It's All Germane

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1. Which city, the capital of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, shares its name with a bay that faces the Danish islands? Koblenz Hamburg Heide Kiel

2. Which neighboring country of Germany is called Österreich in the German language? Answer: (One Word - In English!)

3. Which of Germany's major rivers rises in eastern Switzerland and flows through the cities of Duisburg, Strasbourg, and Basel? Lahn Weser Rhine Ruhr

4. Which German state is home to the Volkswagen Group headquarters, has Hannover as its capital, and is the second largest in area? Bremen Lower Saxony Bavaria Saarland

5. Which southern city was the location of the inventions of both the automobile and the motorcycle and is the capital of the state Baden-Württemberg? Mannheim Schwerin Munich Stuttgart

6. Which island, Germany's largest, is home to the stunning chalk cliff called Königsstuhl (King's Chair)? Reichenau Sjælland Rügen Usedom

7. In which city on the River Danube, home to the tallest church in the world, was Albert Einstein born? Freiburg Ulm Mainz Frankfurt

8. Which mountain in the Wetterstein range between southern Germany and Austria is Germany's second highest? Balmhorn Grossglockner Zugspitze Hochwanner

9. Which major Central European river is found flowing through such cities as Dresden and Hamburg and passes under the world's longest navigable aqueduct, the Magdeburg Water Bridge? Danube Elbe Inn Isar

10. If you've answered questions 1-9 correctly, the first letter of each answer will give you the name of a southern city on the Rhine nicknamed the "fan city" (Fächerstadt) for its planned streets that radiate from the city center in a fan-like pattern. Answer: (One Word)