Central Europe

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Central Europe is a region of the European continent that lies between Western and Eastern Europe, encompassing countries such as Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and others, and has long been a crossroads of cultural, political, and military history.

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Central Europe (hypothetical homeland) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European region
borderRegionOf Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Mediterranean Basin
surface form: Southern Europe

Western Europe
climate temperate climate
continent Europe
dominantReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
economicBloc European Union
hasCountry Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Ukraine
hasMajorCity Berlin
Bratislava
Budapest
Kraków
Ljubljana
Munich
Prague
Vienna
Warsaw
Zurich
hasMajorRiver Danube
Elbe
Rhine
Vistula River
surface form: Vistula
hasMountainRange Alps
Bohemian Massif
Carpathian Mountains
Sudetes
hasPlain North German Plain
surface form: North European Plain
hasSeaAccess Baltic Sea
North Sea
historicalEmpire Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Empire

Holy Roman Empire
historicalEvent Reformation
Thirty Years' War
surface form: Thirty Years War

World War I
World War II
historicalRole crossroads of European cultures
crossroads of European trade routes
major theater of European wars
languageFamily Germanic languages
Romance languages
Slavic languages
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
partOf Europe
politicalDivision Iron Curtain
securityAlliance NATO

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Carpatho-Ukraine locatedIn Central Europe
Central Bohemian Region locatedIn Central Europe
Charles University in Prague locatedIn Central Europe
Chemnitz–Zwickau railway locatedIn Central Europe
Cieszyn Silesia locatedIn Central Europe
Congress Poland locatedIn Central Europe
Czech Republic locatedIn Central Europe
Czechoslovakia locatedIn Central Europe
District of Radom locatedIn Central Europe
Drava locatedIn Central Europe
Duchy of Austria locatedIn Central Europe
Duchy of Warsaw locatedIn Central Europe
East Francia locatedIn Central Europe
East Germany locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Bloc locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Bloc regimes locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Poland locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Slovakia locatedIn Central Europe
Elbe locatedIn Central Europe
Elbe Sandstone Mountains locatedIn Central Europe
Electorate of Saxony locatedIn Central Europe
Elster locatedIn Central Europe
General Government locatedIn Central Europe
German states locatedIn Central Europe
Great Moravia locatedIn Central Europe
Grünfier locatedIn Central Europe
Hesse-Kassel locatedIn Central Europe
Hungary–Austria border locatedIn Central Europe
Inn locatedIn Central Europe
Kingdom of Bavaria locatedIn Central Europe
Kingdom of Croatia locatedIn Central Europe
Kingdom of Hungary locatedIn Central Europe
Kingdom of Poland locatedIn Central Europe
Kuyavia locatedIn Central Europe
Lake Neusiedl locatedIn Central Europe
Lech River locatedIn Central Europe
Limes Germanicus locatedIn Central Europe
Liptov locatedIn Central Europe
Lower Silesia locatedIn Central Europe
Lusatia locatedIn Central Europe
Moravia locatedIn Central Europe
Mureș River locatedIn Central Europe
North German Plain locatedIn Central Europe
northern Slovakia locatedIn Central Europe
subject surface form: Northern Slovakia
Oder River locatedIn Central Europe