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Anthem: Bayernhymne (German) "Hymn of Bavaria" | |
Coordinates: 48°46′39″N 11°25′52″E / 48.77750°N 11.43111°E / 48.77750; 11.43111 | |
Country | Germany |
Capital | Munich |
Government | |
• Body | Landtag of Bavaria |
• Minister-President | Markus Söder (CSU) |
• Governing parties | CSU / FW |
• Bundesrat votes | 6 (of 69) |
Area | |
• Total | 70,550.19 km2 (27,239.58 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,124,737 |
• Density | 186/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Population | |
• Official languages | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | DE-BY |
GRP (nominal) | €633 billion (2019) |
GRP per capita | €48,000 (2019) |
NUTS Region | DE2 |
HDI (2018) | 0.947 very high · 6th of 16 |
Website | https://www.bayern.de |
Bavaria (/bəˈɛəriə/; German: Bayern, [ˈbaɪɐn]), officially the Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern, [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈbaɪɐn] ( listen); Bavarian: Freistoot Bayerncode: bar is deprecated ), is a State (Bundesland) of Germany. The territory of this state is the largest of the 16 German states. The state capital is Munich with 1.5 million people. About 13.1 million people live in Bavaria.
Like many German states, Bavaria was once independent. Ludwig II of Bavaria was its last independent king. Bavaria joined the German Empire in 1871.