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''Baden-Wurttemberg'' - with accents '''Baden-Württemberg''' - is one of the 16 states of [[Germany]]. | |||
Its population is [[Has population::10,569,111]] (around 10.6 million) and its capital city is [[Has capital::Stuttgart]]. | |||
It is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, bordering Alsace ([[France]]) to the west, [[Switzerland]] to the south, [[Bavaria]] to the east and northeast, [[Hesse]] to the north, and [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] to the northwest. | |||
Most of the major cities of Baden-Württemberg straddle the banks of the Neckar River, which runs centrally through the state (downstream (from southwest to the centre, then northwest) first Tübingen, then Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Heidelberg, and Mannheim). It is third largest in both area and population among Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 35,742 square kilometers (13,800.1 sq mi) and 10.7 million inhabitants (both almost equivalent to all of Belgium). | |||
== Education == | |||
Baden-Württemberg is home to some of the oldest, most renowned and prestigious universities in [[Germany]], such as the universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg and Tübingen. It also contains four of the nine German 'excellence universities' (Heidelberg, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, and Konstanz). | |||
Other university towns are Mannheim and Ulm. Furthermore, two universities are located in the state capital Stuttgart, the University of Hohenheim and the University of Stuttgart. Ludwigsburg is home to the renowned national film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg). The private International University in Germany is situated in Bruchsal. There is another private university, located in Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin University. | |||
Furthermore, there are more than a dozen Fachhochschulen, i.e. universities of applied sciences, as well as Pädagogische Hochschulen, i.e. teacher training colleges, and other institutions of tertiary education in Baden-Württemberg (a.o. in Aalen, Esslingen, Ludwigsburg, Nürtingen, Pforzheim, Ravensburg-Weingarten, Reutlingen, several in Stuttgart, Schwäbisch Hall). | |||
The state has the highest density of academic institutions of any territorial state (i.e. excluding Berlin and Hamburg) in Germany. | |||
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Revision as of 15:40, 20 September 2014
Baden-Württemberg/OER is a Region located at 48° 39' 41.77" N, 9° 21' 0.48" E. It is located in Germany.
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Baden-Wurttemberg - with accents Baden-Württemberg - is one of the 16 states of Germany.
Its population is 10,569,111 (around 10.6 million) and its capital city is Stuttgart.
It is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, bordering Alsace (France) to the west, Switzerland to the south, Bavaria to the east and northeast, Hesse to the north, and Rhineland-Palatinate to the northwest.
Most of the major cities of Baden-Württemberg straddle the banks of the Neckar River, which runs centrally through the state (downstream (from southwest to the centre, then northwest) first Tübingen, then Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Heidelberg, and Mannheim). It is third largest in both area and population among Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 35,742 square kilometers (13,800.1 sq mi) and 10.7 million inhabitants (both almost equivalent to all of Belgium).
Education
Baden-Württemberg is home to some of the oldest, most renowned and prestigious universities in Germany, such as the universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg and Tübingen. It also contains four of the nine German 'excellence universities' (Heidelberg, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, and Konstanz).
Other university towns are Mannheim and Ulm. Furthermore, two universities are located in the state capital Stuttgart, the University of Hohenheim and the University of Stuttgart. Ludwigsburg is home to the renowned national film school Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg). The private International University in Germany is situated in Bruchsal. There is another private university, located in Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin University.
Furthermore, there are more than a dozen Fachhochschulen, i.e. universities of applied sciences, as well as Pädagogische Hochschulen, i.e. teacher training colleges, and other institutions of tertiary education in Baden-Württemberg (a.o. in Aalen, Esslingen, Ludwigsburg, Nürtingen, Pforzheim, Ravensburg-Weingarten, Reutlingen, several in Stuttgart, Schwäbisch Hall).
The state has the highest density of academic institutions of any territorial state (i.e. excluding Berlin and Hamburg) in Germany.
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