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Herzogenaurach (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.
Herzogenaurach is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the district of Erlangen-Hochstadt in middle Franconia and is the birthplace of sporting goods giants like Adidas and Puma and still the city of their headquarters. Population of Herzogenaurach was 23,112 in 2005 and its population density was 485 square kilometers. Herzogenaurach has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is located about 23 kilometers northwest of Nuremberg. At least 1000 years in existence, Herzogenaurach was first mentioned in a document in the year 1002 under the name of Uraha when king Heinrich II donated the town to the archbishopric of Bamberg.
The Argentina national football team was to have concentrated in May 2006 in Herzogenaurach for the 2006 FIFA, International Federation of Football Association World Cup. Notable people born in Herzogenaurach or residents such as Lothar Matthaus football player and the captain of 1990 FIFA World Cup winning team, Adolf Dassler - founder of Adidas, Rudolf Dassler - founder of Puma influenced the history of the city. Herzogenaurach, justifiably so, enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and is one of the most visited place. Due to its many historic events and places it has been one of the favorite destinations of visitors.
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