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. • It is divided into 403 districts.
• 301 rural, 102 urban.
• It is a member of UN, NATO, G8, G20,
EU.
• Second largest exporter & 3rd largest
importer.

4. • Renaissance painters
• Berlin wall
• Automobile, Beer
• Musicians.
• Birthday cake & Birthday candles

5.  Germany is the country with the highest
population on the European Union (82.5 million
inhabitants).
 There are a Lot of inmigrantes: 7.3 millón.

6. THE CLIMATE
 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.
 Extremes commonly
reach -10°C in winter
and 35°C in the
summer months.

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

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

9. • German
people love
• cheese and
beer.

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

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

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

13.  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.

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

15.  They don't like smiling a lot.

16. • They are very neat and
they like recycling.

17. • They are very
• hard-working and
• very skillful people.

18. • They have
the only
female Prime
Minister in
Europe.
Angela Merkel

22. Not all of Berlin was so
modern, however. There
were still plenty of beautiful,
historic buildings
throughout the city.

23. The Brandenburg Gate is
one of the most famous
landmarks of Berlin. It
was built in 1791 and
eventually incorporated
into the Berlin Wall.
Today it is a major tourist
attraction, as you can see
by the photo.
Far left: street musicians near
the gate; Left: close-up of the
bronze on top of the gate.

24. There are two different
sections of the Berlin Wall.
One had been incorporated
into an open-air museum
about the Gestapo (below).
One of the most famous painted sections The other section we saw had
of the Wall.
A marker has been painted all along it.
murals
placed in the roads
to remember where
the Wall was.

25. The view from the roof.
The government building for
Germany’s National
Parliament, which has a great
view of the entire city.
The glass dome on the roof.
There is a ramp inside that people can walk
all the way to the top.
The meeting room for Parliament.

26. This is where the Federal
Council (made up of
representatives from each of
Germany’s 16 states) meets.
Each state is represented by
their coat of arms on the wall
behind the President’s
podium. The building itself
was used for Prussia’s House
of Lords, and was only
occupied by the Federal
Council starting in 2000 after
moving to Berlin from Bonn.

27. The Abgeordnetenhaus is the home of the Berlin House of
Representatives. There are 169 members, responsible for
electing the Mayor and creating a budget for the State of Berlin.
Room where the
Communist Party of
Inside Parliament. East Germany was
founded.
One of the rooms with its
original décor.
The German flag, the Berlin flag, and the European Union flag.

28. View as inside the
View you enter
courtyard.
Viewthe the tower.
of Zwinger.
The Zwinger (which means “dungeon” in English) was built between
1711 and 1728. It was intended to be used as exhibition and library halls
and as the setting for court festivities. It was destroyed during WWII,
but was reconstructed and reopened in 1960. Today it is the home of
more than twelve museums.

29. The Semper Opera House was built between
1838-41 but burned in 1869. It was rebuilt
from 1871-78 and again destroyed, this time
due to WWII. The opera house reopened in
1985 after extensive reconstruction
Left: The chandelier in the theater had been lowered
for cleaning, so we got an up-close view. Above: The
Even the hallways and their ceilings of theelegant and opulent! representing
ceiling were theater had paintings
different composers and operas.
There was marble and ornate paintings everywhere you looked.