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Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Western Europe covering an area of 357,021 sq km. It is the most populous member state of the European Union with 81.8 million inhabitants. Germany is home to the third-biggest number of international migrants worldwide.
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National food dishes in Germany?
There isn't such a thing as a national food. this is because Germany has only been a country since the 1871s, when it unified. Before that it consisted of many different and separate states. So, the regions still have their own cultures and regional foods.
The traditional German cuisine is very multifaceted. Every region has it's own delicacies. A lot of people seem to associate things like sauerkraut, sauerbraten, spaetzle, etc. with Germany, but in fact you will find these dishes especially in the south of Germany (Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg). In the North for instance they rather eat fish, in the eastern regions there are Prussian influences and so on.
But in common Germans eat a lot of meat, "Mett" or "Hackfleisch" (ground pork) is very popular, there are also various sorts of "Wurst" (products made of meat that you can put on bread). Also cheese is popular, there are a lot of different sorts too. At German parties you will mostly find cold or hot buffet, with different dishes of meat, salads, bread, cheese and dessert. Often there is also a hot soup such as "Hochzeitssuppe" (translated it`s "wedding soup", it's including noodles, meat, vegetables and "Eierstich" = little cubes made of eggs), potato soup, creamy soups, etc. Salads of potatos, noodles or rice are also very common. There are also lamination cakes and jarrads. The really traditional "Hausmannskost" (plain fare) is very solid and rich and will probably cause you a heart attack nowadays, but the people in former times were hard working farmers or miners and it's said that they needed that kind of food.
There are also a lot of vegetarians who often dislike the traditional German cuisine because of all the meat (even some sauces include meat extracts). Germans also like cake and torte, there are a lot of recipes.
What type of economic system is found in Germany?
Germany has an Industrial based economy. Their economy at present is really strong.
Names of provinces in Germany?
The 16 states, or Länder, in Germany are:
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria (German: Bayern)
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse (German: Hessen)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen)
North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz)
Saarland
Saxony (German: Sachsen)
Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt)
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia (German: Thüringen)
Of these, Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen are "city states".
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Was the Munich agreement a triumph or sell out?
It was a big success for Germany, no doubt about. But for no one else.
Czechoslovakia was the last country east of Germany with fully democratic government (despite inside problems with pro-nazi Slovakia and Czech Germans, no nazi party was ever elected) and many of political fugitives used it like last help. It was only logical that Hitler needier to broke his last direct opponent at that time.
Of course the next biggest reason why it was such a big success for him, was the Czech army equipment. Czechoslovakia was the richest post-Austria-Hungary country and it was well prepared for war. If the Germany would go with Czechs "one against one", the result would not be predictive. But when England and France chose the Germany side (that's the Munich agreement), Czechs had to give up and let the Germans take one third of Bohemia and Moravia (Czech lands). Than Slovakia voluntarily joined Germany. Not even a year later Hitler took the rest of Czech country (with which he broke Munich agreement).
In that moment had Hitler two armies and could attack Europe. And so the second World War stated.
(English is not my first language, so sorry for mistakes)
What three rivers flow through Germany?
The Danube, Oder, and Rhine rivers flow through Germany. There are more but these are the most important.
No such thing.
We do not have the official fruit, flower, bird, stone etc.
This seems to be more a US thing; and maybe that of some other countries.
However, as a German myself I'd suggest the Apple :-)
What does Germanys emblem look like?
The German flag is made up of three horizontal bands of black, red and gold. It is based on the colours of the Lützow Free Corps, formed during the German war of Liberation against Napoleon in 1813. The Corps was made up mainly of students.
Black, red and gold were furthermore established as the national colours of Germany between 1815 and 1866, when they were picked for the national flag by The German Federation.
On 18 May 1848 representatives entered the first German national paliament in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt and on 13 November 1848 black red and gold were declared to be the colours of the national flag in the Reichsgesetzblatt (Reich Law Gazette). The German Federation failed due to German Princes' refusal to give up power and the attempts of Prussia, the largest German kingdom to direct German unification to suit its own interests. As a result Prussia founded the Norddeutsher Bund (North German Federation) in 1867, with a black, white and red flag.
Following the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, Prussia seized the moment and riding high on a wave of German patriotism, proclaimed the German Empire from the Mirror Hall at Versailles, with the king of Prussia as kaiser. With this the black, red and gold flag was confined (for the meantime) to history in favour of the black, white and red of the North German Federation.
With the defeat of Germany at the end of the First World War and the abolition of the Reich, Germany again assumed the black, red and gold as its national colours.
When the Nazis seized power in 1933, the old red, white and black flag of the Empire was reinstated alongside Nazi flags as it had the same colours as the Nazi flag. Hitler, who had designed the Nazi flag, described it thus: Red symbolises the "social concept" of the movement, white symbolises nationalism and the purity of the Arian race and the black Swastika symbolises "the mission of the struggle for the victory of the Arian race" over world jewery.
Following the defeat of Nazi-Germany in 1945, the Allies banned all previous national flags and German ships were forced to sail under the international signal flag for the letter C( C for Capitulation), which was made up of the colours red, white and blue, which just happened to be the national colours of the four Allied powers. In 1949, after a long debate, during which several new designs were proposed, the decision was made in West Germany to reinstate the black, red and gold of the Weimar Republic. The reason for this was to demonstrate a legal continuity between the Weimar Republic and the new Federal Republic.
In 1948, communist East Germany had decided to opt for a black, white and red flag but changed this in 1949 to the same black, red and gold flag as used by West Germany. In 1959 East Germany added its state emblem, a garland of corn with hammer and compass, to the centre of its flag. In Berlin and West Germany it became known as the "splitter flag" and until the end of the 60s it was a breach of the (West German) constitution and a public order offence to display the East German flag (in West Germany) and the police took steps to prevent it.
The head of the political administration in Germany and Austria is the chancellor. (In Britain chancellor is usually short for chancellor of the exchequer, who is in effect the minister of finance).
How deos Germany celebrate Thanksgiving?
The German tradition of Thanksgiving is completely different from the American Thanksgiving.
Germans celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving, a day of thanksgiving to God for a plentiful harvest. On the first Sunday of October (in most locations), visitors to German churches will find a plethora of fruits, vegetables, sheaves of grain, and also baked goods, as decorations around the altars. Visitors to market places and fairgrounds will oftentimes find Erntedankfest(literally: harvest gratitude festival) dances, displays, booths, a special Erntefeuer (harvest fire), and other festivities to celebrate this occasion. This tradition is continued in other parts of the world within the Lutheran Church which originated in Germany.
In the regions where wine grapes are grown, Winzer (vintners) will present their new wines and allow for a public wine-tasting. A Bauernmarkt (farmers' market) will allow visitors to purchase the freshest produce available, while the more immediate culinary needs are attended to in a Festzelt (party tent), where it is save to assume that some of the famous German beer will be available.
Which city in Germany has a name that sounds like a popular picnic food?
Hamburg, Germany, sounds like the popular picnic food, hamburger. Frankfurt, Germany, sounds like frankfurter.
Is Germany still divided today?
No. Germany was reunited in 1990. Since then vast sums of money have been invested in former East Germany and this has done much to overcome differences in living standards between the former East and West Germany.
Actually Germany will be divided forever, because East Germany is not Deutschland. It's Wendland, territory of polabian slavs and ancestors of russians. East Germany was betrayed in 1990 and forcefully annexed to fascistic West Germany. Level of life in East Germany (DDR) wasn't so bad comparing to BRD. People in DDR always had job, while in BRD unemployment prospered in large scale.
When do German children open their Christmas presents?
Germans have the Advent season which are thetime frame of the 4 Sundays before Christmas (but could be the 24th of December if a Sunday). Most people will have an Adventskranz (Advent wreath) which has 4 candles (one additional lit every Sunday closer to Christmas).
From 1st December the countdown to Christmas is "celebrated" in form of Adventskalender (Advent calendar - mostly filled with chocolates since for Children), where every day one little "window" is opened. During the Advent season also the Christmas markets are open.
Christmas Eve is the highlight followed by the first Christmas day normally spent in family. The second Christmas day is less formal.
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What country has an important port on the north Atlantic?
Germany is a country that has an important port located on the North Atlantic Ocean. The port is located just north of the Alps.
What is the largest river in Germany?
The main rivers are the Rhine, the Weser, the Elbe and the Oder.
What about the Danube? It's longer than the Weser and Oder.
How many people did Germany kill in ww1?
Germany actually had 5m soldiers according to the 1995 Guinness encyclopedia. :)
What are the similarities between Australia and Germany?
No uniform in Germany
They have 3 different levels of school in Germany. These are called Gymnasium (the highest level of high schooling) Realschule ( the intermediate high school) and the Hauptschule ( the lower level high school)
All schools in Germany are Co-ed! This means that they are all co-ed
that is all i got for that
if you're doing a video for school, so am I lol
What is the traditional clothing of Germany?
There are many different traditional costumes in Germany, depending on the area in question.
In southern Germany the "Dirndl" and "Lederhosen"are predominant.
See link "Tracht" below.
The further north that you travel, the dress changes until the coastal areas of the Baltic, the nautically influenced look is common.
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Until the 16th century, farmers and people of the lower classes used to wear gray or brown-colored garments. No other colors were worn at that time except for the blue. Blue-colored clothes were allowed only on Sundays and holidays. Since the 16th century, two types of traditional country dress developed: work clothes and Sunday/festive dress. The best examples of these styles are native dress (Tracht) and folk-style dress (Dirndl). There are certain differences between them. Here they are:
Tracht Dirndl Means of production sewn and fitted individually by specialized tailors produced by the ready-to-wear fashion industry or made at home Material only natural materials are used: wool, linen, silk, silver, mother-of-pearl synthetic and plastic products Decorationshandwork: embroidery, lace and hand-woven materials machine embroidery and laces Meaning indicates the marital status and the clanship of the wearer doesn't indicate any status Use of ornament careful use of trimmings, focus on quality abundant use of ornamentation, little focus on quality Length always the same, never changes depends on the current fashion Body accentuation plays down the female body accentuates the upper part of the female body Design limited to the traditional form for a given region no limits - the designer's fantasy is all that matters Prevalence is a rarity stored and exhibited in museums widely spread by the ready-to-wear industry
By the middle of the 19th century, when the industrial revolution took place, the native dress with its specific means of production and only natural materials began to disappear. Instead, the factory-made fabrics entered the life and conquered the market of clothes due to its reasonable price. In the end of the 19th century, native dress came back to life with a new wave of popularity and national consciousness. Native dress was the main symbol of ethnic identity, and folk tradition movements made it their target to revive the national clothing and save it from total disappearing. For that "Volkstrachtenvereine" - "Native Dress Societies" - were created and quickly spread. As a result, thousands of different costumes have been preserved or rescued from oblivion.
Nowadays dirndls are quite popular in Germany and Austria because they are pretty, fun, and not expensive as the native dress.
What is Germany well known for?
Germany is particularly famous for its outstanding contributions to music (Techno Music, Beethoven, JS Bach and many others), to literature (Goethe, Schiller and many others), to the arts, architecture, and to nearly all branches of science and scholarship. The German universities were the first to stress the importance of original research. From about 1880-1930 the German universities were widely considered the leading universities in the world for research.
Germany is also famous for its achievements in technology and engineering.
On a different note, Germany is famous for its beers.
On the negative side, Germany is associated with starting World War 2 in Europe and with the Holocaust.
Do people get to vote in Germany?
No, the President is elected by a college consisting of the Bundestag and representatives of the various states.
