German frigate Bayern deployment at the end of August 2018. 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"
Central German Metropolitan Region still declining. The region is located at historically and presently important trade corridors in central Europe. The routes of several highways of the International E-road network as well as two major German expressways (A9 Munich-Berlin and A14 Dresden-Wismar) are running through it. Leipzig-Halle is a major railway hub along the Berlin–Palermo railway axis which is part of the Trans-European high-speed rail network. Other railway main lines connect it with Dresden, Frankfurt, Frankfurt Airport or Prague. Leipzig-Halle airport serves as the main airport of the region. It is the second largest fright airport in Germany and a hub of DHL express