Baden-Württemberg is a state in southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern sector of Germany's western border with France. It is Germany's both third-largest, with an area of 35,751 km2 (13,804 sq mi) and third-most populous state with more than 11 million inhabitants. Baden-Württemberg is a parliamentary republic and partly sovereign, federated state which was formed in 1952 by a merger of the states of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Karlsruhe and Mannheim. Other cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen and Ulm.
The Iller (help·info) is a river of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube, 146 kilometres (91 mi) long.
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The Tauber (help·info) is a river in Franconia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is 132 km (82 mi) in length. The name derives from the Celtic word for water.
The Brenz is a river in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Danube. Its source is at a spring in the town of Königsbronn and it flows for 52 kilometers before meeting the Danube at Lauingen, a few kilometers west of Dillingen. It flows through the towns of Königsbronn, Heidenheim an der Brenz, Giengen and Lauingen.
Southern Germany as a region has no exact boundary but is generally taken to include the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken. That corresponds roughly to the historical stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia or, in a modern context, to Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg within the Federal Republic of Germany, to the exclusion of the areas of the modern states of Austria and Switzerland. The Saarland and the southern parts of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate are sometimes included as well and correspond to the historical Franconia.
FV Illertissen is a German association football club from the town of Illertissen, Bavaria and was established in 1921. Despite its location in Bavaria the club had never played in the league system of its home state but instead preferred to play in neighbouring Baden-Württemberg. At the end of the 2011–12 season the club however decided to switch to Bavaria.
Erf is a river of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In Baden-Württemberg, it is called Erfa. It flows into the Main in Bürgstadt.
Egau is a river of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Danube near Höchstädt an der Donau.
Eger is a river of Baden-Württemberg and of Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Wörnitz near Harburg.
Eschach is a river of Baden-Württemberg and of Bavaria, Germany. It is a right headwater of the Aitrach near Leutkirch im Allgäu.
Nau is a river of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Danube near Günzburg.
Nonnenbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany. It is a tributary of Lake Constance, which is drained by the Rhine, near Kressbronn am Bodensee.
The Obere Argen is a river in southwestern Bavaria and southeastern Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Rohrbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg and of Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Tauber.
Schandtauber is a river of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Tauber in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Untere Argen is a river of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is near the village Börlas in southwestern Bavaria. It passes along Isny im Allgäu and Wangen im Allgäu. At its confluence with the Obere Argen near Neukirch, the Argen is formed.
Vorbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg and of Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Tauber near Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
The Bergstraße-Odenwald Nature Park is a nature park in southern Germany with an area of 3,500 km² that lies between the rivers Rhine, Main (river) and Neckar. In the south it overlaps in places with the Neckar Valley-Odenwald Nature Park on the territory of Baden-Württemberg. In the east it meets the Bavarian Spessart Nature Park at the River Main. The nature park covers parts of the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse.
Welzbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg and of Bavaria, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Tauber in Werbach.
