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4. Total Area- Neighbors- Denmark
137,847 sq. mi, on the north,
357,021 sq km Netherlands
Land Area- Belgium, Luxemburg,
and France on the
134,836 sq mi,
West, Switzerland,
349,223 sq km and Austria on South
Location-in central
Europe
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. Germany is the largest national economy in
Europe
Germany is relatively poor in raw materials
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12. • Neighbors- Denmark on the north,
Netherlands
• Belgium, Luxemburg, and France on the
West, Switzerland, and Austria on South
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13. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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