German frigate Bayern manoeuvres related to Operation Active Endeavour. "Bayern" deployed once more, on 26 January 2015, to join Operation Atalanta, remaining on station until returning to her home port on 3 July 2015. She returned to Operation Atalanta on 23 March, serving as the flagship of Flotilla Admiral Jan Christian Kaack. This deployment lasted for five months, "Bayern" sailing some 32,000 nautical miles, before returning home on 8 August 2016. On 7 March 2018, "Bayern" sailed from Wilhelmshaven to rejoin Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Aegean Sea, replacing the replenishment ship "Frankfurt am Main". "Bayern" is expected to complete this
Central German Metropolitan Region Central German Metropolitan Region The Central German Metropolitan Region () is one of the so-called metropolitan regions in Germany. It is centered on the major cities of Leipzig and Halle, extending over Central German parts of the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. The Central German metropolitan region is the only one located entirely within the former East Germany. Due to its poly-centric nature, it is not actually one metropolitan area in the geographic sense of the word as an agglomeration of nearby urban areas, rather it is a registered association, the "Europäische Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland e.V" whose membership is composed