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|---|---|
| "lozengy" variant | striped variant |
| Coat of arms | |
| Statistics | |
| Capital: | Munich (München) |
| Area: | 70,553 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 12.444 Million (2004-12-31) |
| Pop. density: | 176 inh./km² |
| Website: | bayern.de |
| ISO 3166-2: | DE-BY |
| Politics | |
| Minister-president: | Edmund Stoiber (CSU) |
| Ruling party: | CSU |
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A precursor to the name Bayern, was the name Bayuwaren given by the Romans to the province. A later mention was made by the Franks ca. 520. Saint Boniface completed the people's conversion to Christianity in the early 8th century. Bavaria resisted the Protestant Reformation, and remains strongly Roman Catholic.
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Bavarian State Parliament - Introduction and overview to the Landtag site in German, with translation of the state constitution.
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