Germany: All about Baden-Württemberg Quiz

Answer: Neckar

The Neckar River courses mainly through the south-west of Baden-Württemberg. It also runs a short distance through the German state of Hesse.

The Neckar is approximately 225 miles long (362 km) long, and is a right tributary of the Rhine River. The Heilbronn harbour is the largest harbour on the Neckar, and is in the top ten largest harbours of Germany.

Answer: Third-largest

The area of Baden-Württemberg is approximately 13,805 square miles (35,750 km) in total. It is behind Lower Saxony, the second-largest German state, and Bavaria, the largest.

Answer: Feldberg

At approximately 4,900 feet (1,495 m) Feldberg is the highest mountain is Germany not of the Alps mountain range. Feldberg is situated just south-east of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau.

There is a Bismarck Monument at the summit of the mountain. Since 1868, many monuments are dedicated to Otto von Bismarck, a 19th century chancellor of Germany.

Answer: Heidelberg

Heidelberg is located around 50 miles south of Frankfurt, which is the largest city of the German state, Hesse.

Heidelberg University was established in 1386, the third to be established during the time of the Holy Roman Empire. It is not only the oldest university in Germany, but one of the oldest universities in the world.

Answer: Ulm

Ulm is located on the Danube River, on Baden-Württemberg's border with Bavaria.

Ulm Minster is a Lutheran church, with a steeple stretching 530 feet (160 m) high. On 17 December 1944 a highly damaging air raid hit Ulm, but Ulm Minster came out of World War II unscathed.

Answer: Lightning strike

The first lightning bolt struck Heidelberg Castle in 1537. The second bolt hit the castle in 1764. The second lightning bolt managed to destroy most of what had been rebuilt after the first strike in 1537.

The castle features a memorial tablet to German poet, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which includes verses from Marianne von Willemer, his lover, on her last meeting with him on his 75th birthday.

Answer: Seebuck

There is a Bismarck monument at the summit of Seebuck, just like on the highest mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Feldberg. Seebuck is approximately 4,750 feet (1,450 m) high. It is located in the south of the Black Forest, south-east of Feldberg.

The highest church in Germany, the Transfiguration of Christ, is located on Seebuck.

Answer: Mercedes-Benz

Daimler AG is the official name for the company, but it is commonly referred to as Mercedes-Benz, after one of its most notable car brands. The museum is approximately 180,000 square feet (16,500 square m) in area.

Stuttgart is also home to the headquarters of automobile manufacturer, Porsche.

Answer: Glarus

Glarus is located in the east-central of Switzerland.

Baden-Württemberg also borders the Swiss cantons of Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, and Zürich.

Answer: Reutlingen

Spreuerhofstraße is 31 cm (12.2 inches) wide at its narrowest, and 50 cm (19.7 inches) at its widest, and was built in 1727 in the aftermath of a fire which had engulfed the area.

Reutlingen is known for the St. Mary's Church, which has stood since the 1500s, and was integral in the teachings of Martin Luther being spread throughout the city.

Answer: Pforzheim

Guillermo Kahlo (1871-1941) was born in Pforzheim when it was still under the former state of Grand Duchy of Baden, part of the German Empire. Frida Kahlo always insisted she had Hungarian-Jewish heritage, however, her family has been traced by historians, who all agree that this was fanciful, and her family were actually German.

On 23 February 1945, Pforzheim was hit with one of Germany's most destructive air raids of World War II. Over 17,000 people were killed (about a quarter of Pforzheim's population at the time) and over 80% of its buildings were destroyed.

Wellendorff, a company which produces some of the finest jewellery in Germany, is headquartered in Pforzheim.

Answer: Walldorf

Parrtly founded by Dietmar Hopp, billionaire businessman and software engineer, SAP has had its headquarters in Walldorf since 1977. It is the third-largest software trading company by revenue worldwide.

Walldorf is located in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, and is also the birthplace of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) who was involved in fur trading and opium smuggling, the first known multi-millionaire to inhabit the U.S.A.

Answer: Tubingen

Tübingen is a university city, with about a third of its population being students. The city's most famous museum is the Kunsthalle Art Museum, which has hosted classical modernist work, such as Cézanne, Picasso, Henri Rousseau, Renoir, etc as art exhibits.

Ludwigsburg is also close to Stuttgart, but it is 7.5 miles (12 km) north of it.

Answer: Mannheim

Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque has been standing since 1995. It was established in memory of Selim I (1470-1520). The mosque typically attracts around 3,000 worshippers every weekend.

Mannheim is unique among German cities because its streets are set out in a grid pattern, hence its nickname Square City, or "Quadratestadt." It is known for the Mannheim Jesuit Church, an aesthetically pleasing Baroque church of historical importance.

Answer: Konstanz

The Imperia statue is 30 feet (9 m) high and weighs 18 tonnes. It was conceived by German sculptor Peter Lenk, and erected in 1993.

Konstanz is located on the west end of Lake Constance. Ferdinand von Zeppelin (who invented Zeppelin rigid air ships) was born in Konstanz in 1838. The University of Konstanz is Germany's southernmost university.