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  2. With a a population of 18,033,000 inhabitants, North Rhine-Westphalia would be the fifth most populous country in Western Europe, after France, the UK, Italy and Spain. The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, which occupies most of the North Rhineland section of the state, is the main population centre with over 11 million inhabitants.
  3. There are approximately 2.5 million timber-framed buildings scattered all around Germany. Most of the traditional houses in major German cities were destroyed by the carpet bombings in WWII. Consequently, the greatest part of the traditional half-timbered architecture surviving today is to be found in smaller towns and villages.
  4. Introduction. Paderborn (pop. 145,000) is the capital of the Paderborn district in North Rhine-Westphalia. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, Germany's shortest river (4km only), which originates in more than 200 springs in a park near Paderborn Cathedral. 10% of the population are students of the University of Paderborn.
  5. With 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the EU's most populous nation. It is divided in 16 federal states, some larger and more populous than most European countries. This is why we think that each state deserves its own guide (except for the three city states, which were treated as cities within Lower Saxony and Brandenburg).
  6. GDP per capita at PPP in Europe (I.M.F. - 2019) This map is based on the International Monetary Fund data for 2019. GDP per capita at Purchasing Power Standard (PPS) by NUTS2 region (EU - 2019) This map is based on data from Eurostat for 2019 (this page for the UK). Data for Swiss cantons is from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
  7. It is also the least densely populated state in West Germany. The city states of Hamburg and Bremen, in contrast, are the two smallest states. Bremen is by far the least populous, with only 547,000 inhabitants, a bit more than Luxembourg. Hamburg, Germany's second biggest city after Berlin, has 1.8 million people.
  8. Introduction. Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz in German) is is reputed for its rugged landscapes, as well as its wines from the valleys of the Moselle and Rhine.Indeed, this state produces 2/3 of all German wines, and is the only state to have a wine minister. Rhineland-Palatinate has a land area of 19,847 km², slightly smaller than Slovenia or Israel.
  9. For most of its history, the region was therefore Danish, and bilingual place names are frequent. With a land area of 15,763 km² and a population of 2,835,000, Schleswig-Holstein is slightly larger than Montenegro or the U.S. state of Connecticut, and as populous as Albania or the U.S. states of Utah or Kansas.
  10. Introduction. Aachen (Aken in Dutch, Oche in Ripuarian dialect, Aix-la-Chapelle in French ; pop. 257,000) is one of the oldest and most important cities in German history.Founded as a spa town by the Romans, it became the preferred residence of Emperor Charlemagne. In medieval times, Aachen was the (unofficial) capital of the Holy Roman Empire and the crowing place of German kings.
  11. Following the extinction of the House of La Marck in 1609, the County of Mark and Duchy of Cleves were the first states in West Germany to be annexed by Brandenburg-Prussia, in 1614. Altena Castle was turned into a militay garrison, then a county jail from 1766 to 1811, and eventually a hospital from 1856 until 1906.
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