Bavaria
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 Bavaria facts

• Located in the German southeast with an area of 70,548 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state
• Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany, and, with 12
• 6 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second most populous state
• Munich, Bavaria's capital and largest city, is the third largest city in Germany
• The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and formation as a duchy in the 6th century CE (AD) through the Holy Roman Empire to becoming an independent kingdom and finally a state of the Federal Republic of Germany
• The Duchy of Bavaria dates back to the year 555
• In the 17th century CE (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 re-organised itself on democratic lines after the Second World War
• Bavaria has a unique culture, largely because of the state's Catholic majority (52%) and conservative traditions