Germany Facts - Capital Berlin, Population 82M, EU Founding Member
1. DEUTSCHLAND GERMANY
Capital and largest city: Berlin
Population: More than 82 Million
Government: Federal Parliamentary Republic
2. Germany was a founding member of the European Union in 1993
3. Germany is in Western and
Central Europe,with Denmark
bordering to the north, Poland
and the Czech Republic to the
east, Austria to the southeast,
Switzerland to the south-
southwest, France, Luxembourg
and Belgium lie to the west, and
the Netherlands to the
northwest.
Germany is also bordered by the
North Sea and by the Baltic Sea.
With Switzerland and Austria,
Germany also shares a border
on the fresh-water Lake
Constance, the third largest lake
in Central Europe
4. Joachim Gauck Angela Merkel
President, head of state Chancellor, head of government
5. Germany is a federal
republic consisting of
sixteen federal states.
Überlingen is in the south
of Baden- Württemberg, at
the border of Lake
Constance, close to the
border of Switzerland.
7. FAMOUS GERMAN
PEOPLE
Martin Luther, seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, + 1546
Michael Schumacher, Formula One World Champion
Heidi Klum, Model
8. FAMOUS GERMAN PEOPLE
Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter
Angela Merkel, German chancellor
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer
9. FAMOUS GERMAN
PEOPLE
Benedikt XVI., Pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013
Franz Marc, German painter, Expressionist
Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer
10. Black Forest Cake
Germans like to eat..........Bratwurst
Maultaschen: Pasta from Swabia
Bavarian sausage, Weisswurst
13. What people in Überlingen like........
Sports, soccer, tennis, cycling, eating, Lake Constance, Sauna, swimming, hiking,
Italian Food, travelling, skiing, internet, sailing, discussing, music .......