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While I was in Germany I decided it was about time I got my head around the German Bundeslaender; where they are and which cities are in each. I had previously had not had much of a clue except knowing where Nordrhein-Westfalen and Berlin were (I exaggerate slightly).
So I'm writing my list down from memory to show myself that I have learnt them.
I could have just copied this stuff from Wikipedia's excellent summary.
Formerly in FRD
Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel)
Niedersachsen (Hannover)
Nordrhein-Westfalen (Duesseldorf)
Hessen (Wiesbaden)
Rheinland-Pfalz (Mainz)
Saarland (Saarbruecken)
Baden-Wuerttemburg (Stuttgart)
Bayern (Muenchen)
PLUS Freie Hansestaedte Hamburg & Bremen
Formerly in DDR
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Schwerin)
Sachsen Anhalt (Magdeburg)
Sachsen (Dresden)
Brandenburg (Potsdam)
Thueringen (Erfurt)
PLUS Berlin (its own Land)
ip: 82.152.144.135 summary: About the German Bundeslaender diff-major: 1 text: While I was in Germany I decided it was about time I got my head around the German Bundeslaender; where they are and which cities are in each. I had previously had not had much of a clue except knowing where Nordrhein-Westfalen and Berlin were (I exaggerate slightly). So I'm writing my list down from memory to show myself that I have learnt them. I could have just copied this stuff from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany#States_.28L.C3.A4nder.29 Wikipedia's excellent summary]. == German Laender and Hauptstaedte == /Formerly in FRD/ Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel) Niedersachsen (Hannover) Nordrhein-Westfalen (Duesseldorf) Hessen (Wiesbaden) Rheinland-Pfalz (Mainz) Saarland (Saarbruecken) Baden-Wuerttemburg (Stuttgart) Bayern (Muenchen) PLUS Freie Hansestaedte Hamburg & Bremen /Formerly in DDR/ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Schwerin) Sachsen Anhalt (Magdeburg) Sachsen (Dresden) Brandenburg (Potsdam) Thueringen (Erfurt) PLUS Berlin (its own Land) languages: lastmajor: 2 oldmajor: 1 diff-minor:Changed: 4c4
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