With
81 million people Germany has the largest population in the
European Union.
Germany is one of the most densely populated countries in
the world.
One third of the country is still covered in forests and woodlands.
Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe covering
an area of 137,847 square miles, of which 34,836 square miles
is covered by land and 3,011 square miles contains water.
Germany is composed of sixteen states. The states have their
own constitution and are largely autonomous in regard to their
internal organization. At the municipal level, Germany is
divided into 403 districts (Kreise), of which 301 are rural
districts and 102 urban districts. Bavaria is the largest
state.
Germany shares borders with nine other countries – Denmark,
Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France,
Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Germany is the EU’s largest economy – with a gross
domestic product (GDP) of 3.73 trillion USD, and lies fourth
place in the world behind the US, China and Japan.
Germany is one of the world’s largest car producers
– selling 5.9 million cars in 2011. VW’s Golf
is one of the best selling cars of all time: in 2012 it year
it sold more than 430,000 Golfs around Europe (125,000 ahead
of its nearest rival). In 2013, the top-selling car brands
in Germany were Volkswagen, Mercedes. Audi and BMW.
Berlin has the largest train station in Europe.
Berlin is 9 times bigger than Paris and has more bridges than
Venice.
The following cities have all at one time or another been
capitals of Germany: Aachen, Regensburg, Frankfurt-am-Main,
Nuremberg, Berlin, Weimar, Bonn (and East Berlin), and, since
1990, Berlin again.
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The
first printed book was in German.
Germany is one of the world’s leading book nations –
publishing around 94,000 titles every year.
The first magazine ever seen was launched in 1663 in Germany.
Germany was the first country in the world to adopt Daylight
saving time – DST, also known as summer time. This occured
in 1916, in the midst of WWI.
When JFK visited Berlin, he infamously said “Ich bin
ein Berliner,” which also translates to “I am
a jelly donut.”
65% of the Autobahn (highway) has no speed limit.
German is the most widely taught third language across the
world.
German remains the language with the most native speakers
in Europe.
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein
have German as the official language.
is the longest word to be published. It is 79 letters long.
There are thirty five dialects of the German language.
College is free for everyone (even non-Germans).
There are over 300 different kinds of bread in Germany.
There are over 1,000 kinds of sausages in Germany.
Beer is considered as a food in Bavaria officially.
There are over 1,500 different beers in Germany.
Smoking is banned in public places but drinking alcohol is
still legal.
After the Irish, the Germans are those consume the most beer,
making Germany the second largest consumer of Beer.
The biggest Beer Festival in the world is of course the Oktoberfest
in Munich, Bavaria, where the size of the beer glass is not
500ml but a whole liter!
To get ONE beer in Germany, you show your thumb. To show your
first finger means that you want 2 beers: one with the thumb,
and one with the finger.
There are more football (soccer for the North Americans) fan
clubs in Germany than anywhere else in the world.
Germany has (once) lost a penalty shootout in a major football
competition. It was in 1976 when the then West Germany lost
a shootout 5-3 in in the European Championships against Czechoslovakia.
On the four other occasions the Germans
have been involved in one, they won.
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The
Christmas tree (Tannenbaum) tradition came from Germany.
Germany has over 400 zoos, the most in the world.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has a Barbie doll made after her.
Toilet paper in Germany has the softness and consistency of
paper towels.
Most taxis in Germany are Mercedes.
Holocaust denial is either implicitly or explicitly a crime
in 17 countries, including Germany and Austria.
There are over 2100 castles in Germany.
The world’s narrowest street is in Reutlingen. It is
called Spreuerhofstrasse and is 31 cm (one foot) wide at its
narrowest point.
The Chancellor’s office in Berlin is known locally as
as the “washing machine”.
Germany is a leader in climate and energy policies –
it made a decision in 2011 to decommission all nuclear power
stations (then producing around 18 percent of electricity
consumed) by 2022 and to replace them with renewable energies
and new storage for green electricity.
In Germany there’s no punishment for a prisoner who
tries to escape from jail, because it is a basic human instinct
to be free.
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Germany
is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe.
One third of Germany is still covered in Forest and Woodland.
Berlin is 9 times bigger than Paris and has more bridges than
Venice
During JFK’s famous declaration of “Ich bin ein
Berliner” he actually likened himself to a jam doughnut.
Germany’s Capital City has shifted 7 times!
Germany is sometimes known as the land of poets and thinkers.
Germany is Europe’s second largest beer consumer.
The longest word published in the German language is
The German Football team is the second most successful football
team in the world!
The first book to ever be printed was the Bible by Johannes
Gutenberg in the 1450s in Germany.
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