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The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency ___MASK16___ the eurozone , which consists ___MASK16___ 19 ___MASK16___ the member states ___MASK16___ the ___MASK97___ : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions ___MASK16___ the ___MASK97___ and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside ___MASK16___ Europe , a number ___MASK16___ overseas territories ___MASK16___ EU members also use the euro as their currency . ___MASK19___ (; Austro - Bavarian : " Obaöstarreich ") is one of the nine states or " Bundesländer " of Austria . Its capital is Linz . ___MASK19___ borders on Germany and the Czech Republic , as well as on the other Austrian states of ___MASK91___ , Styria , and ___MASK82___ . With an area of and 1 . 437 million inhabitants , ___MASK19___ is the fourth - largest Austrian state by land area and the third - largest by population . The ___MASK97___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK11___ is an independent city in ___MASK50___ , southern Germany . It is seat of the district of ___MASK11___ - Bogen . Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest , the second largest fair in Bavaria , is held . ___MASK13___ ( Low Franconian , Ripuarian : " Düsseldörp " ) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine - Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany . ___MASK13___ is an international business and financial centre , renowned for its fashion and trade fairs . The city is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two ___MASK29___ companies . Messe ___MASK13___ organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows . A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system ___MASK16___ government where the executive branch ( the government ) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature ( the parliament ). There are a number ___MASK16___ variations ___MASK16___ parliamentary republics . ___MASK98___ have a clear differentiation between the head ___MASK16___ government and the head ___MASK16___ state , with the head ___MASK16___ government holding real power , much like constitutional monarchies . Some have combined the roles ___MASK16___ head ___MASK16___ state and head ___MASK16___ government , much like presidential systems , but with a dependency upon parliamentary power . ___MASK96___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK96___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK96___ is the ___MASK98___ populous member state of the ___MASK97___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK98___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK96___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK55___ is the largest city in the German federal State of North ___MASK12___ - Westphalia and the fourth - largest city in Germany ( after Berlin , ___MASK79___ , and Munich ). It is located within the ___MASK12___ - Ruhr metropolitan region , one of the major European metropolitan regions and the largest in Germany , with more than ten million inhabitants . ___MASK86___ is a ___MASK10___ in ___MASK9___ , Germany . It is bordered by ( from the north and clockwise ) the districts of Regen , Freyung - Grafenau , Passau , Rottal - Inn , Dingolfing - Landau and Straubing - Bogen . ___MASK88___ am Main is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state ___MASK16___ ___MASK80___ and the fifth - largest city in Germany , with a 2015 population ___MASK16___ 731 , 095 within its administrative boundaries , and 2 . 3 million in its urban area . The city is at the centre ___MASK16___ the larger ___MASK88___ Rhine - Main Metropolitan Region , which has a population ___MASK16___ 5 . 8 million and is Germany ' s second - largest metropolitan region after Rhine - Ruhr . Since the enlargement ___MASK16___ the ___MASK97___ in 2013 , the geographic centre ___MASK16___ the EU is about to the east ___MASK16___ ___MASK88___ ' s CBD , the Bankenviertel . ___MASK88___ is culturally and ethnically diverse , with around half ___MASK16___ the population , and a majority ___MASK16___ young people , having a migration background . A quarter ___MASK16___ the population are foreign nationals , including many expatriates . A republic ( from ) is a sovereign state , country , or government which is organized with a form ___MASK16___ government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule ___MASK16___ law . In modern times , the definition ___MASK16___ a republic commonly refers to a government which excludes a monarch . Currently , 147 ___MASK16___ the world ' s 206 sovereign states use the word " republic " as part ___MASK16___ their official names ; not all ___MASK16___ these are republics in the sense ___MASK16___ having elected governments , nor do all nations with elected governments use the word " republic " in their names . ___MASK79___ ( local pronunciation ; Low German / Low Saxon : " Hamborg " ), officially " Freie und Hansestadt ___MASK79___ " ( Free and Hanseatic City of ___MASK79___ ), is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the ___MASK97___ . It is the second smallest German state by area . Its population is over 1 . 7 million people , and the wider ___MASK79___ Metropolitan Region covers more than 5 . 1 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the river Elbe . Freyung - Grafenau is a ___MASK10___ in ___MASK9___ , Germany . It is bounded by ( from the south and clockwise ) the districts of Passau , Deggendorf , Regen , the Czech Republic and by Austria . Rottal - Inn is a " Kreis " ( ___MASK10___ ) in the southeastern part ___MASK16___ ___MASK9___ , Germany . Neighboring districts are ( from the south clockwise ) Altötting , Mühldorf , Landshut , Dingolfing - Landau and Passau . To the southeast is the Austrian state Upper Austria ( Braunau ). Dingolfing - Landau is a ___MASK10___ in ___MASK9___ , Germany . It is bounded by ( from the north and clockwise ) the districts of Straubing - Bogen , Deggendorf , Rottal - Inn and Landshut . ___MASK2___ ( Swabian : " Schduagert "), often nicknamed the "" Schwabenmetropole "" in reference to its location in the ___MASK18___ of Swabia and the local dialect spoken by some natives , is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden - Württemberg . It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley locally known as the " Stuttgarter Kessel " an hour from the Swabian ___MASK92___ and the Black Forest . ___MASK2___ ' s name comes from the Old High German word "" Stuogarten "," or " stud farm "  a reference to the city ' s founding in 950 AD as a stud farm . ___MASK2___  s urban area has a population of 623 , 738 , and a further making it the sixth largest city in Germany , 2 . 7 million people live in the city  s administrative region , and another 5 . 3 million people in its metropolitan area , making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany . ___MASK72___ is the capital and the largest city ___MASK16___ ___MASK96___ as well as one ___MASK16___ its constituent 16 states . With a population ___MASK16___ approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK72___ is the second ___MASK98___ populous city proper and the seventh ___MASK98___ populous urban area in the ___MASK97___ . Located in northeastern ___MASK96___ on the banks ___MASK16___ rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre ___MASK16___ the ___MASK72___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK72___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third ___MASK16___ the city ' s area is composed ___MASK16___ forests , parks , gardens , rivers and ___MASK65___ . ___MASK9___ is a federal state of Germany . Located in the German southeast with an area of 70 , 548 square kilometres ( 27 , 200 sq mi ), ___MASK9___ is the largest German state . Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany , and , with 12 . 9 million inhabitants , it is Germany ' s second most populous state . Munich , ___MASK9___ ' s capital and largest city , is the third largest city in Germany . ___MASK86___ is a town in ___MASK9___ , capital of the ___MASK86___ district . ___MASK8___ ( also in British English ) is the capital and largest city ___MASK16___ the German state ___MASK16___ ___MASK9___ , on the banks ___MASK16___ River Isar north ___MASK16___ the Bavarian Alps . ___MASK8___ is the third largest city in Germany , after Berlin and Hamburg , and the 12th biggest city ___MASK16___ the European Union , with a population ___MASK16___ above 1 . 5 million . The ___MASK8___ Metropolitan Region is home to 5 . 8 million people . The ___MASK62___ , also known by the short name Czechia , is a nation state in Central ___MASK36___ bordered by ___MASK96___ to the west , Austria to the south , Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast . The ___MASK62___ covers an area of with mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate . It is a unitary parliamentary republic , has 10 . 5 million inhabitants and the capital and largest city is Prague , with over 1 . 2 million residents . The ___MASK62___ includes the historical territories of Bohemia , Moravia , and Czech Silesia . ___MASK36___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK36___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK26___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK68___ and southeast , ___MASK36___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK36___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK36___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK11___ - Bogen is a " Kreis " ( ___MASK10___ ) in the eastern part ___MASK16___ ___MASK9___ , Germany . Neighboring districts are ( from the north clockwise ) Cham , Regen , Deggendorf , Dingolfing - Landau , Landshut and Regensburg . The independent town ___MASK16___ ___MASK11___ is surrounded by the ___MASK10___ . The seat ___MASK16___ the government ___MASK16___ the ___MASK10___ ( Landratsamt ) is located in ___MASK11___ .