Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes. Carinthia’s main industries are tourism, electronics, engineering, forestry and agriculture.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Carinthia” »
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two towns with a charter and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east. Burgenland has a very long border: To the west it borders the Austrian provinces of Niederösterreich and Steiermark. To the northeast it borders Slovakia, Hungary to the east and Slovenia to the farthest south.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Burgenland” »
The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. The capital is Erfurt. Thuringia borders on (from the northwest and clockwise) the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse. The ridges of the western Harz Mountains divide the region from Lower Saxony on the north-west, while the eastern Harz similarly separates Thuringia from the state of Saxony-Anhalt to the north-east. To the south and southwest, the Thuringian Forest effectively separates the ancient region of Franconia, now the northern part of Bavaria, from the rolling plains of most of Thuringia.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Thuringia” »
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the two historical duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Its capital city is Kiel, other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg. Schleswig-Holstein borders Denmark to the north, the North Sea to the west, the Baltic Sea to the east, and the German states of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the south.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Schleswig-Holstein” »
Saxony-Anhalt is one of the sixteen federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg. It borders the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Saxony-Anhalt” »
The Free State of Saxony is a federal state of Germany, located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area (18,413 km²) and the sixth largest in population (4.3 million), of Germany’s sixteen states.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Saxony” »
Saarland is one of the 16 federal states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. In both area and population, it is the smallest of the German area states, i.e., those that are not city-states. Its location between French and German powers has given Saarland a unique history.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Saarland” »
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 federal states of Germany. The capital is Mainz. Situated in western Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate borders (from the north and clockwise) North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, France, Saarland, Luxembourg and Belgium.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate” »
North Rhine-Westphalia is the westernmost and—in terms of population and economic output—the largest Federal State of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia is situated in the western part of Germany and shares borders with Belgium in the southwest and the Netherlands in the west and northwest. It has borders with the German states of Lower Saxony to the north and northeast, Rhineland-Palatinate to the south and Hesse to the southeast. The capital city is Düsseldorf, and the largest city is Cologne (Köln).
Continue reading “Map and Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia” »
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a federal state in northern Germany. The capital city is Schwerin. Its name is sometimes translated as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the sixth largest German state by territory, and the least densely populated one. Major cities include Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald and Wismar.
Continue reading “Map and Flag of Mecklenburg-West Pommerania” »