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1. Germany
Federal Republic

2. 
Germany is a
Federal Country
which has 16
Federal States. It's
on the “heart” of
Europe.

Each state has its
own constitution,
parliament and
government.

3. 
Germany is the country with the highest
population on the European Union (82,5 million
inhabitants).

There are a lot of immigrants: 7,3 million.

4. 
Cold winters and cool summers. In the centre
temperatures are more extreme but prolonged
periods of frost or snow are not common. Rain
falls throught the year.
THE CLIMATE
Extremes commonly
reach -10°C in winter
and 35°C in the
summer months.

5. NATURAL
HERITAGE

Germany receives millions of tourists every
year. Many of them visit the country’s
attractive nature reserves.

6.
ATTRACTIO
NS

Neuschwanstein
castle is a 19th
century
Bavarian castle
on a rugged hill.
The palace was
commissioned by
Ludwig II of
Bavaria known
as the "Insane
King“. It is one of
the country's
most popular
tourist
destinations.

7. ATTRACTIONS

In Germany there
are 600 fine arts
museums:

WolfsburgArt
museum, New
Weimar Museum,
Folkwang
Museum, Ludwig
Museum, Bode
Museum, etc.

8. GASTRONOMY (FOOD)

German
people love

cheese and
beer.

9. GASTRONOMY
(WINE)

The German
wines grow up in
13 zones.

There are more
than 140 varieties.

They are exported
to USA, UK,
Japan, Norway,
Sweden,...

10. GASTRONOMY (MEAL
TIMES)

In Germany the meal times are
earlier than in Spain. They have
lunch between 12:00 and 14:30 and
at night, they usually have dinner at
20:00.

11. GERMAN RECIPE:
CURRYWURST

INGREDIENTS:

ketchup

spices or paprika

sugar

salt and pepper

curry

butter

fried potatoes

Bratwurst Germany sausages
Put the ketchup in a
saucepan and warm to slow
fire. Add curry. Then sugar,
salt and pepper.
Add spices or paprika. Fry
the sausages in a frying pan
with butter. You could also
grill it. Slice the sausages and
spill the sauce on them.

12. POPULAR TRADITIONS

“Polka” is a very
traditional
dancing from
Austria but it's
very popular in
the zone of
Bavaria. It's a
fast dance which
is danced by
couples or groups.

13. POPULAR
TRADITIONS

There is an
important rock
festival called
“Rock am Ring” at
Nürburgring. It is
also the track for a
Formula One
grand prix.

14.
POPULAR
TRADITIO
NS

Oktoberfest is a
festival held
each year in
Munich, in
October. It is the
world's largest
fair. People drink
beer and eat
German
specialities.

15. RELIGIO
N
• Christianity is the
largest religion in
Germany 73%. Then
Islam 4% followed by
Buddhism and
Judaism.
• Protestants are 39%,
Catholics are 31%,
Orthodox are 4,7%,
nonreligious 25%.
• The present pope,
Benedict XVI
(Joseph Ratzinger)
is German.

16. RELIGION

Luther established
Protestantism in
1515 challenging
the Catholic
Church as he saw
it as a corruption
of Christian faith.
It holds that
Scripture is the
source of revealed
truth.

17. RELIGION:
ISLAM
IN GERMANY

The third
religion in
importance in
Germany is
the Islam. A
4%.

This is
because there
are a lot of
inmigrants
from Turkey.

18. CLICHES OR
STEREOTYPES

They don't like smiling a lot.

19. 
They are very neat
and they like recycling.

20. 
They are very

hard­working and

very skillful people.

21. 
They have
the only
female
Prime
Minister in
Europe.
Angela Merkel

22. AN IMPORTANT WOMAN

Hildegard Von Bingen
(1098­1179)

German scientist, philosopher,
theologian and composer.

Hildegard was considered, by historians
to be among the most important
scientists of her age and perhaps the
most significant woman scientist in
Medieval Europe.

She was also considered a healer and
early theologian and she was venerated
in the church.

23. GROUP MEMBERS

Inmaculada López Cubero

Bibiana Granados Jurado

Beatriz Cabello Barón

Paola Lira García
 IES Blas Infante. Córdoba. Spain. ICT Tourism.
 For Comenius A World of Differences and School Peace Project
 January 2009