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== '''Mecklenburg-Vorpommern''' ==
[[File:Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (great).svg|thumb|100px]]
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was formerly in [[East Germany]] and provided it with a coastline on the Baltic. This meant that it was and still is a holiday destination. Western Pomerania was part of Sweden from the [[Thirty Years' War]] to the Napoleonic Wars and includes Germany's biggest island, Rügen.
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== '''Nordrhein-Westfalen''' ==
[[File:Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westfalia.svg|thumb|100px]]
North Rhine-Westphalia in English, it is the most populous and, arguably <ref>As a former coal mining region, it suffers silimar problems as Northern England or the US Great Lakes do.</ref>, richest state in the whole of Germany. Although the Rhine-Ruhr Area is a massive conurbation (over 10 million residents), 52% of the state is actually agricultural.
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== '''Rheinland-Pfalz''' ==
[[File:Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate.svg|thumb|100px]]
Rhineland-Palatinate in English, formerly the northern part of the French zone of occupation, it consists of territories that before [[World War II]] belonged to the Prussia (Rhineland), Bavaria (Palatinate) and Hesse (Rheinhessen). Bordering France, Luxemburg and Belgium. Much agriculture and viticulture, offering a wide variety of and many good vines.
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== '''Saarland''' ==
[[File:Coa de-saarland.svg|thumb|100px]]
After the war, Saarland was actually placed under French control, but was handed back in 1957 (it had been under de facto French
==== ''Saarbrücken'' ====
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== '''Sachsen''' ==
[[File:Coat of arms of Saxony.svg|thumb|100px]]
Saxony. The Free State of Saxony was part of the former GDR, and the PDS does well there. Until 1918 it was one of the four kingdoms of the German Empire. The easternmost part, the ''Oberlausitz'' (Upper Lusatia), is home to the Sorbs, a Slavic minority speaking a language of their own, and includes the only part of the former Prussian province of Silesia that did not become Polish after [[World War II]].
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== '''Schleswig-Holstein''' ==
[[File:Coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein.svg|thumb|100px]]
Formerly Englished as Sleswick-Holstein. Home of the famous Schleswig-Holstein question, a dispute over the relations of two duchies with Denmark and the German Confederation. Well and truly entering the farcical territory, this dispute was finally resolved by force of arms in favour of the Germans. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, better known as Lord Palmerston and British "Prime Minister" on two occasions (the title had not entered official use yet - this was the subject of a ''[[QI]]'' question)
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== '''Thüringen''' ==
[[File:Coat of arms of Thuringia.svg|thumb|100px]]
Thuringia, which belonged to the GDR, was formed in 1920 from eight minor monarchies (one grand duchy, three duchies, and four principalities). Thuringia was occupied by US forces in 1945, but was soon traded in for West Berlin.
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