is_a_list_of list of places in saxony-anhalt
Düsseldorf ( Low Franconian , Ripuarian : " Düsseldörp " ) is the ___MASK20___ ___MASK24___ of the German state of North Rhine - Westphalia and the seventh most populous ___MASK24___ in Germany . Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre , renowned for its fashion and trade fairs . The ___MASK24___ is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies . Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows . A republic ( from ) is a ___MASK62___ , country , or government which is organized with a form of government in which power resides in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law . In modern times , the definition of a republic commonly refers to a government which excludes a monarch . Currently , 147 of the world ' s 206 sovereign states use the word " republic " as part of their official names ; not all of these are republics in the sense of having elected governments , nor do all nations with elected governments use the word " republic " in their names . Cologne is the largest ___MASK24___ in the German federal State of North Rhine - Westphalia and the fourth - largest ___MASK24___ in Germany ( after Berlin , Hamburg , and Munich ). It is located within the Rhine - Ruhr metropolitan region , one of the major European metropolitan regions and the largest in Germany , with more than ten million inhabitants . Munich ( also in British English ) is the ___MASK20___ and largest ___MASK24___ of the German state of Bavaria , on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps . Munich is the third largest ___MASK24___ in Germany , after Berlin and Hamburg , and the 12th biggest ___MASK24___ of the European Union , with a population of above 1 . 5 million . The Munich Metropolitan Region is home to 5 . 8 million people . This is a list of geographical features in the ___MASK54___ of Saxony - Anhalt , Germany . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural ___MASK71___ , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Frankfurt am Main is a metropolis and the largest ___MASK24___ in the German state of Hesse and the fifth - largest ___MASK24___ in Germany , with a 2015 population of 731 , 095 within its administrative boundaries , and 2 . 3 million in its urban area . The ___MASK24___ is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt Rhine - Main Metropolitan Region , which has a population of 5 . 8 million and is Germany ' s second - largest metropolitan region after Rhine - Ruhr . Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013 , the geographic centre of the EU is about to the east of Frankfurt ' s CBD , the Bankenviertel . Frankfurt is culturally and ethnically diverse , with around half of the population , and a majority of young people , having a migration background . A quarter of the population are foreign nationals , including many expatriates . Hamburg ( local pronunciation ; Low German / Low Saxon : " Hamborg " ), officially " Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg " ( Free and Hanseatic ___MASK24___ of Hamburg ), is the second largest ___MASK24___ in Germany and the eighth largest ___MASK24___ in the European Union . It is the second smallest German state by area . Its population is over 1 . 7 million people , and the wider Hamburg Metropolitan Region covers more than 5 . 1 million inhabitants . The ___MASK24___ is situated on the river Elbe . Berlin is the ___MASK20___ and the largest ___MASK24___ of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states . With a population of approximately 3 . 5 million people , Berlin is the second most populous ___MASK24___ proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre of the Berlin - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third of the ___MASK24___ ' s area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary ___MASK47___ of government where the executive branch ( the government ) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature ( the parliament ). There are a number of variations of parliamentary republics . Most have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the ___MASK53___ , with the head of government holding real power , much like constitutional monarchies . Some have combined the roles of ___MASK53___ and head of government , much like presidential systems , but with a dependency upon parliamentary power . Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , 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 , Germany is the most populous member ___MASK54___ of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . Germany ' s ___MASK20___ and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . Stuttgart ( Swabian : " Schduagert "), often nicknamed the "" Schwabenmetropole "" in reference to its ___MASK9___ in the center of Swabia and the local dialect spoken by some natives , is the capital and largest ___MASK24___ 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 Jura and the Black Forest . Stuttgart ' s name comes from the Old High German word "" Stuogarten "," or " stud farm "  a reference to the ___MASK24___ ' s founding in 950 AD as a stud farm . Stuttgart  s urban area has a population of 623 , 738 , and a further making it the sixth largest ___MASK24___ in Germany , 2 . 7 million people live in the ___MASK24___  s administrative region , and another 5 . 3 million people in its metropolitan area , making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany . ___MASK68___ is a German ___MASK54___ (" Bundesland ") situated in northwestern Germany and is second in area , with , and fourth in population ( 8 million ) among the sixteen " Länder " of Germany . In rural areas Northern Low Saxon , a dialect of Low German , and Saterland Frisian , a variety of Frisian , are still spoken , but the number of speakers is declining . The Free ___MASK54___ of Thuringia is a federal ___MASK54___ in central Germany . It has an area of and 2 . 29 million inhabitants , making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany ' s sixteen states . Most of Thuringia is within the watershed of the Saale , a left tributary of the Elbe . The ___MASK20___ is . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated ___MASK40___ of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal ___MASK17___ 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 Free ___MASK54___ of Saxony is a landlocked federal ___MASK54___ of Germany , bordering the federal states of Brandenburg , Saxony Anhalt , Thuringia , and Bavaria , as well as the countries of Poland ( Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships ) and the Czech Republic ( Karlovy Vary , Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions ). Its ___MASK20___ is Dresden , and its largest ___MASK24___ is Leipzig . Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian : " Bramborska ") is one of the sixteen federated states of Germany . It lies in the northeast of the ___MASK78___ covering an area of 29 , 478 square kilometers and has 2 . 48 million inhabitants . The ___MASK20___ and largest ___MASK24___ is Potsdam . Brandenburg surrounds but does not include the national ___MASK20___ and ___MASK24___ - state Berlin forming a metropolitan area . Saxony - Anhalt is a landlocked federal ___MASK54___ of Germany surrounded by the federal states of Lower Saxony , Brandenburg , Saxony and Thuringia .