Germany is a parliamentary democracy located in Central Europe. It has a population of over 82 million people and its largest city and capital is Berlin. Germany has a strong economy as the largest in Europe and fourth largest in the world. Culturally, Germany is known for its beer, food like sausages and pretzels, classical composers like Beethoven, and major philosophical thinkers throughout history.

1. Germany

3. • Language:
• Kapital:
• Currency:
• Constitution:
• Head of government:
• Head of state:
• National anthem:
• Highest mountain:
What do you know about Germany?
German
Berlin
Euros
Parliamentary democracy
Angela Merkel
Joachim Gauck
"Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit "
(Unity and Justice and Freedom)
Zugspitze (2962 m)

4. Zugspitze (2962m)

5. Numbers
• Area: 357 021 km2
• Population: 82 036 000
• Population density: 230 residents per km2
• Gross domestic product: $3.197 trillion (2012 estimate)
2,1% Agriculture
24,4% Industry
73,5% Services
• Biggest national economy in Europe & no. 4 worldwide
• 3rd biggest import and export worldwide in 2011
– Export: 1061,2 billion (thousant million) euro
– Import: 902,5 billion (thousant million) euro
=> Export worldchampion

6. Companies

7. Ethnic groups
• 81% Germans
• 7% other Europeans
• 4% Turks
• 2% Asian
• 6% others
• Gastarbeiter
Berlin 180.000 Turkish inhabitants
Biggest Turkish community outside Turkey

11. Burg Rheinstein in Trechtingshausen

13. Fünf-Seen-Blick, Uckermark, Brandenburg

15. Rügen, Ostsee
Biggest German Island

17. Lüneburger Heide, Niedersachsen

19. Harz

23. Religion
• 60% religious
– 29,9% roman catholic
– 28,9% Lutheran, reformed,
uniting, Protestant
– 2% Greek Orthodox,
Jehovah’s Witnesses,
congregational chapel
• Church tax
8-9% of income tax

24. German Bond (1815-1866)

25. German Empire (1871-1918)

26. Weimarer Republik / Deutsches Reich
(1919-1933)

27. Occupation (1945–1949)
Occupying powers
• Sowiet Union
• France
• UK
• US

28. Deutschland &
Deutsche
Demokratischen
Republik
(1949-1990)
Berlin Wall 1961 - 1989

29. 10. November 1989

30. Quiz
• What is the name of the day when the
Germans celebrate the reunion each year?
– Tag der Deutschen Einheit
• Which day is it celebrated?
– October 3rd
• How many provinces does now Germany
have?
– 16

31. Berliner Republik (1990–Today)

33. Scheinshaxen, Knödel, Cabbage

34. Käsespätzle

35. Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte

36. Kaffee & Kuchen

37. Oktoberfest

38. Weinfest

39. Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market)

41. Dutch German Friendschip
Wilhelmus
Wilhelmus van Nassouwe
ben ik, van Duitsen bloed,
den vaderland getrouwe
blijf ik tot in den dood.
Een Prinse van Oranje
ben ik, vrij, onverveerd,
den Koning van Hispanje
heb ik altijd geëerd.
William of Nassau
am I, of German blood.
Loyal to the fatherland
I will remain until I die.
A prince of Orange
am I, free and fearless.
The king of Spain
I have always honoured.
English

42. Writers
• Walther von der
Vogelweide
• Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe
• Friedrich Schiller
• Brüder Grimm
• Heinrich Heine
• Kurt Tucholsky
• Bertolt Brecht
• Thomas & Heinrich Mann
• Hannah Arendt
• Nobelprice Literature
– Theodor Mommsen
(1902),
– Rudolf Eucken (1908),
– Paul Heyse (1910),
– Gerhart Hauptmann
(1912),
– Thomas Mann (1929),
– Hermann Hesse (1946),
– Heinrich Böll (1972)
– Günter Grass (1999)
– Herta Müller (2009).

43. Philosophs
• Nikolaus von Kues
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Immanuel Kant
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• Arthur Schopenhauer
• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Martin Heidegger

44. Classical music
• Heinrich Schütz
• Dietrich Buxtehude
• Georg Friedrich Händel
• Georg Philipp Telemann
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart,
• Robert Schumann
• Carl Maria von Weber
• Johannes Brahms
• Richard Wagner
• Hans Pfitzner
• Max Reger
• Richard Strauss
• Hanns Eislers
• Karl-Heinz Stockhausen
• Hans Werner Henze
• Nikolaus A. Huber
• Wolfgang Rihm
• Hans Zimmer

45. Sources
• Wikipedia (German, English, Dutch)
• maps.google.com
• images.google.com

46. Brezel & Schmandkuchen