GERMANYBy: Bailey Braun

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Basic Information

FLAG

LOCATION: EUROPE

GOVERNMENT

Type of Government: FEDERALDescription: Similar to the U.S 16 Laender or states People can vote of the age of 18 Germany is a Federal Republic with 16

states Government the chancellor Legislative has 2 houses

GEOGRAPHY Germany is located in central eastern Europe where there are many mountains. One of the highest mountains is Bavaria Alps Black Forest . The snow capped mountains in Bavaria are the highest point in Germany . Harz mountains have peaks that rise more than 3,000 feet . The central highlands are series of plateaus that range from nearly flat to mountains.

CLIMATE

Germany has a mild climate with warm winters and cool summers . In the winter the sea is not cold. In Germany January is the coldest month . In Germany they get 20 – 40 inches of precipitation . July is the coldest month.

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FAMOUS LANDMARKS

Name of Landmark: Glockenspiel

Located in :MarienPlatz

Special Facts acting out scenes

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Name of Landmark : Branden Burg gate

Located in : Branden Burg

Special Facts built over 2,000 years for king of Prussia.

LANGUAGE:

Word in ENGLISH Word in NATIVE LANGUAGE

Excuse me Entschudigen sie

Ten Zhen

Thank you danke

Tage

Good bye

Guten

Auf wiederseken

COMMON FOODS In Germany people enjoy a variety of food . One of Germany’s breads is pumpernickel. It is a dark rye bread . Marzipan is one of Germany’s candy . A famous food is sauerkraut. Sauerkraut is pickled cabbage. Some of Germany’s popular meats are veal, pork , beef, and chicken . An every day meal is roasted sauerkraut with boiled potatoes . Limburg and Muenster are popular cheeses named after regions in Germany. There are 5,000 different types of beer in Germany.

SPORTS & HOBBIES Germany has many favorite sports. In Germany snowboarding is popular in the winter. They snowboard at Bavarian Alps. Germany’s soccer team won the world cup three times. Tennis is popular as well. The famous players are Steffi Graf and Boris Becker. Other popular sports are kayaking, gardening , hang gliding, hiking and camping in the mountains.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Germany has a variety of famous people in the country. John Sebastian, Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven are world’s greatest music composers. Johannes Gutenberg worked as a metal worker and he invented the printing press. Albrecht Durer was a famous painter.

IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS

•Worlds greatest music •Wrote master piece of literature•Important to culture

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS• Geretsried new town with 60,000 people

•Religion protestant 34 %

•They only could have one brother or sister

•18 to drive a car

•Became a strong nation

•Germany has more people than any European country

•Famous music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

•Ludwig van Beethoven invented new forms of symphonic

•World war 1 Germany was very poor

•Religion Muslim 4%

•1948 Germany was divided into a democratic west and a

communist