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Forchheim (Bavaria)




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.
 
Forchheim is a large district city in Franconia in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative region of Upper Franconia. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Franconian Switzerland, as the region is known. Its population, as of August 2005, was 31,024, and its land area is 44.95 square kilometers.
 
In 2005, Forchheim celebrated its 1,200th anniversary from its first documentary mention, on the occasion of which the Deutsche Post issued special commemorative stamps worth 45 cents. In 2004, the city played host to the Bavarian provincial Exhibition. There were about 199,100 visitors.

Forchheim is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in Germany. It is worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place leaves a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justifies the proud cultural tradition of Germany.

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