Bavaria
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Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in Bavaria.
The area is famous for its beer and automobiles. BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works.
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The country's health ministry has said all four, who are not currently showing symptoms, were being transferred to their homes in Berlin, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
In this case, the team monitored a much larger area, covering 2,400 square kilometers in Northern Bavaria, using Sentinel-1 radar satellites.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
The federal benefits can be combined with regional film funds, such as those in Bavaria or Berlin-Brandenburg, which hosted the upcoming release “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
In 1950, his parents arrived in Chile, where they bought a plot of land near Santiago and opened a successful company making German sausages, called Cecinas Bavaria.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
In Ofnet Cave in Bavaria, archaeologists discovered the remains of thirty-eight foragers, mainly women and children, who had been thrown into two burial pits.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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