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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.
 
Monheim was first mentioned in 1150 as a fishermen's village in the Grafschaft Berg. It became the administrative center for the surrounding villages in 1363, and stayed in that pose until Napoleon formed the Rhine Confederation in 1806. At the end of 1974, it was incorporated by Dusseldorf as part of a major municipal corporation reform. After a winning complaint at the federal state's constitutional court in Munster, the city became autonomous again on 1st July 1976, but lost Hitdorf to Leverkusen.
 
Monheim am Rhein is a North-Rhine-Westphalian Germany based medium-sized municipality in the district of Mettmann in the southern suburban area of Dusseldorf on the eastern bank of the river Rhine. The city is in the surrounding area of both Dusseldorf International Airport and the Cologne Bonn Airport.
 
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, luxurious hotels and cottages, Monheim is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.

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