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'''Frehmenwerth''' is the capital | '''Frehmenwerth''' (/freɪmənveːɐ̯t/; [[Lagyar language|Lagyar]]: ''Vrémenverda'', /vreːmɛnvɛɹdɒ/) is the capital of the Most Serene Federation of [[Hendalarsk]], located in the centre of the [[Hendalarsk Capital Territory]]. Home to around 2,400,000 people, it is the third-largest city in Hendalarsk after [[Wrzeczsz-Kokoszki]] and [[Zalgisbeck]]. The nation's political hub, Frehmenwerth is also the key commercial entrepôt of the Upper [[Zalgis]] and serves as the gateway to southwestern Hendalarsk for domestic and international traffic from both the north and the east of the country. | ||
Located in the centre of Hendalarsk at around 800 metres above sea level, Frehmenwerth has a relatively mild climate, in no small part due to the moderating influence of the prevailing southwesterly wind; this also has the less desirable effect of making the city one of the windiest in Hendalarsk, as air is funnelled through the valley in which the city sits. The Zalgis remains ice-free in the city year-round, a factor which contributed to its early significance and prosperity, although floes have been known to drift north from the more mountainous land to the south in especially harsh winters. | |||
First mentioned in texts in 378 AD and likely founded substantially earlier, Frehmenwerth is widely held to be one of the oldest Gothic cities in Hendalarsk, and has been prominent in Hendalarskara politics and culture since its foundation. The city's sacred grove, located on an island in the middle of the Zalgis, was (and remains) a key devotional site in traditional Hendalarskara religion, and now forms the core of the [[Frehmenwerth Memorial Park]] commemmorating the [[Hendalarskara Civil War]]. | |||
Although it has become displaced as the nation's primary economic hub in recent decades by Zalgisbeck, with the latter's position on the [[Vandarch]] at the mouth of the Zalgis driving its growth, Frehmenwerth remains the home of the national stock exchange, the [[HenBürs]], as well as the site of many ministries and institutes of government. Most foreign governments have their primary diplomatic bases in the city's World Quarter (''Weltviertel''), while the Lagyar Quarter (''Lungarviertel'') on the banks of the Zalgis is the nation's greatest concentration of classical culture in the form of museums, theatres, galleries and concert venues, and is consequently a very popular destination for tourists. The [[Maximilianic University]], Hendalarsk's most prestigious educational institution, is one of several universities and technical colleges located in the city, while Frehmenwerthers are regularly ranked the most educated people in Hendalarsk. The city's rent controls have helped to keep its cost of living in line with other major Hendalarskara cities - at a level which is unusually low for a capital city - and this has ensured its consistent status as the country's most liveable city in many surveys. | |||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||