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| Statistics | |
| Capital: | Stuttgart |
| Area: | 35,742 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 10,694,215 (2004) |
| pop. density: | 299 people/km² |
| Homepage: | baden-wuerttemberg.de (http://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/) |
| ISO 3166-2: | DE-BW |
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| Minister-president: | Günther Oettinger (CDU) |
| Ruling party: | CDU/FDP coalition |
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With an area of 35,742 km² and 10.7 million inhabitants, Baden-Württemberg lies in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is third largest in both area and population among the country's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). The capital is Stuttgart.
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Geography
The state borders on Switzerland to the south, France to the west, and on the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Bavaria.
Its principal cities include Stuttgart, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg, Ulm, Tübingen, Pforzheim and Reutlingen.
The Rhine forms the western border as well as large portions of the southern border. East of the Rhine there is the Black Forest (Schwarzwald), the main mountain range of the state. In the south, Baden-Württemberg shares in the foothills of the Alps and in Lake Constance (Bodensee). The source of the Danube is located in the state.
See also List of places in Baden-Württemberg.
Administration
Baden-Württemberg is divided into 35 counties, grouped into the four Administrative Districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Tübingen.
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Furthermore there are nine independent towns, which do not belong to any district:
History
The state combines the historical states of Baden, Hohenzollern and Württemberg. After World War II the Allied forces established three states: Württemberg-Baden (occupied by the USA), Württemberg-Hohenzollern (France) and Baden (France). In 1952 these states were merged in order to form the state of Baden-Württemberg; the 1949 constitution of West Germany contained a special clause (Article 118) that made this merger possible.
List of minister presidents of Baden-Württemberg
- 1952 - 1953: Reinhold Maier (FDP/DVP)
- 1953 - 1958: Gebhard Müller (CDU)
- 1958 - 1966: Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU)
- 1966 - 1978: Hans Karl Filbinger (CDU)
- 1978 - 1991: Lothar Späth (CDU)
- 1991 - 2005: Erwin Teufel (CDU)
- since 2005: Günther Oettinger (CDU)
External link
- The state's official website (http://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/)
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