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Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
 
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
 
Bocholt is a city in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, part of the district Borken. As of 2005 it had a population of 73,117 inhabitants. Bocholt was first written about in 779, when Charlemagne won a battle against the Saxons nearby. Bishop Dietrich III von Isenburg from Munster gave Bocholt city rights in 1222.
 
The engraver, Israhel Van Meckenem lived and worked in the city. Bocholt is twinned with Rawtenstall, Lancashire. The coat of arms shows a beech tree, which has been the symbol for the city since the 13th century. Bocholt translated into English means beechwood.
 
Bocholt can be considered as the preeminent, historical and potential tourism destination that enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers to become one of the most visited places.

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