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being the seat of the federal assembly. The "Main line" did not follow the course of the River Main upstream of
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717:Bavaria
662:831,937
618:Growth
615:per km
613:Density
541:Muslims
384:Austria
344:Austria
340:Prussia
305:Germany
259:Austria
233:Bavaria
225:Bavaria
213:Germany
157:Bavaria
102:scholar
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1682:49; 10
1579:, and
1537:Allgäu
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1514:Munich
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1347:88,369
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1305:153,06
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1229:146,84
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1153:203,93
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1096:
1077:173,46
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1001:144,96
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925:186,38
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867:
848:207,35
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772:248,31
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696:310,69
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474:Taunus
472:, the
462:Bingen
333:Saxony
269:, and
267:Alsace
229:Swabia
188:German
153:Munich
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1581:tarts
1577:cakes
1569:pasta
1553:stews
1474:State
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1439:Pop.
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1424:Pop.
1421:1960
1419:Pop.
1416:1950
1414:Pop.
1411:City
1408:Rank
1385:2,038
1381:97,74
1342:Mainz
1309:1,465
1233:1,803
1174:Hesse
1157:1,353
1081:1,699
1005:2,160
929:2,713
852:2,925
793:Hesse
776:2,737
704:11.81
700:4,355
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438:Rhine
422:Upper
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172:Hesse
109:JSTOR
95:books
1668:10°E
1665:49°N
1549:wine
1547:and
1545:beer
1539:and
1533:Alps
1500:and
1479:Land
1392:1908
1389:8.95
1316:1934
1313:9.31
1240:1909
1237:3.81
1164:1905
1161:2.17
1088:1901
1085:5.82
1012:1897
1009:2.10
936:1881
933:3.53
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856:3.89
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780:4.80
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