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Definition: Bavaria |
BavariaNoun1. A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer; site of automobile factory. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Bavaria" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Statistics Capital: Munich Area: 70,553 km² Inhabitants: 11,600,000 (2000) pop. density: 164 inh./km² Homepage: bayern.de ISO 3166-2: DE-BY Politics Minister-President: Edmund Stoiber (CSU) Ruling party: CSU Map 
With an area of 70,553 km² and 11.6 million inhabitants, Bavaria (German Bayern or Freistaat Bayern) forms the southernmost of the 16 Bundesländer of Germany. Its capital is Munich.
Geography
Bavaria shares international borders with Austria and the Czech Republic. Neighbouring states within Germany are Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony. Two major rivers flow through the state, the Danube (Donau) and the Main.The major cities in Bavaria are Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Würzburg, Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Fürth and Erlangen.
Politics
Bavaria has a unicameral Landtag or state parliament, elected by universal suffrage. Until December 1999, there was also a Senat or Senate chosen by social and economic groups in Bavaria, but following a referendum in 1998, this was abolished. The head of government is the Ministerpräsident or prime minister.
Administration
Bavaria is divided into 71 districts:
Map: Bavaria
- Aichach-Friedberg
- Altötting
- Amberg-Sulzbach
- Ansbach
- Aschaffenburg
- Augsburg
- Bad Kissingen
- Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
- Bamberg
- Bayreuth
- Berchtesgadener Land
- Cham
- Coburg
- Dachau
- Deggendorf
- Dillingen
- Dingolfing-Landau
- Donau-Ries
- Ebersberg
- Eichstätt
- Erding
- Erlangen-Höchstadt
- Forchheim
- Freising
- Freyung-Grafenau
- Fürstenfeldbruck
- Fürth
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Günzburg
- Haßberge
- Hof
- Kelheim
- Kitzingen
- Kronach
- Kulmbach
- Landsberg
- Landshut
- Lichtenfels
- Lindau
- Main-Spessart
- Miesbach
- Miltenberg
- Mühldorf
- Munich (München)
- Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
- Neumarkt
- Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim
- Neustadt (Waldnaab)
- Neu-Ulm
- Nürnberger Land
- Oberallgäu
- Ostallgäu
- Passau
- Pfaffenhofen
- Regen
- Regensburg
- Rhön-Grabfeld
- Rosenheim
- Roth
- Rottal-Inn
- Schwandorf
- Schweinfurt
- Starnberg
- Straubing-Bogen
- Tirschenreuth
- Traunstein
- Unterallgäu
- Weilheim-Schongau
- Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
- Wunsiedel
- Würzburg
The districts are grouped into seven administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke), namely:
Culture and language accents differ slightly from region to region.
- Unterfranken (Würzburg)
- Oberfranken (Bayreuth)
- Mittelfranken (Ansbach)
- Schwaben (Augsburg)
- Oberpfalz (Regensburg)
- Oberbayern (Munich)
- Niederbayern (Landshut).
Furthermore, Bavaria includes 25 independent towns, which don't belong to any district:
- Amberg
- Ansbach
- Aschaffenburg
- Augsburg
- Bamberg
- Bayreuth
- Coburg
- Erlangen
- Fürth
- Hof
- Ingolstadt
- Kaufbeuren
- Kempten
- Landshut
- Memmingen
- Munich (München)
- Nuremberg (Nürnberg)
- Passau
- Regensburg
- Rosenheim
- Schwabach
- Schweinfurt
- Straubing
- Weiden
- Würzburg
History
Main article: History of BavariaThe Wittelsbach family ruled Bavaria from 1180 to 1918. Bavaria became a kingdom in 1806. In 1815 the Rhine Palatinate became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845 - 1886) reigned as King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886.
See also: List of rulers of Bavaria, List of Premiers of Bavaria
Miscellaneous
The many famous Bavarians include:The motorcycle and automobile maker BMW has a Bavarian industrial base (the name stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke, or "Bavarian Motor Works").
- Painters such as Hans Holbein the Elder, Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach and Franz Marc
- Musicians such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss
- Modern musicians like Klaus Doldinger and Barbara Dennerlein
- Widely-read Bavarian writers like Bertolt Brecht
- Well-known scientists such as the Nobel prize winners Konrad Lorenz and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
- Well-known inventors such as Werner von Siemens and Levi Strauss who invented the jeans and cofounded Levis with its famous brand Levis's.
- Neurologist Alois Alzheimer, who described the disease bearing his name.
A famous annual festival is called Oktoberfest or October Festival. It is the largest public beer festival in the world, celebrated since 1811 during the last two weeks of September.
External links
Bavaria is also a Dutch beer brand.
Bavaria statue
larger versionBavaria is also the name of the statue standing at the Oktoberfest in Munich.
States of Germany:
Baden-Württemberg | Bavaria | Berlin | Brandenburg | Bremen | Hamburg | Hesse | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Lower Saxony | North Rhine-Westphalia | Rhineland-Palatinate | Saarland | Saxony | Saxony-Anhalt | Schleswig-Holstein | ThuringiaSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bavaria."
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Bavaria is a Dutch beer brand, originating from Lieshout (mun. Laarbeek), North Brabant.The non-alcoholic variety is Bavaria Malt.
External Link
- Official Website
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bavaria beer."
Crosswords: Bavaria |
| English words defined with "Bavaria": Bavarian, Bavarian blue, Bipontine ♦ compsognathus ♦ Ficttelite ♦ lederhosen, Lithographic limestone ♦ Maximilian, Muenchen, Munich. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Bavaria": Æginetan Sculptures ♦ amateur packet radio ♦ Blenheim House ♦ Gourre ♦ Hungarian cat's eye ♦ Loretto ♦ Rope-dancers ♦ Solenhofen stone. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Bavaria Is not Texas (1965) Beautiful Bavaria (1953) A Prince of Bavaria (1914) Bavaria Blue (1990) | |
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 | Test of a net with two screens. Left to right: Prince Albert I of Monaco; Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria; and G. Saige, archivist of the Monaco Palace. Plate VII, print 1. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Munich. Statue of Bavaria. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Altdorf, Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Füssen, Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Oberammergau, Upper Bavaria, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Sundown in bavaria" by Marcus Gschwendtner Commentary: "Sundown in mammendorf/bavaria/germany-." | "Church" by Stephan Kirchhoff Commentary: "A scene in bavaria." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Within the territory of the Saar Basin the Governing Commission shall have all-the powers of government hitherto belonging to the German Empire, Prussia, or Bavaria, including the appointment and dismissal of officials, and the creation of such administrative and representative bodies as it may deem necessary. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Germany | Bavaria identified some state employees as Scientologists and has required them to complete the questionnaire. (references) |
Germany | According to Bavarian and federal officials, no one in Bavaria lost a job or was denied employment solely because of association with Scientology; Scientology officials confirmed this fact. (references) | |
Germany | Scientologists reported employment difficulties, and, in the state of Bavaria, applicants for state civil service positions must complete questionnaires detailing any relationship they may have with Scientology. (references) | |
Economic History | Colombia | For example, a 70-day strike in Bavaria, one of Colombia's main industrial companies, ended on February 28, 2001, and clearly affected industrial growth figures for the last quarter of 2000 and first quarter of 2001. (references) |
Colombia | The National Planning Department acknowledges that increasing guerrilla attacks against the petroleum infrastructure, a long strike in beverage producer Bavaria, one of Colombia's main manufacturing industries, and a policy of budgetary restraint to reduce the fiscal deficit have affected growth forecasts for 2001. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Colombia | The longest strike of the year took place from December 18, 2000, to February 28, at the factories of beverage manufacturer Bavaria, where over 6,300 employees walked out to protest stalled contract negotiations. (references) |
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| "Bavaria" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bavaria" is used about 189 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 189 | 22,353 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Colombia | Bavaria S.A. |
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1. Bavaria, KS |
Expression using "Bavaria": New Bavaria. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Bavaria": bavaria-based. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Bavaria"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | Beiere. (various references) | |
Chinese | 巴伐利亚. (various references) | |
Dutch | Beieren (peal, ring). (various references) | |
Esperanto | Bavarujo, Bavario. (various references) | |
Faeroese | Bayern. (various references) | |
Finnish | Baijeri. (various references) | |
French | Bavière. (various references) | |
German | Bayern. (various references) | |
Greek | Βαυαρία. (various references) | |
Hungarian | bajorország. (various references) | |
Italian | Baviera. (various references) | |
Korean | 바바리아. (various references) | |
Manx | Yn Vaveyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avariabay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Baviera. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bavarija. (various references) | |
Swedish | Bajern. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Bavaria" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abraira, Avarina, Avarua, Badarou, Balvaird, Bamahriz, Basari, Bavadra, bavai, bavarias, Bavcar, Beauveria, Javorina, Savaria. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-i-r-v" | |
-2 letters: brava, bravi, varia. | |
-3 letters: abri, aria, raia, vair, vara. | |
-4 letters: aba, air, arb, ava, baa, bar, bra, ria, rib, var, via. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, ai, ar, ba, bi. | |
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