Bavaria | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-05-06

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00:02:56 1 History
00:03:06 1.1 Antiquity
00:04:36 1.2 Middle Ages
00:11:44 1.3 Electorate of Bavaria
00:13:13 1.4 Kingdom of Bavaria
00:16:09 1.5 Part of the German Empire
00:17:38 1.6 Free State of Bavaria
00:21:32 1.7 Bavarian identity
00:23:33 2 Flags and coat of arms
00:23:44 2.1 Flags
00:24:23 2.2 Coat of arms
00:26:42 3 Geography
00:28:20 4 Administrative divisions
00:28:41 4.1 Administrative districts
00:29:17 4.1.1 Population and area
00:29:26 4.2 Districts
00:30:10 4.3 Counties
00:30:48 4.4 Municipalities
00:32:06 4.4.1 Major cities
00:32:22 5 Politics
00:34:14 5.1 Current Landtag
00:35:56 5.2 Government
00:40:10 5.2.1 Minister-presidents of Bavaria since 1945
00:40:28 5.3 Designation as a "free state"
00:42:24 5.4 Arbitrary arrest and human rights
00:43:29 6 Economy
00:44:41 6.1 Company names
00:45:29 6.2 Unemployment
00:45:51 7 Demographics
00:47:18 7.1 Vital statistics
00:47:44 8 Culture
00:48:10 8.1 Religion
00:48:37 8.2 Traditions
00:48:44 8.3 Food and drink
00:48:54 8.4 Language and dialects
00:49:19 8.5 Ethnography
00:49:28 9 Sports
00:51:02 9.1 Football
00:52:50 10 Historical buildings
00:55:13 11 Bavarians
00:56:05 12 See also
00:57:19 13 References
00:57:29 14 External links
00:58:34 Historical buildings
00:58:45 Bavarians
01:03:19 See also



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Bavaria (; German and Bavarian: Bayern [ˈbaɪɐn]), officially the Free State of Bavaria (German and Bavarian: Freistaat Bayern [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈbaɪɐn]), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state by land area comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's main cities are Munich (its capital and largest city and also the third  largest city in Germany) and Nuremberg.
The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Raetia and Noricum. It became a stem duchy in the 6th century AD following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. It was later incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire, became an independent kingdom, joined the Prussian-led German Empire while retaining its title of kingdom, and finally became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.The Duchy of Bavaria dates back to the year 555. In the 17th century 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 and conservative traditions. Bavarians have traditionally been proud of their culture, which includes a language, cuisine, architecture, festivals such as Oktoberfest and elements of Alpine symbolism. The state also has the second largest economy among the German states by GDP figures, giving it a status as a rather wealthy German region.Modern Bavaria also includes parts of the historical regions of Franconia and Swabia.