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Geography of German Speaking Countries on a Map

Can you name the geographic features highlighted on a map of Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland (including its majority French and Italian speaking parts)?
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Last updated: April 10, 2022
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First submittedJanuary 25, 2022
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Capital
Berlin
Bern
Vaduz
Vienna
 
City
Basel
Cologne
Dresden
Erfurt
Flensburg
Frankfurt
Graz
Hamburg
Hannover
Innsbruck
Karlsruhe
Kassel
Klagenfurt
Linz
Lausanne
Lugano
Lucerne
Munich
Nuremberg
Regensburg
Rostock
Salzburg
Zurich
Island
East Frisian Islands
Fehmarn
Rügen
Sylt
 
Nature Area
Black Forest
Bohemian Forest
Harz
Wadden Sea
Other Area
Ruhr Area
Southern Schleswig
Swabia
 
Body of Water
Baltic Sea
Chiemsee
Danube
Elbe
Enns
Isar
Kiel Canal
Lake Constance
Lake Geneva
Lake Neuchatel
Lake Neusiedl
Main
North Sea
Rhine
Weser
Canton/Federal State
Baden-Württemberg
Burgenland
Fribourg
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Northrhine-Westphalia
Saarland
Thuringia
Tyrol
Uri
Valais
 
Mountain
Brocken
Eiger
Grossglockner
Matterhorn
Monte Rosa
Piz Bernina
Wildspitze
Zugspitze
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Level 59
Jan 25, 2022
I love this Quiz!!!

But there should be accepted a few additional Type-Ins:

Schwarzwald for Black Forest (german name)

Bayrischer Wald and Bayerischer Wald for Bohemian Forest (The terms Böhmerwald + Bohemian Forest refer mainly to the czech parts on the other side of the mountain ridge)

Schwaben for Swabia (which is btw not only a term for this part of Bavaria but also for most of Württemberg)

Wallis for Valais (Valais is the french name Wallis the german name)

Tirol for Tyrol (german/austrian name)

Wattenmeer, Wattensee and maybe Watt for Wadden Sea (german names, Watt is a shortened form that would be nice if accepted but not necessary)

Nord- and Ostsee for North Sea and Baltic Sea (German Names)

Pott for The Ruhr (commonly used name within The Ruhr)

As I said I love this Quiz! And as you seem to be a foreigner I understand that youre not that familiar with the german names. I hope my comment is helpful and im looking forward to playing other quizzes of you! Nominated!

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Level 70
Jan 26, 2022
Thanks for taking the time to give some feedback. Appreciate it.

Added the German names as type-ins.

I chose the administrative region of Schwaben because it is pretty loosely defined otherwise. As for Böhmerwald, I chose it because it extends into Austria where this is the common name but since the majority on this map is in Bavaria you're right to point out that Bayerischer Wald is better.

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Level 59
Jan 26, 2022
Thx.

I forgot Freiburg for Fribourg, Genfer See for Lake Geneva and Neuenburger See for Lake Neuchâtel.

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Level 75
Feb 7, 2022
Finally got a spotlight award to use on this quiz!
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Level 70
Feb 7, 2022
Thanks! That means a lot!
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Level 64
Feb 12, 2022
Great quiz, even though some of the Swiss places are not within the German speaking area.
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Level 70
Feb 12, 2022
Thanks! And true. Thought about naming it DACH countries but not sure how familiar people are with that designation.
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Level 70
Feb 12, 2022
Crazy tough deep-dive quiz! Was proud to get 34 as an American, must be mostly Europeans taking this.
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Level 72
Jun 15, 2022
Very nice quiz!! I love your serie!!

Just 2 points for me:

The Rhine starts in Graubünden, not in Lake Constance

I would accept Leman for lake Geneva

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Level 75
Aug 24, 2022
I should have got more than 50 as my mum is German and I have visited many of these places BUT I do not think it right that you included places in the French and Italian and Romansch speaking areas of Switzerland as German is almost unknown there. I would have been far happier had you included the small corner of Belgium that speaks German and South Tyrol/Alto Adige in Italy .....
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Level 56
Feb 24, 2023
Good fun! I did pretty badly but I still enjoyed it - thank you. I would have done a bit better (I think) if you had chosen to include Luxemburg... well perhaps!