This document provides information about top tourist places and culture in Germany. It lists the top 5 tourist places as the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Cologne Cathedral, the Black Forest region, Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, and Neuschwanstein Castle. It then provides 1-2 paragraph descriptions of each place. It also includes a section about the German people, describing them as a Central European ethnic group who share a common German ancestry and culture, with the majority speaking German as their native language. It notes there are approximately 100-150 million people who identify as ethnically German worldwide.

5. Index
 Tourism
 Culture
 People

16. Top 5 tourist places
 germany-brandenburg-gate
 germany-cologne-cathedral
 germany-black-forest
 germany-miniatur-wunderland-port-of-hamburg
 germany-neuschwanstein-castle

17. germany-brandenburg-gate
Modeled on the Acropolis in
Athens and built for King
Frederick William II in 1791,
the monumental sandstone
Brandenburg Gate in Berlin's
Mitte district was the city's
first Neoclassical structure.
Measuring an impressive 26-
meters in height - including
the spectacular four-horse
chariot perched atop - its six
huge columns on each side
of the structure form five
impressive passages: four
were used by regular traffic,
while the center was
reserved for the royal
carriages.

18. germany-cologne-cathedral
The towering Cathedral of St.
Peter and St. Mary, Kölner
Dom, on the banks of the
Rhine is Cologne's most
impressive landmark. This
masterpiece of High Gothic
architecture, one of the
largest cathedrals in Europe,
was begun in 1248 and was
the most ambitious building
project of the Middle Ages.
As imposing as its façade, its
magnificent interior covers
an area of 6,166 square
meters and boasts 56 huge
pillars. Above the high altar
is the Reliquary of the Three
Kings, a 12th-century work of
art in gold designed by
Nicholas of Verdun to house
the relics of the Three Kings
brought here from Milan.

19. germany-black-forest
The beautiful Black Forest with
its dark, densely-wooded hills is
one of the most visited upland
regions in Europe. In the
southwestern corner of
Germany and extending 160
kilometers from Pforzheim in
the north to Waldshut on the
High Rhine in the south, it's a
hiker's heaven. On the west
side, it descends steeply to the
Rhine crossed by lush valleys,
while on the east it slopes more
gently down to the upper
Neckar and Danube valleys.
Popular spots include
Germany's oldest ski area at
Todtnau, the magnificent spa
facilities of Baden-Baden, and
the attractive resort of Bad
Liebenzell.

20. germany-miniatur-wunderland-port-of-hamburg
In the heart of the historic Port of
Hamburg, the magnificent
Miniatur Wunderland, the world's
largest model railway, is an
attraction that appeals equally to
young and old alike. Boasting
more than 12,000 meters of
track, this massive scale model
includes sections dedicated to
the USA and Scandinavia (as well
as Hamburg) and incorporates
890 trains, more than 300,000
lights and in excess of 200,000
human figures. It's not unheard of
for guests to spend many hours
exploring this fascinating world
with its remarkably detailed
miniature airports (and planes
that actually take off!), crowded
cities, quaint rural scenes, and
bustling harbors.

21. germany-neuschwanstein-castle
The old town of Füssen,
between the Ammergau and
Allgäu Alps, a popular alpine
resort and winter sports
center, is a good base from
which to explore nearby
Neuschwanstein Castle, one
of Europe's most famous royal
castles. From 1869-86, King
Ludwig II of Bavaria built this
many-towered and
battlement-covered fantasy
fortress - the inspiration for
Walt Disney's famous theme
park castles.

28. German People
 Germans (German: Deutsche) are a Germanic ethnic group native to
Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and
history. German is the shared mother tongue of a substantial majority
of ethnic Germans.
 The English term Germans has historically referred to the German-
speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late
Middle Ages. Before the collapse of communism and the
reunification of Germany in 1990, Germans constituted the largest
divided nation in Europe by far.Ever since the outbreak of the
Protestant Reformation within the Holy Roman Empire, German
society has been characterized by a Catholic-Protestant divide.

29.  Of approximately 100 million native speakers of German in the world,
roughly 80 million consider themselves Germans.[citation needed]
There are an additional 80 million people of German ancestry mainly
in the United States, Brazil (mainly in the South Region of the
country), Argentina, Canada, South Africa, the post-Soviet states
(mainly in Russia and Kazakhstan), and France, each accounting for
at least 1 million.[note 4] Thus, the total number of Germans lies
somewhere between 100 and more than 150 million, depending on
the criteria applied (native speakers, single-ancestry ethnic
Germans, partial German ancestry, etc.).
 Today, people from countries with German-speaking majorities (such
as Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and other historically-tied
countries like Luxembourg) most often subscribe to their own
national identities and may or may not also self-identify as ethnically
German.

30. Thank you
By:- Mohammad Bharmal
Source:- wikipedia