Southern Germany

Munich in Bavaria, Germany, the most-populous city in Southern Germany with over 1.5 million residents as of 2024
Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany, the second-most populous city in Southern Germany with over 773,000 residents as of 2022

Southern Germany (German: Süddeutschland, [ˈzyːtˌdɔʏtʃlant] ⓘ) is a region of Germany that includes the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken, which includes the stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia in present-day Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and the southern portion of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate that were part of the Duchy of Franconia.

German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol are also historically, culturally, and linguistically associated with the region.

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