Múnich capital; Area 70.553 km ²; Inhabitants 11.600.000 (2000); Density 164 hab. /km ²

Baviera shares international borders with Austria and Czech Republic. Between the states neighboring Germans are Baden-Wurtemberg, Hesse, Turingia and Sajonia.
Both main rivers that cross the state are the Danube (Donau) and the Meno, that are connected to each other by means of the Rin-Main-Danube Channel. It is the greatest state and the one than better maintains the traditions German. Account with places of great beauty, like its alpine zone - where it is the Zugspitze tip (2,962 ms), upper of Germany, and the National Park of the Bayerischer Wald (Bavarian Forest).
The mountains of Baviera are the paradise for the lovers of the senderismo and their lakes and dams offer a infinity of possibilities for the practice of the aquatic sports. Baviera also is famous by its gardens and parks - like the English garden of Munich- and by their castles and palaces: Linderhof, Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee, among others.
Although the economic base is the industry, Baviera maintains a powerful agricultural sector, in which it emphasizes the culture of lúpulo, for the elaboration of the famous beer, and the vineyards. Munich is the capital of the region and a modern city with animated breweries. Account with the Museum of Germany, the greater collection of the world of objects related to the history of natural sciences, the Old Pinacoteca and the Library of the State, that it has more than six million volumes. On the other hand, the city of Nuremberg conserves, among other monuments, the churches of the monasteries of Banz and Ettal and the Germanic National Museum.