Central Europe, according to a narrow (culturally and politically conditioned) and a at (culturally conditioned) definition.
Narrow definition(dark green): Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
By definition(dark green light green): Above Baltics, Kaliningrad Oblast, Galicia, Carpathian-Ukraine, Bukovina, Transylvania, northwest Romania, Banatet, Vojvodina, Slavonia with Baranja, central Croatia, Istria, Rijeka, Gorski kotar, northern and eastern part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (including Trieste), northern part of South Tyrol, Alsace, northeast Lorraine and Luxembourg.
Narrow definition(dark green): Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
By definition(dark green light green): Above Baltics, Kaliningrad Oblast, Galicia, Carpathian-Ukraine, Bukovina, Transylvania, northwest Romania, Banatet, Vojvodina, Slavonia with Baranja, central Croatia, Istria, Rijeka, Gorski kotar, northern and eastern part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (including Trieste), northern part of South Tyrol, Alsace, northeast Lorraine and Luxembourg.
Central Europe includes the centrally located countries of Europe. Here they are German- and Polish speaking countries, four former Member States of the Warsaw Pact now part of the European Union and Slovenia, a former Yugoslav republic, but now also a member of the EU. Only Switzerland and Liechtenstein is outside the EU, but still has strong economic and cultural ties with the region.
Countries
Cities
Central Europe has some of Europe's oldest and best-preserved cities. Below is a list of the most famous:
- Berlin - The reunited capital of Germany since 1990. Berlin was divided for 45 years during the Cold War. It has become an important cultural center and a rapidly growing area since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- Bratislava Capital of Slovakia
- Budapest Capital of Hungary
- Geneva - the second largest city in Switzerland
- Kraków - the second largest city in Poland
- Ljubljana Capital of Slovenia
- Munich Capital of the German Land Bavaria
- Prague Capital of the Czech Republic
- Vienna - capital of Austria
- Warsaw - capital of Poland