Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked state of Germany. It borders the states of Baden-Württemberg to the west, Hesse to the north-west, and Thuringia and Saxony to the north, as well as the countries of Switzerland and Austria to the south and the Czech Republic to the east. The state's capital and largest city is Munich; other major cities include Nuremberg, Augsburg, Regensburg, and Ingolstadt. With an area of 70,550 square kilometres, it is the largest German state, and with 13.08 million inhabitants, the second-most populous.
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| Subject | Bavaria |
| Category | State in Germany |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 550 |
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