for future political and administrative cooperation in the area. The tripoint between France, Germany and Switzerland, called Dreiländereck, lies within the uppermost portion of the Upper Rhine. A monument in Basel, known as the Pylon, is located 160 m (520 ft) southeast of the actual tripoint.
Chiemsee (German pronunciation: [ˈkiːmzeː] ⓘ) is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, [ 2 ] Germany, near Rosenheim. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows out towards the north. The Alz flows into the Inn which then merges with the Danube.
The large accumulations of new land in the northeast (Alter and Neuer Bessin) and south (at the Gellen) of Hiddensee offer habitats for numerous invertebrates, such as worms and mussels. These in turn provide nourishment for many migrating birds. For example, the area around the island is one of the most important crane roosting areas in Germany.