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___MASK41___ ( also in British English ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of ___MASK83___ , on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps . ___MASK41___ is the third largest city in Germany , after Berlin and Hamburg , and the 12th biggest city of the European Union , with a population of above 1 . 5 million . The ___MASK41___ Metropolitan Region is home to 5 . 8 million people . St . Gallen or traditionally St Gall , in German sometimes Sankt Gallen (; ) is the capital of the ___MASK44___ of St . Gallen in Switzerland . It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall , founded in the 7th century . Today , it is a large urban agglomeration ( with around 160 , 000 inhabitants ) and represents the center of eastern Switzerland . Its economy consists mainly of the service sector . The Catholic Church , also known as the ___MASK24___ Catholic Church , is the largest Christian church , with more than 1 . 27 billion members worldwide . As one of the oldest religious institutions in the world , it has played a prominent role in the history of Western civilisation . Headed by the Bishop of Rome , known as the pope , its doctrines are summarised in the Nicene Creed . The Catholic Church is notable within Western Christianity for its sacred tradition and seven sacraments . ___MASK32___ ( officially in German : " ___MASK32___ ( Bodensee )") is a major town and an on the eastern side of Lake Constance (" Bodensee " in German ). It is the capital of the " Landkreis " or county ___MASK32___ , ___MASK83___ , and located near the borders of Austria ( Vorarlberg ) and Switzerland ( St . Gallen and Thurgau ). The coat of arms of ___MASK32___ town is a linden tree , referring to the supposed origin of the town ' s name (" Linde " means linden tree in German ). The historic town of ___MASK32___ is located on an island , which is connected with the mainland by a road - traffic bridge and a railway dam leading to ___MASK32___ station . The Society of Jesus (" S . J .", " SJ " or " SI ") is a male religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in ___MASK76___ . The members are called Jesuits . The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents . Jesuits work in education ( founding schools , colleges , universities and seminaries ), intellectual research , and cultural pursuits . Jesuits also give retreats , minister in hospitals and parishes , and promote social justice and ecumenical dialogue . Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state (" Bundesland ") of ___MASK52___ . Although it has the second - smallest area ( ___MASK92___ is the smallest ) and population ( Burgenland is less populated ), it has the second - highest population density ( after ___MASK92___ ). It borders three countries : Germany ( ___MASK83___ and Baden - Württemberg via Lake Constance ), Switzerland ( Graubünden and St . Gallen ) and Liechtenstein . The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol to the east . ___MASK23___ is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states . With a population of approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK23___ is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European ___MASK57___ . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre of 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 of the city ' s area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . ___MASK21___ , or ___MASK69___ ( ___MASK21___ on the Danube ) is a town in Swabia , Bavaria , Germany . It is the administrative center of the district of ___MASK21___ . Heinrich Wangnereck ( July 1595 - 11 November 1664 ) was a Catholic theologian , preacher , author . He was born in ___MASK41___ . The extant sketches of his life give no uniform information respecting the dates of events ; it is , however , unanimously stated that when sixteen years old he entered the novitiate of the upper German province of the Society of Jesus , at Landsberg , took the usual course of instruction , and in addition was for a time teacher of the lowest class at the gymnasium . His chief occupation was that of a professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Dillingen , where he was chancellor , according to one statement , for twenty - four years . In addition to teaching , he was also a noted preacher . In 1655 he was sent to ___MASK32___ as superior and missioner , but after five years returned to Dillingen where he was chancellor until his death , which followed a sudden stroke of apoplexy at table . It is said that his reputation for learning and ability was so widespread that many secular and spiritual princes , bishops , and prelates of Germany asked his advice in the most important matters . His works , of which twenty are known , are chiefly on theological subjects . He also took part in the political controversies of the period , but not always to the satisfaction of authority , as there is record of a punishment inflicted upon him by the general of the Society because he had spoken disrespectfully of the Duke of ___MASK83___ . His first small work , `` Notae in confessiones S . Augustini '' , published in 1630 , has retained its popularity up to the present time ; in 1907 a fourth edition of it appeared . Wangereck died at Dillingen . This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann , Charles , ed . ( 1913 ) . Catholic Encyclopedia . Robert Appleton Company . ___MASK97___ ( local pronunciation ; Low German / Low Saxon : " Hamborg " ), officially " Freie und Hansestadt ___MASK97___ " ( Free and Hanseatic City of ___MASK97___ ), is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the European Union . It is the second smallest German state by area . Its population is over 1 . 7 million people , and the wider ___MASK97___ Metropolitan Region covers more than 5 . 1 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the river Elbe . The University of ___MASK21___ , at ___MASK69___ in southern Germany , existed from 1551 to 1803 . It was located in Swabia , then a district of Bavaria . The European ___MASK57___ ( EU ) is a political and economic ___MASK57___ 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 ___MASK48___ affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary ___MASK57___ was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK83___ is a federal state of Germany . Located in the German southeast with an area of 70 , 548 square kilometres ( 27 , 200 sq mi ), ___MASK83___ 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 , ___MASK83___ ' s capital and largest city , is the third largest city in Germany . Swabia ( colloquially " Schwabenland " or " Ländle "; in English also archaic " Suabia " or " Svebia ") is a cultural , historic and linguistic region in southwestern ___MASK28___ . The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of Swabia , one of the German stem duchies , representing the territory of Alemannia , whose inhabitants interchangeably were called " Alemanni " or " Suebi ". The ___MASK17___ are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe , stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries : ___MASK52___ , France , Germany , Italy , Liechtenstein , Monaco , Slovenia , and Switzerland . The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided . Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn . Mont Blanc spans the French  Italian border , and at is the highest mountain in the ___MASK17___ . The Alpine region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4000 metres ( just over 13 , 000 feet ). The Isar is a river in ___MASK100___ , ___MASK52___ and ___MASK83___ , Germany . Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in ___MASK100___ ; it enters Germany near Mittenwald , and flows through Bad Tölz , Munich , and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf . At in length , it is the fourth largest river in ___MASK83___ , after the Danube , Inn , and Main . It is Germany ' s second most important tributary of the Danube after the Inn . ___MASK73___ ( German : Bodensee ) is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the ___MASK17___ , and consists of three bodies of water : the " Obersee " (" upper lake "), the " Untersee " (" lower lake "), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine , called the " Seerhein ". The ___MASK44___ of Thurgau ( German : , anglicized as Thurgovia ) is a northeast ___MASK44___ of Switzerland .