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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southern Pannonian Plain locatedIn Central Europe
southern Poland locatedInPart Central Europe
subject surface form: Southern Poland
central Slovakia locatedInRegion Central Europe
subject surface form: Central Slovakia
Krkonoše Mountains locatedInRegion Central Europe
Lake Balaton locatedInRegion Central Europe
Ohře locatedInRegion Central Europe
South Bačka District locatedInRegion Central Europe
Universitas Carolina locatedInRegion Central Europe
Allied occupation of Germany location Central Europe
Austro-Prussian War location Central Europe
Eastern Front location Central Europe
subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)
German mediatization location Central Europe
Great Turkish War location Central Europe
Long Turkish War location Central Europe
Mongol invasions of Europe location Central Europe
Patriotic War of 1812 location Central Europe
Revolutions of 1989 location Central Europe
Silesian Wars location Central Europe
Soviet-German Front location Central Europe
Soviet–Hungarian War location Central Europe
War of the Fifth Coalition location Central Europe
War of the Third Coalition location Central Europe
Bella Marcomannica mainTheater Central Europe
Rococo architecture majorRegion Central Europe
Vistula River majorRiverOf Central Europe
Capreolus capreolus nativeTo Central Europe
Czechs nativeTo Central Europe
Moravians nativeTo Central Europe
Polish Legions notableTheaterOfWar Central Europe
Bronze Age occursIn Central Europe
Iron Age occursIn Central Europe
38th Army (Red Army) operatedIn Central Europe
subject surface form: Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire)
Roma Education Fund operatesIn Central Europe
8th Guards Army operationalTheater Central Europe
Gouais Blanc origin Central Europe
Slavs originRegion Central Europe
Political Zionism originatedIn Central Europe
pan-Slavism originatedInRegion Central Europe
subject surface form: Pan-Slavism
Alps region partOf Central Europe