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German States True or False?

Is this fact about any of the 16 German States correct or a lie?
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1. Only Bavaria calls itself “Freistaat” (free state)
Thuringia and Saxony call themselves free state as well, Hamburg and Bremen are called free cities
True
False
2. Baden-Württemberg is Germany’s sunniest state
That is true, Baden-Württemberg enjoys 2053 hours of sun per year
True
False
3. Rhineland-Palatinate has a mythical (not real) creature that is a bird mixed with fairies and goblins
The Elwetritsche is a breed of multiple birds and mythical creatures that is claimed to live in the Pfalz and has humanoid body parts (obviously not real)
True
False
4. The Saarland is an autonomous area since the occupation in 1945
No, its a normal federal state like any other
True
False
5. Northrhine-Westphalia was one of the strongest and biggest kingdoms during the Holy Roman Empire
The State was founded after WW2 by the Allies and never existed before, it was split in many small and bigger cities like Cologne or Munster, later Prussia took over control
True
False
6. Hesse has an area called “Berghessen” (Mountainous Hesse)
No that doesn’t exist, there’s a “Waldhessen” (Forest Hesse) and a city called Bergisch Gladbach
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7. The first German Republic after the Kingdom was founded in Thuringia
The Weimar Republic was founded in Weimar (Thuringia), giving it its name
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8. The state of Saxony actually had no Saxons living there
Yes, the Saxons lived in Lower Saxony further Northwest. In Saxony there were people from Thuringia and Slavic areas forming the people that are there today. It’s called Saxony just because Monarchs from their took over
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False
9. Brandenburg united with Prussia in the 17th century and later created the first German country together
Yes they did, the ruler of Brandenburg gained control over Prussia as well. Under a later ruler the name Brandenburg wasn’t used that much anymore.
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False
10. Berlin has to pay more taxes, so that other less developed states have similar chances
Actually Berlin receives the most money (3.8 billion €) from this tax, Bavaria has to pay the most with 9.1 billion €
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False
11. Saxony-Anhalt has the lowest population density in Germany
It has 107 people per square kilometre, more than Brandenburg with 87 and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania with 70
True
False
12. Mecklenburg-West Pomerania is the only state with a capital city smaller than 100.000 people
Schwerin only has 91.000 people and is the smallest capital Germany, the state’s biggest city Rostock is twice as big
True
False
13. Lower Saxony hosts the headquarters of famous car brands like Porsche or Mercedes
Volkswagen is located in Wolfsburg, but Porsche and Mercedes are located in Stuttgart
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False
14. Bremen is the only city state that consists of 2 “Freistädte” (free cities)
Bremen and Bremerhaven are closely related and in the same state, but arent the same city. Bremerhaven means “Port of Bremen”
True
False
15. Hamburg is the only Hansestadt (Hanseatic City) in Germany
No, there are many others like Bremen or even on rivers in the middle of Germany
True
False
16. Schleswig-Holstein only has the southern part of Schleswig, the North belongs to Denmark
Yes, Prussia annexed all of Schleswig from Denmark, but Germany lost the north of it due to the treaty of Versailles after WW1
True
False
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