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The central point shifted several times during the country's eventful history. Today Niederdorla in the state of Thuringia claims to be the most central municipality in Germany. A plaque was erected and a lime tree planted at 51°9′48.15″N 10°26′51.66″E / 51.1633750°N 10.4476833°E / 51.1633750; 10.4476833 after the 1990 ...
The "region" is not actually a metropolitan area in the geographic sense of the word as an agglomeration of nearby urban areas, rather it is a registered association, [3] the Europäische Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland e.V. whose membership is composed of towns, cities, municipalities, and companies, colleges and chambers of commerce in the ...
Central Germany (linguistics) is the region where the Central German dialects are spoken; Central Germany (geography) describes the regions in the geographic center of Germany; Central Germany (cultural area) is the economic and cultural identity of a region in Germany. The name dates back to the 19th century, when the area was in a roughly ...
2. Spreewald. The translation of the name ‘Spreewald’ is ‘swamps’ and this area is a large inland delta of the river Spree, in the state of Brandenburg, about 100 km south-east of Berlin.
Germany covers a total of 357,600 km 2 (138,100 sq mi), of which 5,157 km 2 (1,991 sq mi) is irrigated land and 8,350 km 2 (3,220 sq mi) is covered by water, the largest lakes being Lake Constance (total area of 536 km 2 (207 sq mi), with 62% of the shore being German; international borders are not defined on the lake itself), Müritz (117 km 2 ...
Central Germany (German: Mitteldeutschland [ˈmɪtl̩ˌdɔʏtʃlant] ⓘ) is an economic and cultural region in Germany.Its exact borders depend on context, but it is often defined as being a region within the federal states of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, or a smaller part of this region, such as the metropolitan area of Leipzig and Halle plus the surrounding counties.
Halle (Saale) is located in the southern part of Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany, along the river Saale which drains the surrounding plains and the greater part of the neighboring Free State of Thuringia just to its south, and the Thuringian basin, northwards from the Thuringian Forest. Leipzig, one of Germany's major cities, is only 35 ...
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