German frigate Bayern German frigate Bayern Bayern is a "Brandenburg"-class frigate of the German Navy. "Bayern" and the three other frigates of the "Brandenburg" class were designed as replacements for the "Hamburg"-class destroyers. She was laid in 1993 at the yards of Nordseewerke, Emden and launched in June 1994. She was christened by Karin Stoiber, the wife of the then Minister-President of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber. After undergoing trials she was commissioned on 15 June 1996, and assigned to "6. Fregattengeschwader". After the naval structure was reorganised, "Bayern" was assigned to "2. Fregattengeschwader", based at Wilhelmshaven. "Bayern" has been involved in several foreign missions
German name table gives the most popular given names in Germany per decade (since 1890), and the most recent ranking, as of 2014.: Surnames ("family name"; "Nachname", "Familienname") were gradually introduced in German-speaking Europe during the Late Middle Ages. Many of such surnames are derived from nicknames. They are generally classified into four groups by derivation: given names, job designations, bodily attributes, and toponyms (including references to named buildings). Also, many family names display characteristic features of the dialect of the region they originated in. The preposition "von" ("of") was used to distinguish Nobility; for example, if someone was baron of the