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Germany
By: Miranda Gross
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Geography Geography 2 People Religion
People 2 Economy Economy 2Economy 3
Geography 3 Climate AlphabetAlphabet 2
Numbers Numbers 2 Natural DisastersHistory
Flags of GermanyFlags of Germany
2Greatest InventionsHolidays
Total Area-
137,847 sq. mi,
357,021 sq km
Land Area-
134,836 sq mi,
349,223 sq km
Location-in central
Europe
Neighbors- Denmark
on the north,
Netherlands
Belgium, Luxemburg,
and France on the
West, Switzerland,
and Austria on South
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Capital- Berlin 3,406,000
Cities- Hamburg (1,757,000) Munich-(1,275,000) Cologne- (1,004,000)
Government type- Federal republic
Head of State- President Horst Kohler
Head of government- Chan Angela Merkel
Local divisions- 16 states
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Population- 82,329,758
Population density-610.6 per sq mi
Age structure:0-14 years: 15% (male 6,495,882; female 6,172,359) 15-64 years: 69% (male 28,687,267; female 27,526,698) 65 years and over: 16% (male 4,990,090; female 8,215,065) (1999 est.)
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Chief Religion- Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%,Muslem 4% other 28%
Roman Catholicism, one of Germany's two principal religions
With about 28.2 million members, the Roman Catholic Church in unified Germany is organized into five archdioceses, eighteen dioceses, three diocesan
offices, and one apostolic administration
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Age structure:0-14 years: 15% (male 6,495,882; female 6,172,359) 15-64 years: 69% (male 28,687,267; female 27,526,698) 65 years and over: 16% (male 4,990,090; female 8,215,065) (1999 est.)
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Government type- Federal republic
Head of State- President Horst Kohler
Head of government- Chan Angela Merkel
Economy Industries-iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding
Chief crops- potatoes, wheat, barley, sugars, beets, fruits, cabbages
Natural Resources- coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper nickel, uranium potash, salt
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Chief crops- potatoes, wheat, barley, sugars, beets, fruits, cabbages
Natural Resources- coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper nickel, uranium potash, salt
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Germany is the largest national economy in Europe
Germany is relatively poor in raw materials
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• Neighbors- Denmark on the north, Netherlands
• Belgium, Luxemburg, and France on the West, Switzerland, and Austria on South
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Germany's climate is temperate with cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers and in the south occasional warm wind
The warmest regions of Germany can be found in the south-west
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A 69-year-old man was killed when his car was hit by a tree in the Black Forest, a jogger and a rambler were killed in separate incidents in Bergheim and Bad Schwalbach
At least four people were killed in Germany as storm Xynthia continued east across Europe.
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History
The German Confederation was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to serve as the successor to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, which had been abolished in 1806. In 1848, revolutions by liberals and nationalists occurred in an attempt to establish a unified German state
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Flags of Germany
1816 German Fraternity Flag
1848-1868 National Flag and Trading Flag
1867-1871 North Flag
1867 - 1921 Imperial war flag
1871 - 1919 National flag of the second German Reich
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Flags of Germany 2
1919 - 1933 Trading flag of the Weimar Republic
1919 - 1933 National flag of the Weimar Republic
1933 - 1935 National and Trading flag of the third German Reich (together with swastika flag)
1949 - today Current German national flag
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Greatest Inventions
YEAR INVENTION FOUNDER
1861 Telephone Philipp Reis
1885 automobile Gottlieb Daimler
1885 diesel engine Rudolf Diesel
1888 electromagnetic waves Heinrich R. Hertz
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Holidays
Easter is one of the most important holidays in Germany
December 6 is the celebration of St. Nikolaus (English = St. Nicholas),
The observance of Christmas in Germany begins with Advent
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