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The ___MASK4___ (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of ___MASK30___ in the southeastern Swiss Alps , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river ___MASK4___ is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1 , 050 , 000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ), at about , with an average discharge of about . ___MASK32___ ( local pronunciation ; Low German / Low Saxon : " Hamborg " ), officially " Freie und Hansestadt ___MASK32___ " ( Free and Hanseatic City of ___MASK32___ ), is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the ___MASK14___ . It is the second smallest German state by area . Its population is over 1 . 7 million people , and the wider ___MASK32___ Metropolitan Region covers more than 5 . 1 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the river Elbe . Siebeldingen is a municipality in ___MASK57___ district , in Rhineland - Palatinate , western Germany . ___MASK33___ am Main is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state ___MASK69___ ___MASK35___ and the fifth - largest city in Germany , with a 2015 population ___MASK69___ 731 , 095 within its administrative boundaries , and 2 . 3 million in its urban area . The city is at the centre ___MASK69___ the larger ___MASK33___ Rhine - Main Metropolitan Region , which has a population ___MASK69___ 5 . 8 million and is Germany ' s second - largest metropolitan region after Rhine - Ruhr . Since the enlargement ___MASK69___ the ___MASK14___ in 2013 , the geographic centre ___MASK69___ the EU is about to the east ___MASK69___ ___MASK33___ ' s CBD , the Bankenviertel . ___MASK33___ is culturally and ethnically diverse , with around half ___MASK69___ the population , and a majority ___MASK69___ young people , having a migration background . A quarter ___MASK69___ the population are foreign nationals , including many expatriates . Hauenstein is a municipality in the ___MASK79___ ___MASK44___ , in Rhineland - Palatinate , ___MASK85___ . It is situated in the Palatinate forest , approximately 20 km east of Pirmasens , and 20 km west of Landau . ___MASK85___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK85___ , 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 , ___MASK85___ is the ___MASK13___ populous member state of the ___MASK14___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK13___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK85___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . The Middle ___MASK75___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and ___MASK24___ . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near ___MASK75___ ( as opposed to Far ___MASK75___ ) beginning in the early 20th century . The ___MASK21___ , sometimes also called the Palatine Forest , is a low - mountain region in southwestern ___MASK85___ , located in the Palatinate in the state ___MASK69___ Rhineland - Palatinate . The forest is a designated nature park covering 1 , 771 km and its highest elevation is the Kalmit ( 673 m ). ___MASK65___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK65___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK39___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK75___ and southeast , ___MASK65___ 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 ___MASK65___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK65___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . An arrowslit ( often also referred to as an arrow loop , loophole or loop ___MASK96___ , and sometimes a balistraria ) is a thin vertical aperture in a fortification through which an archer can launch arrows . Rhineland - Palatinate ( German : " Rheinland - Pfalz ") is one ___MASK69___ the 16 states ( German : " Länder ", lit . " countries " however better translated as " state ") ___MASK69___ the Federal Republic ___MASK69___ ___MASK85___ . It has an area ___MASK69___ and about four million inhabitants . Its state capital is Mainz . Rhineland - Palatinate is located in western ___MASK85___ and borders Belgium , Luxembourg and France , and the German states ___MASK69___ North ___MASK4___ - Westphalia , ___MASK35___ , Baden - Württemberg and Saarland . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency ___MASK69___ the eurozone , which consists ___MASK69___ 19 ___MASK69___ the member states ___MASK69___ the ___MASK14___ : 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 ___MASK69___ the ___MASK14___ and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside ___MASK69___ Europe , a number ___MASK69___ overseas territories ___MASK69___ EU members also use the euro as their currency . ___MASK71___ is the capital and the largest city ___MASK69___ ___MASK85___ as well as one ___MASK69___ its constituent 16 states . With a population ___MASK69___ approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK71___ is the second ___MASK13___ populous city proper and the seventh ___MASK13___ populous urban area in the ___MASK14___ . Located in northeastern ___MASK85___ on the banks ___MASK69___ rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre ___MASK69___ the ___MASK71___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK71___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third ___MASK69___ the city ' s area is composed ___MASK69___ forests , parks , gardens , rivers and ___MASK7___ . ___MASK43___ is the largest city in the German federal State of North ___MASK4___ - Westphalia and the fourth - largest city in Germany ( after Berlin , ___MASK32___ , and Munich ). It is located within the ___MASK4___ - Ruhr metropolitan region , one of the major European metropolitan regions and the largest in Germany , with more than ten million inhabitants . A castle ( from ) is a type ___MASK69___ fortified structure built in ___MASK65___ and the Middle ___MASK75___ during the Middle Ages by nobility . Scholars debate the scope ___MASK69___ the word " castle ", but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence ___MASK69___ a lord or noble . This is distinct from a palace , which is not fortified ; from a fortress , which was not always a residence for nobility ; and from a fortified settlement , which was a public defence  though there are many similarities among these types ___MASK69___ construction . Usage ___MASK69___ the term has varied over ___MASK100___ and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses . Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built , they took on a great many forms with many different features , although some , such as curtain walls and arrowslits , were commonplace . Anebos Castle is a ruin ___MASK69___ a mediaeval castle in the ___MASK21___ south ___MASK69___ Anweiler in Rhineland - Palatinate , ___MASK85___ . The name ___MASK69___ the castle is probably derived from the German word " Amboss " ( anvil ). ___MASK81___ an der Queich is a municipality in the ___MASK57___ district , in Rhineland - Palatinate , Germany . It is situated on the river Queich , approx . 6 km east of Landau . Landau or ___MASK11___ ( pop . 41 , 821 ) is an autonomous (" kreisfrei ") town surrounded by the ___MASK57___ (" Southern Wine Route ") district of southern Rhineland - Palatinate , Germany . It is a university town ( since 1990 ), a long - standing cultural centre , and a market and shopping town , surrounded by vineyards and wine - growing villages of the Palatinate wine region . Landau lies east of the Palatinate forest , Europe ' s largest contiguous forest , on the German Wine Route . Trifels Castle ( ) is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation ___MASK69___ near the small town ___MASK69___ Annweiler , in the Palatinate region ___MASK69___ southwestern ___MASK85___ . It is located high above the Queich valley within the Palatinate Forest on one peak ___MASK69___ a red sandstone mountain split into three . Trifels Castle is on the peak ___MASK69___ the Sonnenberg , and on both ___MASK69___ the other two ___MASK50___ elevations there are castle ruins : Anebos Castle and Scharfenberg Castle ( demotically called Münz ) . A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system ___MASK69___ government where the executive branch ( the government ) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature ( the parliament ). There are a number ___MASK69___ variations ___MASK69___ parliamentary republics . ___MASK13___ have a clear differentiation between the head ___MASK69___ government and the head ___MASK69___ state , with the head ___MASK69___ government holding real power , much like constitutional monarchies . Some have combined the roles ___MASK69___ head ___MASK69___ state and head ___MASK69___ government , much like presidential systems , but with a dependency upon parliamentary power . The ___MASK14___ ( 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 . The Queich is a tributary ___MASK69___ the ___MASK4___ , which rises in the southern part ___MASK69___ the Palatinate Forest , and flows through the Upper ___MASK4___ valley to its confluence with the ___MASK4___ in Germersheim . It is long and is one ___MASK69___ the four major drainage systems ___MASK69___ the Palatinate Forest along with the Speyerbach , Lauter and Schwarzbach . The Queich flows through the towns Hauenstein , ___MASK60___ , Siebeldingen , Landau , Offenbach an der Queich and Germersheim . ___MASK22___ ( also in British English ) is the capital and largest city ___MASK69___ the German state ___MASK69___ ___MASK20___ , on the banks ___MASK69___ River Isar north ___MASK69___ the Bavarian Alps . ___MASK22___ is the third largest city in Germany , after Berlin and Hamburg , and the 12th biggest city ___MASK69___ the European Union , with a population ___MASK69___ above 1 . 5 million . The ___MASK22___ Metropolitan Region is home to 5 . 8 million people . ___MASK31___ ( short for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a ___MASK97___ political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity . A palace is a grand residence , especially a royal residence , or the home ___MASK69___ a head ___MASK69___ state or some other high - ranking dignitary , such as a bishop or archbishop . In the history ___MASK69___ ___MASK65___ , the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century . It began with the fall ___MASK69___ the Western ___MASK59___ and merged into the Renaissance and the Age ___MASK69___ Discovery . The Middle Ages is the middle period ___MASK69___ the three traditional divisions ___MASK69___ Western history : classical antiquity , the medieval period , and the modern period . The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early , High , and Late Middle Ages . " Country House " is a ___MASK74___ by English alternative rock band Blur . It was released as the lead single from the band ' s fourth album " The Great Escape " on 14 August 1995 . " Country House " was the first of two Blur singles to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart ( the second being 1997 ' s " Beetlebum "). A republic ( from ) is a sovereign state , country , or government which is organized with a form ___MASK69___ government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule ___MASK69___ law . In modern times , the definition ___MASK69___ a republic commonly refers to a government which excludes a monarch . Currently , 147 ___MASK69___ the world ' s 206 sovereign states use the word " republic " as part ___MASK69___ their official names ; not all ___MASK69___ these are republics in the sense ___MASK69___ having elected governments , nor do all nations with elected governments use the word " republic " in their names . The Kalmit is the highest peak in the ___MASK21___ and the second highest ( after the Donnersberg ) in the Palatinate region ___MASK69___ ___MASK85___ . It is and located south ___MASK69___ the town ___MASK69___ Neustadt an der Weinstraße . An anvil is a block with a hard surface on which another object is struck . The block is as massive as it is practical , because the higher the inertia ___MASK69___ the anvil , the more efficiently it causes the energy ___MASK69___ the striking tool to be transferred to the work piece . On a quality anvil the smith ' s hammer should rebound with almost as much energy as the smith puts into the downward stroke , ultimately making the smith ' s job easier and less physically strenuous . In ___MASK13___ cases the anvil is used as a forging tool . Before the advent ___MASK69___ modern welding technology , it was a primary tool ___MASK69___ metal workers . ___MASK5___ ( Swabian : " Schduagert "), often nicknamed the "" Schwabenmetropole "" in reference to its location in the ___MASK23___ 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 ___MASK63___ and the Black Forest . ___MASK5___ ' 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 . ___MASK5___  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 . ___MASK60___ , or Annweiler is a town in the Südliche Weinstraße district , in Rhineland - Palatinate , Germany . It is situated on the river Queich , 12 km west of Landau , and on the railway from Landau to Pirmasens . ___MASK64___ is a town in the German state ___MASK69___ Rhineland - Palatinate , ___MASK69___ around 20 , 000 inhabitants . It is also the seat ___MASK69___ the ___MASK64___ district . The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer , Landau , Philippsburg , ___MASK98___ and Wörth . ___MASK40___ ( Low Franconian , Ripuarian : " Düsseldörp " ) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine - Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany . ___MASK40___ 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 ___MASK70___ companies . Messe ___MASK40___ organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows .