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 9/ You may be surprised to learn of the part of Germany π©πͺ that was once British π¬π§. The North Sea island of Helgoland belonged to Britain until 1890 when it was traded for Zanzibar (Now Tanzania πΉπΏ, then part of German East Africa) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland%E2%80%93Zanzibar_Treaty 3 comments
11/ Bonus #geoweirdness tweet - post reunification Germany π©πͺ has 16 BundeslΓ€nder (states). Occasionally though you will hear of the "17th Bundesland", a reference to favorite German tourism destination: the πͺπΈ Spanish island of Mallorca 12/ Final bonus #geoweirdness tweet - here's a map of Germany π©πͺ if the place names were given English naming equivalents. |
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10/ That's it for our look at the #geoweirdness of Germany π©πͺ
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