Two people have been killed and two others injured in a knife attack at a park in southern Germany today. A two-year-old boy ...

But Hesse is likely to reveal Mrs Merkel's third ... This country's political landscape, like Bavaria's, is no longer a given. New social forces are - at least for now - fragmenting the old ...

The AfD will gain 9 seats in the Hesse parliament, for a total of 28 representatives in the 133-member body. In Bavaria, the CSU came in first with just under 37%, followed by the center-right ...

Designated the Rhön Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, this "land of endless horizons" (Land der offenen Fernen) protects hundreds of acres in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria, and Thuringia.

Both the parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition have suffered heavy losses in a regional election, early results show. Her centre-right CDU party and the centre-left SPD ...

Recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria saw a powerful performance of the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD). AfD will now be the strongest opposition party in these regional ...

The victim, a 50-year-old woman, died from her wounds "despite immediate medical care" at the hospital in Bad Zwesten in the state of Hesse ... area of northern Bavaria. Authorities also said ...