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___MASK99___ is the largest city in the federal state of ___MASK14___ , Germany . With a population of 570 , 087 inhabitants ( 1 , 001 , 220 residents in the larger urban zone ) it is Germany ' s tenth most populous city . ___MASK99___ is located about southwest of Berlin at the confluence of the White Elster , Pleisse and Parthe rivers at the southern end of the North German Plain . ___MASK95___ is the capital city and after ___MASK99___ the second - largest city of the Free State of ___MASK14___ in Germany . It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe , near the border with the Czech Republic . The Elbe (; Low German : " Elv ") is one ___MASK43___ the major rivers ___MASK43___ Central Europe . It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains ___MASK43___ the ___MASK42___ Czech Republic before traversing much ___MASK43___ Bohemia ( Czech Republic ), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven , northwest ___MASK43___ Hamburg . Its total length is . The Neumarkt in ___MASK95___ is a central and culturally significant section ___MASK43___ the ___MASK95___ inner city . The historic area was almost completely wiped out during the Allied bomb attack during the Second World War . After the war ___MASK95___ fell under Soviet occupation and later the communist German Democratic Republic who rebuilt the Neumarkt area in socialist realist style and partially with historic buildings . However huge areas and parcels ___MASK43___ the place remained untilled . After the fall ___MASK43___ Communism and German reunification the decision was made to restore the Neumarkt to its pre - war look . ___MASK21___ is the capital and the largest city ___MASK43___ Germany as well as one ___MASK43___ its constituent 16 states . With a population ___MASK43___ approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK21___ is the second ___MASK45___ populous city proper and the seventh ___MASK45___ populous urban area in the European Union . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks ___MASK43___ rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre ___MASK43___ the ___MASK21___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK21___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third ___MASK43___ the city ' s area is composed ___MASK43___ forests , parks , gardens , rivers and ___MASK82___ . ___MASK89___ , officially the Federal Republic ___MASK43___ ___MASK89___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area ___MASK43___ , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK89___ is the most populous member state ___MASK43___ the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK89___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , ___MASK1___ , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic ( GDR / ___MASK64___ ) joined the Federal Republic ___MASK43___ Germany ( FRG / West Germany ) to form the reunited nation ___MASK43___ Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city , as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23 . The end ___MASK43___ the unification process is officially referred to as German unity , celebrated on 3 October ( German Unity Day ). Following German reunification , Berlin was once again designated as the capital ___MASK43___ united Germany . The ___MASK98___ , also known by the short name Czechia , is a nation state in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west , ___MASK4___ to the south , ___MASK40___ to the east and Poland to the northeast . The ___MASK98___ 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 ___MASK98___ includes the historical territories of Bohemia , Moravia , and Czech Silesia . The ___MASK32___ ___MASK43___ ___MASK14___ is a landlocked federal state ___MASK43___ Germany , bordering the federal states ___MASK43___ Brandenburg , ___MASK14___ Anhalt , Thuringia , and Bavaria , as well as the countries ___MASK43___ Poland ( Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships ) and the Czech Republic ( Karlovy Vary , Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions ). Its capital is Dresden , and its largest city is Leipzig . The Day ___MASK43___ German Unity is the national day ___MASK43___ Germany , celebrated on 3 October as a public holiday . It commemorates the anniversary ___MASK43___ German reunification in 1990 , when the goal ___MASK43___ a united Germany that originated in the middle ___MASK43___ the 19th century , was fulfilled again . Therefore , the name addresses neither the re - union nor the union , but the unity ___MASK43___ Germany . The Day ___MASK43___ German Unity on 3 October has been the German national holiday since 1990 , when the reunification was formally completed . It is a legal holiday for the Federal Republic ___MASK43___ Germany .