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The Duchy ___MASK29___ ___MASK21___ ( German : " Herzogtum Bayern ") was , from the sixth through the eighth century , a frontier region in the southeastern part ___MASK29___ the Merovingian kingdom and was ruled by dukes (" duces ") under Frankish lordship . In the late ninth century a new duchy was created from this area . It was one ___MASK29___ the stem duchies ___MASK29___ the Kingdom ___MASK29___ Germany and the Holy Roman Empire . Sorbs , known also by their former autonyms Lusatians and Wends , are a West Slavic ethnic group predominantly inhabiting their homeland in ___MASK41___ , a region divided between ___MASK63___ ( the states ___MASK29___ ___MASK82___ and Brandenburg ) and Poland ( the provinces ___MASK29___ Lower Silesia and Lubusz ). They traditionally speak the Sorbian languages ( also known as " Wendish " and " Lusatian "), closely related to Czech and Polish . Sorbian is an officially recognized minority language ___MASK29___ ___MASK63___ . The Sorbs are linguistically and genetically closest to the Czechs and Poles . Due to a gradual and increasing assimilation between the 17th and 20th centuries , virtually all Sorbs also spoke German by the late 19th century and much ___MASK29___ the recent generations no longer speak the languages . The community is divided religiously between Roman Catholicism ( the majority ) and Lutheranism . North Rhine - ___MASK20___ (, commonly shortened to NRW ) is the ___MASK13___ populous state ___MASK29___ Germany , with a population ___MASK29___ approximately 18 million , and the fourth largest by area . Its capital is Düsseldorf ; the ___MASK13___ populous city is ___MASK43___ . Four ___MASK29___ Germany ' s ten largest cities  ___MASK43___ , Düsseldorf , Dortmund , and Essen  are located within the state , as well as the largest metropolitan area on the European continent , Rhine - Ruhr . ___MASK58___ or Frankia , also called the Kingdom ___MASK29___ the Franks , Frankish Kingdom , Frankish Empire , Frankish Realm or occasionally Frankland , was the territory inhabited and ruled by the Franks , a confederation ___MASK29___ West Germanic tribes , during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages . Charles the Bald ( 13 June 823  6 October 877 ) was the ___MASK61___ ___MASK29___ West Francia ( 843  77 ), ___MASK61___ ___MASK29___ Italy ( 875  77 ) and Holy Roman Emperor ( 875  77 , as Charles II ). After a series ___MASK29___ civil wars during the reign ___MASK29___ his father , Louis the Pious , Charles succeeded by the Treaty ___MASK29___ Verdun ( 843 ) in acquiring the western third ___MASK29___ the Carolingian Empire . He was a grandson ___MASK29___ Charlemagne and the youngest son ___MASK29___ Louis the Pious by his second wife , Judith . ___MASK71___ is a city in south - ___MASK62___ , situated at the confluence ___MASK29___ the Danube , Naab and Regen rivers . With over 140 , 000 inhabitants , ___MASK71___ is the fourth - largest city in the State ___MASK29___ ___MASK21___ after Munich , Nuremberg and Augsburg . The city is the political , economic and cultural centre ___MASK29___ Eastern ___MASK21___ and the capital ___MASK29___ the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate . Emma ___MASK29___ Altdorf , also known as Hemma ( 31 January 876 ), a member ___MASK29___ the Elder House ___MASK29___ Welf , was the wife ___MASK29___ King Louis the German , and thereby Queen consort ___MASK29___ East Francia from 843 until her death . Germania was the ___MASK66___ term for the geographical region in north - central Europe inhabited mainly by Germanic peoples . ___MASK75___ ( 2 April 742 / 747 / 74828 January 814 ), also known as Charles the Great or Charles I , was ___MASK61___ ___MASK29___ the Franks . He united much ___MASK29___ Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France , Germany and the Low Countries . He took the Frankish throne in 768 and became ___MASK61___ ___MASK29___ Italy in 774 . From 800 , he served as the first Holy Roman Emperor  the first recognised emperor in Western Europe since the fall ___MASK29___ the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier . ___MASK5___ Abbey (" Stift ___MASK5___ ") was a monastery ___MASK29___ secular canonesses for women ___MASK29___ high nobility in ___MASK5___ , Germany . It was founded about 845 by the Saxon Altfrid ( died 874 ), later Bishop ___MASK29___ Hildesheim and saint , near a royal estate called " Astnidhi ", which later gave its name to the religious house and to the town . The first abbess was Altfrid ' s kinswoman , Gerswit . ___MASK5___ ( Latin : " Assindia ") is a city in North Rhine - Westphalia , Germany . Its population ___MASK29___ approximately 589 , 000 makes it the ninth - largest city in Germany . It is the central city ___MASK29___ the northern ( Ruhr ) part ___MASK29___ the Rhine - Ruhr metropolitan area and seat to several ___MASK29___ the region ' s authorities . The Rhine - ___MASK57___ metropolitan region is the largest metropolitan region in Germany with over 11 million inhabitants . It is ___MASK29___ polycentric nature and the only megacity in Germany . It covers an area ___MASK29___ 7 , 110 square kilometers and lies entirely within the federal state ___MASK29___ North Rhine - Westphalia . The Rhine - ___MASK57___ metropolitan region spreads from Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Duisburg ( ___MASK57___ Area ) in the north , to the urban areas ___MASK29___ the cities ___MASK29___ Mönchengladbach , Düsseldorf ( the state capital ), Wuppertal , Leverkusen , ___MASK43___ ( the region ' s largest and Germany ' s fourth largest city ), and Bonn in the south . The location ___MASK29___ the Rhine - ___MASK57___ at the heart ___MASK29___ the European blue banana makes it well connected to other major European cities and metropolitan areas like the Randstad , the Flemish Diamond and the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region . The ___MASK57___ , or the ___MASK57___ district , ___MASK57___ region , ___MASK57___ area or ___MASK57___ valley , is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine - Westphalia , Germany . With a population density ___MASK29___ 2 , 800 / km² and a population ___MASK29___ eight and a half million , it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany , and third - largest in the European Union . It consists ___MASK29___ several large , industrial cities bordered by the rivers ___MASK57___ to the south , Rhine to the west , and Lippe to the north . In the southwest it borders the Bergisches Land . It is considered part ___MASK29___ the larger Rhine - ___MASK57___ metropolitan region ___MASK29___ more than 12 million people , which is among the largest in Europe . Ermengarde ( or Irmingard ) ___MASK29___ Hesbaye ( c . 778  3 October 818 ), probably a member ___MASK29___ the Robertian dynasty , was Holy Roman Empress from 813 and Queen ___MASK29___ the Franks from 814 until her death as the wife ___MASK29___ the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious . Saint Altfrid ( or Altfrid ___MASK29___ Hildesheim ) ( died 15 August 874 ) was a leading figure in Germany in the ninth century . A Benedictine monk , he became Bishop ___MASK29___ Hildesheim , and founded Essen Abbey . He was also a close royal adviser to the East Frankish King Louis the German . He is a Roman Catholic saint . His feast day is celebrated on 15 August , the feast ___MASK29___ the Assumption ___MASK29___ the Virgin Mary , but also in Essen and Hildesheim on 16 August . Louis the Pious ( 778  20 June 840 ), also called the Fair , and the Debonaire , was the ___MASK61___ ___MASK29___ ___MASK8___ from 781 . He was also ___MASK61___ ___MASK29___ the Franks and co - Emperor ( as Louis I ) with his father , Charlemagne , from 813 . East ___MASK58___ ( Latin : " ___MASK58___ orientalis ") or the Kingdom ___MASK29___ the East Franks (" regnum Francorum orientalium ") was a successor state ___MASK29___ Charlemagne ' s empire and precursor ___MASK29___ the Holy Roman Empire . Until 911 it was ruled by Carolingian dynasty . It was created after the 840 - 43 civil war between Charlemagne ' s grandchildren which ended with the Treaty ___MASK29___ Verdun which divided the former empire into three kingdoms . By the middle ___MASK29___ the 10th century , the kingdom had become usually referred to as Kingdom ___MASK29___ Germany or the Holy Roman Empire , therefore making it the earliest stage in the development ___MASK29___ the modern German state . Louis ( also Ludwig or ___MASK73___ ) " the German " ( c . 804 - 876 ), also known as Louis II , was the first king ___MASK29___ East Francia . Grandson ___MASK29___ emperor Charlemagne and the third son ___MASK29___ emperor ___MASK29___ Francia , Louis the Pious and his first wife , Ermengarde ___MASK29___ Hesbaye , he received the appellation " Germanicus " shortly after his death in recognition ___MASK29___ the fact that the bulk ___MASK29___ his kingdom was in the former Germania . Early life . His early years were partly spent at the court ___MASK29___ his grandfather , Charlemagne , whose special affection he is said to have won . When the emperor Louis the Pious divided his dominions between his sons in 817 , Louis was made the ruler ___MASK29___ Duchy ___MASK29___ ___MASK21___ , following the practice ___MASK29___ emperor Charlemagne ___MASK29___ bestowing a local kingdom to a close family member who then would serve as his lieutenant and local governor . Louis ruled from Regensburg , the old capital ___MASK29___ the Bavarii . In 825 he became involved in wars with the Wends and Sorbs on his eastern frontier . In 827 he married Hemma , sister ___MASK29___ his stepmother Judith ___MASK29___ ___MASK21___ , both daughters ___MASK29___ Welf , whose possessions ranged from Alsace to ___MASK21___ . Louis soon began to interfere in the quarrels arising from Judith ' s efforts to secure a kingdom for her son Charles the Bald and the consequent struggles ___MASK29___ his brothers with their father . Latin ( Latin : ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch ___MASK29___ the Indo - European languages . The Latin alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets . ___MASK70___ (; Alsatian : " s Elsass " ; German : " Elsass " ) is a cultural and historical region in eastern France , now located in the administrative region ___MASK29___ Grand Est . ___MASK70___ is located on France ' s eastern border and on the west bank ___MASK29___ the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany and Switzerland . A city is a large and permanent human settlement . Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , ___MASK38___ , or historical status based on local law .