Bavaria - DE2

EU regions: Germany > Bavaria

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Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Bavaria

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

Employment by sectors, Bavaria

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Bavaria (; German and Bavarian: Bayern [ˈbaɪɐn]), officially the Free State of Bavaria (German and Bavarian: Freistaat Bayern [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈbaɪɐn]), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state by land area comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's main cities are Munich (its capital and largest city and also the third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg and Augsburg.

The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Raetia and Noricum. It became a stem duchy in the 6th century AD following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. It was later incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire, became an independent kingdom, joined the Prussian-led German Empire in 1871 while retaining its title of kingdom, and finally became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.

The Duchy of Bavaria dates back to the year 555. In the 17th century 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 reorganized itself on democratic lines after the Second World War.

other: Germany, SAARLAND, MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, BRANDENBURG, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, BERLIN, SACHSEN-ANHALT, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, THÜRINGEN, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, BREMEN, HAMBURG, Saxony

neighbours: Saxony, Baden-Württemberg, Westösterreich, THÜRINGEN, Hesse, Czech Republic, SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA

subregions: Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia, Swabia

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Bavaria - DE2, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/DE2