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  1. Complete the sentence about Munich with the correct year: Munich became the capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria in ______ and developed as a centre for arts, architecture, culture, and science.
  2. Complete the sentence about Cologne with the correct year: Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, which has been produced in the city since ______; "cologne" has since come to be a generic term.
  3. Complete the sentence about Stuttgart with the correct year: In July ______, the city unveiled a new logo, designed to entice more businesspeople to stay in the city and enjoy breaks in the area.
  4. Complete the sentence about Stuttgart with the correct year: Initially overshadowed by nearby Bad Cannstatt, the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Stuttgart with the correct year: The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg, and they made it the capital of their county, duchy, and kingdom f…
  6. Complete the sentence about Düsseldorf with the correct year: Düsseldorf began as a small settlement at the mouth of the Düssel River, gaining city rights in ______ after the Battle of Worringen.
  7. Complete the sentence about Düsseldorf with the correct year: During the Napoleonic era, it was briefly part of the Grand Duchy of Berg before coming under Prussian control in ______, where it industr…
  8. Complete the sentence about Düsseldorf with the correct year: In ______, it became the capital of the newly created state of North Rhine-Westphalia, strengthening its political role.
  9. Complete the sentence about Leipzig with the correct year: Events in Leipzig in ______ played a significant role in precipitating the fall of Communism in Europe, mainly through demonstrations startin…
  10. Complete the sentence about Leipzig with the correct year: Leipzig Zoo is one of the most modern zoos in Europe and as of ______ ranks first in Germany and second in Europe.
  11. Complete the sentence about Leipzig with the correct year: The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, established in ______, is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world.
  12. Complete the sentence about Dortmund with the correct year: The devastating bombing raids of 12 March ______ destroyed 98% of the buildings in the inner city.
  13. Complete the sentence about Dresden with the correct year: Since German reunification in ______, Dresden has once again become a cultural, educational and political centre of Germany.
  14. Complete the sentence about Hanover with the correct year: The Hanover Fairground, owing to numerous extensions, especially for the Expo ______, is the largest in the world.
  15. Complete the sentence about Hanover with the correct year: Hanover hosts annual commercial trade fairs such as the Hanover Fair and up to ______ the CeBIT.
  16. Complete the sentence about Nuremberg with the correct year: First mentioned in ______, Nuremberg developed around an imperial castle into one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire.
  17. Complete the sentence about Nuremberg with the correct year: Owing to its political significance, imperial diets were frequently held there, and the Imperial Regalia were kept in the city from ______…
  18. Complete the sentence about Nuremberg with the correct year: Nuremberg was one of the host cities of the ______ FIFA World Cup.
  19. Complete the sentence about Bochum with the correct year: The ecological restoration of the Emscher tributaries initiated by the Emschergenossenschaft started with the Internationale Bauausstellung Em…
  20. Complete the sentence about Wuppertal with the correct year: Aspirin originates from Wuppertal, patented in ______ by Bayer, as does the Vorwerk Kobold vacuum cleaner.
  21. Complete the sentence about Bielefeld with the correct year: When Prussia lost its western territories to French control in ______, Bielefeld became part of the Kingdom of Westphalia.
  22. Complete the sentence about Bielefeld with the correct year: The town's synagogue was burned in ______ during the Kristallnacht pogrom carried out against Jewish population.
  23. Complete the sentence about Bonn with the correct year: In ______, the independent towns of Bad Godesberg and Beuel as well as several villages were incorporated into Bonn, resulting in a city more th…
  24. Complete the sentence about Münster with the correct year: Münster and Osnabrück were the sites of the signing of the Treaties of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years' War in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Münster with the correct year: In ______, Heinrich III became the first Holy Roman Emperor to visit Münster.
  26. Complete the sentence about Münster with the correct year: In ______, an apocalyptic Anabaptist sect, led by John of Leiden, took power in the Münster rebellion and founded a democratic proto-socialis…
  27. Complete the sentence about Mannheim with the correct year: A brick kiln excavated in ______ in the Seckenheim district, which operated from 74 AD to the early second century, attests to settlement in…
  28. Complete the sentence about Mannheim with the correct year: In ______, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine started building the fortress of Friedrichsburg and the adjacent city centre with its grid of stre…
  29. Complete the sentence about Mannheim with the correct year: On 24 January ______, Frederick IV gave Mannheim the official status of a "city".
  30. Complete the sentence about Augsburg with the correct year: The Fuggerei, the oldest social housing complex in the world, was founded in ______ by Jakob Fugger.
  31. Complete the sentence about Augsburg with the correct year: As a result, in ______, Augsburg was the first German city to win the Europe-wide contest Entente Florale for Europe's greenest and most liv…
  32. Complete the sentence about Wiesbaden with the correct year: In ______, the city became the capital of the Duchy of Nassau.
  33. Complete the sentence about Wiesbaden with the correct year: Since ______, the newly built Wiesbaden City Palace was the principal Nassauian residence.
  34. Complete the sentence about Gelsenkirchen with the correct year: The city bore the name Gelsenkirchen-Buer, until it was renamed Gelsenkirchen in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Mönchengladbach with the correct year: On 4 October ______, the armed forces of the French Revolution marched into the town, one day before the fortress Jülich had been han…
  36. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Magni Church from ______, which give the city's name as Brunesguik.
  37. Complete the sentence about Chemnitz with the correct year: Around ______, the town was granted the rights of a free imperial city by Emperor Frederick I.
  38. Complete the sentence about Chemnitz with the correct year: In ______, the town became subordinate to the Margraviate of Meissen, the predecessor of the Saxon state.
  39. Complete the sentence about Chemnitz with the correct year: In ______, the Margraviate was succeeded by the Electorate of Saxony.
  40. Complete the sentence about Kiel with the correct year: Originally a small settlement, Kiel was granted city rights in ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Kiel with the correct year: In ______, after the Second Schleswig War, the city was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia.
  42. Complete the sentence about Aachen with the correct year: In ______, Aachen was ranked eighth among cities in Germany for innovation.
  43. Complete the sentence about Magdeburg with the correct year: In ______ the first catastrophe struck the city, with a fire burning down large parts of the city, including the Ottonian cathedral.
  44. Complete the sentence about Magdeburg with the correct year: During World War II the Allies bombed the city in ______ and destroyed much of the city centre.
  45. Complete the sentence about Freiburg im Breisgau with the correct year: Begun in the Romanesque style, it was continued and completed ______ for the most part as a Gothic edifice.
  46. Complete the sentence about Freiburg im Breisgau with the correct year: In ______, when Bertold V died, then Egino V von Urach, the count of Urach assumed the title of Freiburg's count as Egino I von…
  47. Complete the sentence about Krefeld with the correct year: The city became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in ______ and expanded rapidly during the Industrial Revolution.
  48. Complete the sentence about Krefeld with the correct year: In ______ it was enlarged through the incorporation of neighbouring municipalities, including Uerdingen, forming the modern city.
  49. Complete the sentence about Krefeld with the correct year: Records first mention Krefeld in ______ under the name of Krinvelde.
  50. Complete the sentence about Erfurt with the correct year: The University of Erfurt was founded in ______, making it the first university to be established within the geographic area which constitutes…
  51. Complete the sentence about Rostock with the correct year: The city is home to the oldest university in the Baltic region and one of the oldest universities in the world, the University of Rostock, fo…
  52. Complete the sentence about Rostock with the correct year: In ______, Rostock was granted Lübeck law city rights by Heinrich Borwin, prince of Mecklenburg.
  53. Complete the sentence about Rostock with the correct year: The formerly independent fishing village of Warnemünde at the Baltic Sea became a part of Rostock in ______, to secure the city's access to t…
  54. Complete the sentence about Rostock with the correct year: In ______, the University of Rostock was founded, the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area.
  55. Complete the sentence about Kassel with the correct year: A deed from ______ certifies that Cassel had city rights, but the date when they were granted is not known.
  56. Complete the sentence about Potsdam with the correct year: Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Emperor until ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Potsdam with the correct year: The Filmstudio Babelsberg, founded in ______, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.
  58. Complete the sentence about Heidelberg with the correct year: Heidelberg University, founded in ______, is Germany's oldest and one of Europe's most reputable universities.
  59. Complete the sentence about Heidelberg with the correct year: The Rhein-Neckar Triangle became a European metropolitan area in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Regensburg with the correct year: In ______, Regensburg was among the top sights and travel attractions in Germany.
  61. Complete the sentence about Ulm with the correct year: The city was part of Ulm until ______, and Ulm and Neu-Ulm have a combined population of around 190000.
  62. Complete the sentence about Göttingen with the correct year: In ______, seven professors protested against the absolute sovereignty of the kings of Hanover; they lost their positions, but became known…
  63. Complete the sentence about Bamberg with the correct year: The town was first connected to the German rail system in ______, which has been an important part of its infrastructure ever since.
  64. Complete the sentence about Weimar with the correct year: In ______, the count founded the dynasty's monastery in Oberweimar, run by Cistercian nuns.
  65. Complete the sentence about Weimar with the correct year: After becoming part of Wettin territory in ______, urban development improved.
  66. Complete the sentence about Jena with the correct year: The first unequivocal mention of Jena was in an ______ document.
  67. Complete the sentence about Jena with the correct year: Around ______, Jena received town rights and a regular city grid was established between today's Fürstengraben, Löbdergraben, Teichgraben and Le…
  68. Complete the sentence about Schwerin with the correct year: In ______, Henry the Lion defeated the Obotrites and captured Schwerin.
  69. Complete the sentence about Wolfsburg with the correct year: The Wolfsburg Castle was first mentioned in ______ in a document as the domicile of the noble lineage of Bartensleben.
  70. Complete the sentence about Wolfsburg with the correct year: In ______, these districts were detached from the Prussian Province of Saxony and integrated into the Province of Hanover.
  71. Complete the sentence about Wolfsburg with the correct year: In ______, German authorities established the Arbeitsdorf concentration camp in the city for a few months.
  72. Complete the sentence about Konstanz with the correct year: The island of Mainau belonged to the ward of Litzelstetten, a separate municipality, until its incorporation into Konstanz on 1 December ___…
  73. Complete the sentence about Konstanz with the correct year: The remains of the late Roman fortress Constantia were discovered in ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about Passau with the correct year: Passau was secularised and divided between the Electorate of Bavaria and the Electorate of Salzburg in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Passau with the correct year: The portion belonging to Salzburg became part of Bavaria in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Bayreuth with the correct year: The town was ruled until ______ by the counts of Andechs-Merania.
  77. Complete the sentence about Bayreuth with the correct year: After they died out in ______ the burgraves of Nuremberg from the House of Hohenzollern took over the inheritance.
  78. Complete the sentence about Bayreuth with the correct year: As early as ______ Emperor Charles IV conferred on Burgrave Frederick V the right to mint coins for the towns of Bayreuth and Kulmbach.
  79. Complete the sentence about Bayreuth with the correct year: In February ______, the Hussites devastated Bayreuth and the town hall and churches were razed.
  80. Complete the sentence about Brandenburg Gate with the correct year: After World War II and during the Cold War, until its fall in ______, the Berlin Wall obstructed the gateway, and was for almost thr…
  81. Complete the sentence about Reichstag building with the correct year: The ______ fire became a pivotal event in the entrenchment of the Nazi regime.
  82. Complete the sentence about Reichstag building with the correct year: The keys were ceremonially handed over to the president of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Thierse, on 19 April ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Reichstag building with the correct year: Construction of the building began well after the unification of Germany in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Neuschwanstein Castle with the correct year: In ______, Ludwig's father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria, bought the ruins to replace them with the comfortable neo-Gothic pal…
  85. Complete the sentence about Heidelberg Castle with the correct year: In ______ Conrad of Hohenstaufen was made the Count Palatine by his half-brother Frederick Barbarossa, and the region became known…
  86. Complete the sentence about Heidelberg Castle with the correct year: In ______, Merian's Topographia Palatinatus Rheni described Prince Elector Ludwig V as he "started building a new castle one hundre…
  87. Complete the sentence about Berlin Wall with the correct year: Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on 13 August ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Berlin Wall with the correct year: After ______, the deadly force associated with the Wall prevented almost all such emigration.
  89. Complete the sentence about Berlin Wall with the correct year: After several weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced on 9 November ______ that all GDR citizens could visit the FRG…
  90. Complete the sentence about Berlin Wall with the correct year: The fall of the Berlin Wall paved the way for German reunification, which formally took place on 3 October ______.
  91. Complete the sentence about Berlin Wall with the correct year: The Warsaw Pact's largest military engagement was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, its own member state, in August ______.
  92. Complete the sentence about Berlin Wall with the correct year: In May ______, Stalin lifted the blockade, permitting the resumption of Western shipments to Berlin.
  93. Complete the sentence about Black Forest with the correct year: On 26 December ______, Cyclone Lothar raged across the Black Forest and caused even greater damage, especially to the spruce monoculture…
  94. Complete the sentence about Zugspitze with the correct year: The Zugspitze was first climbed on 27 August ______ by Josef Naus; his survey assistant, Maier, and mountain guide, Johann Georg Tauschl.
  95. Complete the sentence about Zugspitze with the correct year: In ______, the west summit was blown up to create a building site for a planned flight control room for the Wehrmacht.
  96. Complete the sentence about Danube with the correct year: The Middle Mongolian name for the Danube was transliterated as Tho-na in ______ by Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat.
  97. Complete the sentence about Danube with the correct year: The amount of goods transported on the Danube increased to about 100 million tons in ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about Danube with the correct year: In ______, transport on the river was made difficult by the NATO bombing of three bridges in Serbia during the Kosovo War.
  99. Complete the sentence about Elbe with the correct year: The statute of the commission was signed in Dresden on 22 February ______.
  100. Complete the sentence about Elbe with the correct year: When the four Lutheran church bodies there united in ______, they chose the name North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church.

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