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GERMANY
Autors: Bartosz Ślusarek, Adrian Kasperczyk
Germany-Federal Republic of Germany, RFN
INFORMATIONGermany consists of 16 federal states
(Länder), and its capital and largest city is Berlin.The State has an area of 357 021 km ², offering a moderate climate.
With over 80 million citizens is the most populous country in the European
Union. It is leading in terms of economic and political state of Europe. It is part of the Schengen area and the euro area, is a
member of the United Nations, the OECD, the G8, the G20.
INFORMATION PART 2Official language: German
Population density: 80 327 900
Area
357 121.41 km ²
64th place in the world
Capital: Berlin
Government: Federal Republic
Head of State: President Joachim Gauck
Head of Government: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
Highest Peak
Zugspitze (2963m)
Accession to the EU: March 25, 1957
The dominant religion: Catholicism, Protestantism
LOCATIONGermany is located in
the western and central
Europe.
MAJOR CITIESMajor cities in Germany:
Berlin
Dortmund
Düsseldorf
Cologne
Bremen
Stuttgart
Frankfurt am Main
Nuremberg
Munich
Salzburg
Hamburg
Gelsenkirchen
Hannover
THE ARMORED FORCES
The role of the German army (Bundeswehr) is described in the Constitution of Germany (Art. 87a) as a purely defensive. Its only active role before 1990, was to help during natural disasters at home and abroad. In 1994, the constitutional court defensive term is defined not only as a defense of state borders, but also to prevent other conflicts around the world, which would in any way threaten the state.Until 2011, military service was compulsory for men at age 18, and the intake consisted of six months of service. July 1, 2011, the duty has been officially abolished. After 2001 years in the army could serve women, but do not force their military service. Currently, the army employs about 17 500 women.
RELIGIONIn 1517, in present-day
Germany began the Reformation. For the
beginning it is believed the announcement by Martin Luther's 95 Theses, calling for reform of the Church.
This took place on October 31 at Wittenberg. For 1529,
some of the German principalities and cities and Prussia Monastic, adopted the teachings of Luther and
the Protestant countries have become
EDUCATIONOver 99% of Germans aged 15
years of age can read and write. The supervision of education
correspond to the governments of the German Länder. 60 years
Twentieth century reform movement led to the merging of education at a comprehensive
(similar to the Polish secondary school), and in later years, many
states have introduced two-or three-tier system of education
TOURISMGermany is the seventh most visited
country in the world. The most popular tourist enjoys Bavaria, where in 2011, 81
million times overnight. The following close behind with Baden-Wuerttemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony
and Hesse.
SCIENCEGermany has a number of prominent
scientists such as:
Albert Einstein
Max Planck
Hermann Emil Fischer
Johannes Kepler And many others
introduced sequentially to the left
CHRISTMASNumber of days off work varies in different countries of the Union State. Nine days are public holidays throughout Germany. They
are: New Year's Day (January 1), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day (May 1),
Ascension, Whit Monday, Day of German Unity (October 3), Christmas (December 25)
and December 26, the St. Valentine's Day. Stephen. In addition, some federal holidays are:
Feast of the Epiphany (January 6), Corpus Christi, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Reformation Day (October 31), All Saints' Day (November 1) and the Day of
Atonement (Nov. 20)
LOCAL KITCHENTypical German cuisine disappears, and the
growing influences of cuisines of other countries. The first won the German palate italian who came
there from the beginning of the 1960s. together with the Italian "Gastarbeiterami". Foods such as pizza and pasta are now more popular than ever typical set: potatoes, sauerkraut, marinated roast. Is also
popular Greek cuisine, Chinese cuisine and Turkish cuisine, the latter is represented by thousands of
small bars of "fast food" called in Germany Imbiss and dishes like Döner, except in German cities can be found in almost all exotic restaurants including
Russian, Thai, Polish and Japanese, including sushi bars. The most powerful position in the traditional
German cuisine preserved in small towns and villages.
SPORT27 million Germans are members of
sports clubs, and an additional twelve million in sports individually. Football is the most popular sport discipline. With more than 6.3 million official members,
the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) is the largest
organization of its kind in the world. Bundesliga, the highest level of
competition in the German football league is the most popular sport in the
country and recorded the world's second largest turnout during the matches of any
sports leagues in the world. German national football team won the cup
championship three times - in 1954, 1974 and 1990. The same times German
dominated the competition European Championships - in 1972, 1980 and 1996
national team of Germany in football
RELATIONSHIP WITH POLISH
465 km common border on the Oder -Neisse line and on the island of Usedom .
The Polish border three states of Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania , Saxony , Brandenburg.
In Germany, lives according to various estimates about 1.5-2 million people of Polish descent and people from Polish .
About 150 thousand Germans live in Poland ( with the representation of one Member of the German minority in
parliament ) .
Deutsches Polen -Institut and the Deutsch- Englische Gesellschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland is to
encourage and strengthen the association of Polish -German cooperation and cultural exchanges.
In Krakow is one of the few foreign research institutes German Max Planck Society .
Hundreds signed partnership agreements between the Polish and German cities
TRIVIAFrom Germany comes the
Christmas tree custom tuning .
Over 20 million Germans (about 25 %) are pensioners .
Over 16 million Germans ( 20% ) are people with migrant
background ( Personen mit Migrationshintergrund ) , of which 7.4 million does not have German
citizenship
Table of Contents1.Germany
2.Information
3.Information Part 2
4.Location
5.Major Cities
6. The Armored Forces
7. Religion
8. Education
9.Tourism
10.Science
11.Christmas
12.Local Kitchen
13. Sport
14. Relationship with Poland
15.Trivia