{"id":37046,"count":1,"description":"Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern, pronounced [\u02c8f\u0281a\u026a\u0283ta\u02d0t \u02c8ba\u026a.\u0250n]\u00a0( listen)) is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of 70,548 square kilometres (27,200 sq\u00a0mi), it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany. Bavaria is Germany's second most populous state (after North Rhine-Westphalia) with almost 12.5 million inhabitants, more than any of the three sovereign states on its borders. Bavaria's capital is Munich.\nOne of the oldest states of Europe, it was established as a duchy in the mid first millennium. In the 17th century, the Duke of Bavaria became a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The Kingdom of Bavaria existed from 1806 to 1918, and Bavaria has since been a free state (republic). Modern Bavaria also includes parts of the historical regions of Franconia and Swabia.\nThe Bavarians emerged in a region north of the Alps, originally inhabited by the Gauls, which had...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/bavaria\/","name":"Bavaria","slug":"bavaria","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/37046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=37046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}