The south of Germany consists of two Länder, two of the sixteen administrative regions of which the Federal Republic of Germany is composed. But the two, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, are more than just administrative entities, they have also very outspoken cultural identities of their own, the former with historical culture cities like Heidelberg, Freiburg and Konstanz and comprising the northern shores of the Bodensee as well as the large Black Forest area of pristine and beautiful hill country, a backdrop of crisp and sparkling landscapes between Rhine and Danube.