Germany

Germany

By: Miranda Gross

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Geography Geography 2 People Religion

People 2 Economy Economy 2Economy 3

Geography 3 Climate AlphabetAlphabet 2

Numbers Numbers 2 Natural DisastersHistory

Flags of Germany Flags of Germany 2

Greatest InventionsHolidays

GeographyTotal Area-137,847 sq. mi, 357,021 sq kmLand Area-134,836 sq mi, 349,223 sq kmLocation-in central Europe

Neighbors- Denmark on the north, NetherlandsBelgium, Luxemburg, and France on the West, Switzerland, and Austria on South

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Geography 2

Capital- Berlin 3,406,000Cities- Hamburg (1,757,000) Munich-

(1,275,000) Cologne- (1,004,000)Government type- Federal republic Head of State- President Horst KohlerHead of government- Chan Angela MerkelLocal divisions- 16 states

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People

Population- 82,329,758Population density-610.6 per sq miAge structure:

0-14 years: 15% (male 6,495,882; female 6,172,359) 15-64 years: 69% (male 28,687,267; female 27,526,698) 65 years and over: 16% (male 4,990,090; female 8,215,065) (1999 est.)

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Religion

Chief Religion- Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%,Muslem 4% other 28%

Roman Catholicism, one of Germany's two principal religions

With about 28.2 million members, the Roman Catholic Church in unified Germany is organized into five archdioceses, eighteen dioceses, three diocesan offices, and one apostolic administration

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People 2

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15% (male 6,495,882; female 6,172,359) 15-64 years: 69% (male 28,687,267; female 27,526,698) 65 years and over: 16% (male 4,990,090; female 8,215,065) (1999 est.)

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EconomyGovernment type- Federal republic Head of State- President Horst KohlerHead of government- Chan Angela MerkelEconomy Industries-iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery,

vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding

Chief crops- potatoes, wheat, barley, sugars, beets, fruits, cabbagesNatural Resources- coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper nickel,

uranium potash, salt

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Economy 2

Chief crops- potatoes, wheat, barley, sugars, beets, fruits, cabbages

Natural Resources- coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper nickel, uranium potash, salt

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Economy 3

Germany is the largest national economy in Europe

Germany is relatively poor in raw materials

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Geography 3

• Neighbors- Denmark on the north, Netherlands

• Belgium, Luxemburg, and France on the West, Switzerland, and Austria on South

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Climate

Germany's climate is temperate with cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers and in the south occasional warm wind

The warmest regions of Germany can be found in the south-west

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Alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm abecedeeefgehaijotkaelem

N nO oP pQ qR rS sT tU uV vW wX xY yZ zenopekueresteuvauweiksüpsilonzet

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Alphabet 2

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Numbers 2

eins -onezwei - twodrei -threeVier- fourfünf -fivesechs - sixsieben -sevenAcht-eightneun -nineZehn- ten Back

Numbers

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Natural Disasters

A 69-year-old man was killed when his car was hit by a tree in the Black Forest, a jogger and a rambler were killed in separate incidents in Bergheim and Bad Schwalbach

At least four people were killed in Germany as storm Xynthia continued east across Europe.

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History

The German Confederation was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to serve as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, which had been abolished in 1806. In 1848, revolutions by liberals and nationalists occurred in an attempt to establish a unified German state

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Flags of Germany

1816 German Fraternity Flag

1848-1868 National Flag and Trading Flag

1867-1871 North Flag

1867 - 1921 Imperial war flag

1871 - 1919 National flag of the second German Reich

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Flags of Germany 21919 - 1933 Trading flag of the Weimar Republic 1919 - 1933 National flag of the Weimar Republic

1933 - 1935 National and Trading flag of the third German Reich (together with swastika flag)

1949 - today Current German national flag

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Greatest Inventions

YEAR INVENTION FOUNDER

1861 Telephone Philipp Reis

1885 automobile Gottlieb Daimler

1885 diesel engine Rudolf Diesel

1888 electromagnetic waves Heinrich R. HertzBack

Holidays

Easter is one of the most important holidays in Germany

December 6 is the celebration of St. Nikolaus (English = St. Nicholas),

The observance of Christmas in Germany begins with Advent

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