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A ___MASK29___ is a type ___MASK69___ administrative division that , in some countries , is managed by local government . Across the world , areas known as " districts " vary greatly in size , spanning entire regions or counties , several municipalities , subdivisions ___MASK69___ municipalities , school ___MASK29___ , or political ___MASK29___ . ___MASK27___ ( local pronunciation ; Low German / Low Saxon : " Hamborg " ), officially " Freie und Hansestadt ___MASK27___ " ( Free and Hanseatic City of ___MASK27___ ), is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the ___MASK75___ . It is the second smallest German state by area . Its population is over 1 . 7 million people , and the wider ___MASK27___ Metropolitan Region covers more than 5 . 1 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the river Elbe . Deutsches Reich was the official name for the German nation state from 1871 to 1943 in the German language . It translates literally to " ___MASK84___ ", with a context approximating that of " German Realm ". From 1943 to 1945 , the official name was  but not formally proclaimed  Großdeutsches Reich (" Great German Reich ") on account of the new territories annexed into the state ' s administration during the Second World War . Rhein - Neckar - Kreis is a ___MASK29___ (" Kreis ") in the ___MASK39___ of Baden - Württemberg , Germany . Neighboring districts are Bergstraße , Odenwaldkreis , Neckar - Odenwald , Heilbronn , ___MASK46___ , the independent city Speyer , the Rhein - Pfalz - Kreis , and the independent cities Mannheim and Heidelberg . World War II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ), also known as the Second World War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier . It involved the vast majority ___MASK69___ the world ' s nations  including all ___MASK69___ the great powers  eventually forming two opposing military alliances : the Allies and the Axis . It was the ___MASK78___ widespread war in history , and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries . In a state ___MASK69___ " total war ", the major participants threw their entire economic , industrial , and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources . Marked by mass deaths ___MASK69___ civilians , including the Holocaust ( in which approximately 11 million people were killed ) and the strategic bombing ___MASK69___ industrial and population centres ( in which approximately one million were killed , and which included the atomic bombings ___MASK69___ Hiroshima and ___MASK83___ ), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities . These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history . ___MASK81___ is a city in the state ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ in Germany , located in the southern part ___MASK69___ the Rhine - Main - Area ( Frankfurt Metropolitan Region ). ___MASK81___ has a population around 150 , 000 ( 2013 ). The ___MASK81___ Larger Urban Zone has 430 , 993 inhabitants . ___MASK23___ is the capital and the largest city ___MASK69___ ___MASK55___ as well as one ___MASK69___ its constituent 16 states . With a population ___MASK69___ approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK23___ is the second ___MASK78___ populous city proper and the seventh ___MASK78___ populous urban area in the ___MASK75___ . Located in northeastern ___MASK55___ on the banks ___MASK69___ rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre ___MASK69___ the ___MASK23___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK23___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third ___MASK69___ the city ' s area is composed ___MASK69___ forests , parks , gardens , rivers and ___MASK76___ . The ___MASK75___ ( 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 euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency ___MASK69___ the eurozone , which consists ___MASK69___ 19 ___MASK69___ the member states ___MASK69___ the ___MASK75___ : 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 ___MASK75___ 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 . The Grand Duchy ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ and by Rhine , or the Grand Duchy ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ between 1806 and 1816 , was an independent country and member state ___MASK69___ the German Confederation as ___MASK69___ 1806 , when the Landgraviate ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ - Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy which it remained until 1918 , when the monarchy was overthrown . ___MASK12___ lost its independence when it joined the ___MASK84___ in 1871 . Before 1866 , its northern neighbour was its former sister Landgraviate , since 1803 an Electorate , ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ - Kassel  for this reason , this state was sometimes colloquially known as ___MASK12___ - Darmstadt . ___MASK48___ is one of seven districts of Bavaria , Germany . The districts of Lower , Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia . A Mittelgebirge ( German term ) is a relatively low ___MASK11___ range or ___MASK22___ area , a typical geographical feature of Central Europe , especially Central and Southern Germany ; it refers to something between rolling low hill country or " Hügelland " and a proper ___MASK11___ range ( or " Hochgebirge ") like the High Alps . The is a low ___MASK11___ range in the German states ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ , ___MASK57___ and Baden - Württemberg . ___MASK66___ is a city in central western ___MASK55___ and the capital of the federal state of ___MASK12___ . In July 2016 , it had about 288 , 000 inhabitants , plus approximately 19 , 000 United States citizens ( mostly associated with the United States Army ). The ___MASK66___ urban area is home to approx . 560 , 000 people . Baden - Württemberg is a state in ___MASK55___ located in the ___MASK64___ , east of the Upper Rhine . It is ___MASK55___  s third largest state in terms of size and population , with an area of and 10 . 8 million inhabitants . The state capital and largest city is Stuttgart . ___MASK17___ is a town in ___MASK39___ ___MASK57___ , Germany . The town of ___MASK17___ is not considered part of the district of ___MASK17___ , but is the administrative seat . 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 . ___MASK55___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK55___ , 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 , ___MASK55___ is the ___MASK78___ populous member state of the ___MASK75___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK78___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK55___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK97___ ( Low Franconian , Ripuarian : " Düsseldörp " ) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine - Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany . ___MASK97___ 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 ___MASK41___ companies . Messe ___MASK97___ organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows . Rhenish ___MASK12___ or Rhine - ___MASK12___ is a region and a former government district ( Regierungsbezirk ) in the German state of Rhineland - Palatinate , made up of those territories west of the Upper Rhine river that from 1816 were part of the Grand Duchy of ___MASK12___ and of the People ' s State of ___MASK12___ until 1945 . The hilly countryside is largely devoted to vineyards , comprising the Rheinhessen wine region . ___MASK49___ is an administrative district in ___MASK57___ , Germany . It is bounded by ( from the north and clockwise ) the city of Aschaffenburg , the districts of Aschaffenburg and Main - Spessart , and the states of Baden - Württemberg ( districts of Main - Tauber and Neckar - Odenwald ) and Hesse ( districts of Odenwaldkreis and Darmstadt - Dieburg ) . Neckar - Odenwald - Kreis is a ___MASK29___ (" Kreis ") in the north ___MASK69___ Baden - Württemberg , ___MASK55___ . Neighboring districts are ( from east clockwise ) Main - Tauber - Kreis , Hohenlohe - Kreis , Heilbronn , Rhein - Neckar - Kreis , Odenwaldkreis ( ___MASK12___ ) and Landkreis ___MASK49___ ( ___MASK57___ ). The " Neckar - Odenwald - Kreis " is part ___MASK69___ to the Rhine Neckar Area . ___MASK1___ is the largest city in the German federal State of North ___MASK8___ - Westphalia and the fourth - largest city in Germany ( after Berlin , ___MASK27___ , and Munich ). It is located within the ___MASK8___ - Ruhr metropolitan region , one of the major European metropolitan regions and the largest in Germany , with more than ten million inhabitants . ___MASK81___ - Dieburg is a Kreis ( district ) in the south ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ , Germany . Neighboring districts are ___MASK3___ , Aschaffenburg , Miltenberg , Odenwaldkreis , Bergstraße , Groß - Gerau , and the district - free city ___MASK69___ ___MASK81___ , which it surrounds . 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___ ___MASK55___ . It has an area ___MASK69___ and about four million inhabitants . Its state capital is Mainz . Rhineland - Palatinate is located in western ___MASK55___ and borders Belgium , Luxembourg and France , and the German states ___MASK69___ North ___MASK8___ - Westphalia , ___MASK12___ , Baden - Württemberg and Saarland . ___MASK52___ ( Swabian : " Schduagert "), often nicknamed the "" Schwabenmetropole "" in reference to its location in the ___MASK26___ 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 ___MASK14___ and the Black Forest . ___MASK52___ ' 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 . ___MASK52___  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 . ___MASK57___ is a federal state of Germany . Located in the German southeast with an area of 70 , 548 square kilometres ( 27 , 200 sq mi ), ___MASK57___ 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 , ___MASK57___ ' s capital and largest city , is the third largest city in Germany . Main - Spessart is a ___MASK29___ in the ___MASK39___ of ___MASK57___ , Germany . It is located in ___MASK48___ and derives its name from the river Main and the wooded hills of the Spessart . 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 . ___MASK78___ 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 . ___MASK93___ ( also in British English ) is the capital and largest city ___MASK69___ the German state ___MASK69___ ___MASK57___ , on the banks ___MASK69___ River Isar north ___MASK69___ the Bavarian Alps . ___MASK93___ 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 ___MASK93___ Metropolitan Region is home to 5 . 8 million people . ___MASK61___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK61___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK16___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK47___ and southeast , ___MASK61___ 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 ___MASK61___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK61___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . ___MASK21___ am Main is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ 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 ___MASK21___ 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 ___MASK75___ in 2013 , the geographic centre ___MASK69___ the EU is about to the east ___MASK69___ ___MASK21___ ' s CBD , the Bankenviertel . ___MASK21___ 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 . Spessart is a " Mittelgebirge ", a range ___MASK69___ low wooded mountains , in the States ___MASK69___ ___MASK57___ and Hesse in Germany . It is bordered by the Vogelsberg , Rhön and Odenwald . The highest elevation is the Geiersberg at 586 metres NN . The ___MASK8___ (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of ___MASK25___ 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 ___MASK8___ 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 . The ___MASK5___ is a " Kreis " ( ___MASK29___ ) in the south ___MASK69___ ___MASK12___ , Germany . Neighboring districts are Darmstadt - Dieburg , ___MASK49___ , Neckar - Odenwald - Kreis , Rhein - Neckar - Kreis and Kreis Bergstraße . " ___MASK5___ " belongs to the Rhine Neckar Area . Vogelsberg is a municipality in the ___MASK72___ district of Thuringia , Germany . ___MASK12___ or Hessia (, Hessian dialect : " ___MASK12___ " ) is a federal state (" Land ") of the Federal Republic of Germany , with just over six million inhabitants . The state capital is Wiesbaden ; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main . Until the formation of the German Reich in 1871 , ___MASK12___ was an independent country ruled by a Grand Duke ( Grand Duchy of ___MASK12___ ). Due to divisions after World War II , the modern federal state does not cover the entire cultural region of ___MASK12___ which includes both the State of ___MASK12___ and the area known as Rhenish ___MASK12___ ( Rheinhessen ) in the neighbouring state of Rhineland - Palatinate .