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Central Europe

Central Europe is one of 's most beautiful regions. Long divided by the ambitions of warring empires and then Cold War tensions, this region was deeply influenced by the Holy Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire.
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is the largest country in Central Europe. It is known for its rich cultural heritage, innovative inventions, its old-world charm and Gemütlichkeit.

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has a rich and eventful history, and a strong basis for its bourgeoning tourism industry. As one of Europe's most underrated countries, it offers a fair share of countryside, vibrant urbanity, pristine beauty and a culture in connection to its thousand-year history.

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is a small landlocked country in south-eastern Central Europe. It features a gorgeous capital city, , and the largest lake in Central Europe, .

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, is a mountainous country known globally for its neutrality, democracy, and almost-legendary affluence: has one of the highest standards of living in the world, and prices to match.

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is a landlocked German-speaking country in Central Europe. , along with neighbouring Switzerland, is the winter sports centre of Europe.

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The , or Czechia is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is not a large country but has a rich and eventful history, including incidents and people like Saint Wenceslas, Jan Hus, the Thirty-years War, Operation Anthropoid and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.

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or the Slovak Republic is a country in Central Europe. The main reasons to visit are its natural beauty, vivid history and great opportunities for relaxation.

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is a country in central Europe that lies in the eastern , at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea. It is sometimes considered to be a country.

Central Europe

Latitude of center
48.915° or 48° 54′ 54″ north
Longitude of center
15.446° or 15° 26′ 46″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q27509
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zeeuws—“Central Europe” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Iërupa Teungoh”
  • Afrikaans: “Sentraal-Europa”
  • Albanian: “Evropa Qendrore”
  • Amharic: “ማዕከላዊ አውሮፓ”
  • Arabic: “أوروبا الوسطى”
  • Aragonese: “Europa Central”
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Եվրոպա”
  • Arpitan: “Eropa centrâla”
  • Assamese: “মধ্য ইউৰোপ”
  • Asturian: “Europa Central”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Avropa”
  • Bashkir: “Үҙәк Европа”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Europa”
  • Bavarian: “Middleiropa”
  • Bavarian: “Midtleiropa”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Еўропа”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Эўропа”
  • Bengali: “মধ্য ইউরোপ”
  • Bosnian: “Srednja Evropa”
  • Breton: “Europa ar C’hreiz”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна Европа”
  • Catalan: “Europa central”
  • Catalan: “Europa Central”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەورووپای ناوەندی”
  • Chinese: “Tiong Au-chiu”
  • Chinese: “中欧”
  • Chinese: “中歐”
  • Church Slavic: “Срѣдьнꙗ Єѵрѡпа”
  • Chuvash: “Вăта Европа”
  • Chuvash: “Вăтам Европа”
  • Cornish: “Europa Kres”
  • Corsican: “Auropa centrale”
  • Corsican: “Europa centrale”
  • Croatian: “Srednja Europa”
  • Czech: “střední Evropa”
  • Czech: “Střední Evropa”
  • Danish: “Centraleuropa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ewropa Miyan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ewropa Miyanêne”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Europa”
  • Dutch: “Midden-Europa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وسط اوروبا”
  • Esperanto: “Mezeŭropo”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Euroopa”
  • Faroese: “Miðevropa”
  • Finnish: “Keski-Eurooppa”
  • French: “Europe centrale”
  • Gagauz: “Orta Evropa”
  • Galician: “Europa central”
  • Galician: “Europa Central”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური ევროპა”
  • German: “Mitteleuropa”
  • German: “Zentraleuropa”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ευρώπη”
  • Guarani: “Mbyte Európa”
  • Hausa: “Tsakiyar Turai”
  • Hausa: “yankin Turai”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז אירופה”
  • Hindi: “मध्य यूरोप”
  • Hungarian: “Közép-Európa”
  • Icelandic: “Mið-Evrópa”
  • Ido: “Central Europa”
  • Iloko: “Sentral nga Europa”
  • Iloko: “Tengnga nga Europa”
  • Inari Sami: “Koskâ-Euroop”
  • Indonesian: “Eropa Tengah”
  • Interlingua: “Europa central”
  • Irish: “an Eoraip Láir”
  • Irish: “Lár na hEorpa”
  • Italian: “Europa centrale”
  • Italian: “Europa danubiana”
  • Italian: “Mitteleuropa”
  • Japanese: “中央ヨーロッパ”
  • Japanese: “中央欧州”
  • Japanese: “中欧”
  • Javanese: “Éropah Tengah”
  • Kabyle: “Uruppa talemmast”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Orayliq Evropa”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Oraylıq Evropa”
  • Kazakh: “Орталық Еуропа”
  • Kirghiz: “Борбордук Европа”
  • Korean: “중구라파”
  • Korean: “중앙구라파”
  • Korean: “중앙유럽”
  • Korean: “중유럽”
  • Kotava: “Istefa Europa”
  • Kurdish: “Ewropaya Navendî”
  • Ladin: “Europa zentrela”
  • Ladino: “Evropa Sentrala”
  • Latin: “Europa Media”
  • Latvian: “Centrāleiropa”
  • Limburgan: “Centraal-Europa”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Europa sentral”
  • Literary Chinese: “中歐”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidurio Europa”
  • Lojban: “mijropno”
  • Low German: “Centraol-Europa”
  • Low German: “Middeleuropa”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Srjejźna Europa”
  • Lule Sami: “Guovddelis-Europa”
  • Lule Sami: “Guovddeliseuropa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mëtteleuropa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Zentraleuropa”
  • Macedonian: “Средна Европа”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Middlöürobô”
  • Malagasy: “Eoropa Afovoany”
  • Malagasy: “Eorôpa Afovoany”
  • Malay: “Eropah Tengah”
  • Maltese: “Ewropa Ċentrali”
  • Marathi: “मध्य युरोप”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-au”
  • Minangkabau: “Eropa Tangah”
  • Mingrelian: “ცენტრალური ევროპა”
  • Moksha: “Кучкань Эвропа”
  • Mongolian: “Төв Европ”
  • N'Ko: “ߋߙߐߔߎ߬ ߕߊ߲ߓߊ߲”
  • Narom: “Ûrope du Mitan”
  • Nepali: “मध्य यूरोप”
  • Northern Frisian: “Madeleuroopa”
  • Northern Sami: “Gaska-Eurohpa”
  • Northern Sami: “Gaska-Eurohpá”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sentral-Europa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sentral-Europa”
  • Norwegian: “Sentral-Europa”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Euròpa Centrala”
  • Pampanga: “Kalibutarang Europa”
  • Pampanga: “Libudtarang Europa”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਯੂਰਪ”
  • Papiamento: “Oropa Sentral”
  • Persian: “اروپای مرکزی”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Midl Urup”
  • Polish: “Europa Środkowa”
  • Portuguese: “Europa central”
  • Portuguese: “Europa Central”
  • Pushto: “منځنۍ اروپا”
  • Romanian: “Europa Centrală”
  • Romansh: “Europa Centrala”
  • Russian: “Центральная Европа”
  • Rusyn: “Середня Европа”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱟᱞᱢᱟ ᱤᱭᱩᱨᱳᱯ”
  • Sardinian: “Europa tzentrale”
  • Serbian: “Средња Европа”
  • Serbian: “Централна Европа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Srednja Evropa”
  • Sicilian: “Europa cintrali”
  • Silesian: “Postrzodkowŏ Ojropa”
  • Sindhi: “سينٽرل يورپ”
  • Sindhi: “مرڪزي يورپ”
  • Sindhi: “وچ يورپ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Kõskk-Europp”
  • Slovak: “Stredná Európa”
  • Slovenian: “Srednja Evropa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اورتا اوروپا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرکزی اوروپا”
  • Spanish: “Europa central”
  • Spanish: “Europa Central”
  • Swahili: “Ulaya ya Kati”
  • Swedish: “Centraleuropa”
  • Swiss German: “Middelöiropa”
  • Tagalog: “Gitnang Europa”
  • Tamil: “நடு ஐரோப்பா”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк Аурупа”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк Европа”
  • Telugu: “మధ్య ఐరోపా”
  • Thai: “ยุโรปกลาง”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Mitteleuropa”
  • Turkish: “Orta Avrupa”
  • Turkmen: “Merkezi Ýewropa”
  • Tyap: “A̱ka̱wa̱tyia̱ Yurop”
  • Tyap: “Yurop Ma̱ka̱wa̱tyia̱”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Європа”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Srjedźna Europa”
  • Urdu: “وسطی یورپ”
  • Uzbek: “Markaziy Yevropa”
  • Venetian: “Eoropa sentrałe”
  • Venetian: “Europa çentrałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Âu”
  • Vlaams: “Centroal-Europa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Butnga nga Europa”
  • Welsh: “Canolbarth Ewrop”
  • Western Frisian: “Sintraal-Jeropa”
  • Western Panjabi: “وسطی یورپ”
  • Wu Chinese: “中欧”
  • Yiddish: “צענטראל אייראפע”
  • Yiddish: “צענטראל-אייראפע”
  • Yoruba: “Gbọ̀ngàn Àrin Europe”
  • Yue Chinese: “中歐”
  • Zeeuws: “Centraol-Europa”
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