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Vilseck (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.
 
Vilseck is a town in northeastern state of Bavaria, located in Germany. A brigade of the United States Army is based at the town and the nearby Grafenwohr military training area. In 1990, as part of 1st Armored Division, 1st Battalion 37th Armor was attached to the 3rd Bulldog Brigade from Bamberg and deployed to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield and Storm. In 2005, the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division departed Vilseck Germany after redeployment from Iraq. In 2006, the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Stryker will move to Vilseck. Vilseck and the Grafenwoehr Training Area will become one of the last remaining major hubs of the American Military in Europe.
 
Vilseck is situated on the river Vils eck in German means corner and so Vilseck is on a corner or edge of the Vils, a tributary of the Naab river. The Grafenwoehr Training Area complex GTA is a live-fire multi-national shooting range and borders the town of Vilseck on the north. The town is home to Germany's first tower museum. The ancient Bavarian village of Vilseck is geographically completely separate from the nearby large American military base which is commonly referred to the same name.

Vilseck 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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