This is Germany!

1. Deutschland
Germany – an Overview
Allemagne
Alemania
Germania
‫ألمانيا‬
德国
Германия
เยอรมนี

3. Flag:
Three horizontal stripes in
black, red and gold
National Anthem:
National Holiday:
3rd
October (Day of
German Unity, 1990)
Capital:
Berlin
The Federal Republic of
Germany
Location: In the Centre of Europe
Text: 3rd
verse of the “Song of the
Germans” (Fallersleben)
Music: Haydn’s “Emperor’s Quartet”
National language:
German is the mother tongue of
100 million people and most
frequently spoken in the EU

4. Bundespräsident
Joachim Gauck since 2012
Bundeskanzlerin
Angela Merkel (CDU) since 2005

5. France, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland,
Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Area
Neighbouring
Countries
National Borders
357,021 km²
Land: 349,223 km²
Geographical Location
Water: 7,798 km²
3,621 km, coastline 2,389 km
Highest Point
Major Rivers
Large Cities
Zugspitze mountain (2,963 m) in the south
Rhine, Danube, Elbe
Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart,
Cologne, Frankfurt

6. Spring
April - May
warming up, changing
Summer
June -
September
warm to hot, sunny
Autumn
October -
November
wet,cold, stormy
Winter
December -
February
cold, snow
Version 1.2 – January 2007

7. The Capital of Germany

13. all about German Food
Sausage
Bread
Main dishes Deserts

14. Sports in Germany
• Soccer – the National Sport
• Handball
• Cycling
• Tennis
• Golf
• Wintersports