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Germany

Germany. Map of Germany. Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany).

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Germany

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  1. Germany

  2. Map of Germany

  3. Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany) Nation in central Europe, bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

  4. Germany and surrounding countries

  5. Head of State: President Horst Koehler Head of Government: Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Population: 83,536,115 Population Density: 234 people/sq km 606 people/sq mi Area: 356,959 sq km 137,823 sq mi Provinces (States): 16

  6. Capital: Berlin (3.5 million) Ethnic Groups: 95% German 5% Turks, Poles, Italians, and Yugoslavs Religions: 35% Protestantism (mainly Lutheranism) 34% Roman Catholicism 4% Islam 27% Other

  7. Major Industries: Motor vehicles, engineering, chemicals, iron, steel, coal, electronics, environmental technology, food, clothing Major Trading Partners: EU (esp. France, Netherlands, Italy, UK, Belgium Currency: Euro Voltage Requirement: 230 volts, 50Hz Visa: EU citizens can enter on an official identity card. Americans, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, and Japanese just need a valid passport (no visa)

  8. Language High German is used for official, educational, and literary purposes. Spoken German consists of a dozen of different dialects such as Low German, or Plattdeutsch, resembles Dutch and is spoken in the seaboard area of the northwest. Southern dialects such as Swabian and Bavarian may be hard to understand for North Germans or for foreign visitors who learned only High German in school.

  9. Education School attendance in Germany is free and mandatory from age 6 to age 14, after which most children either continue in secondary schools or participate in vocational education until the age of 18. Kindergarten is not part of the public school system. Education in Germany is under the jurisdiction of the individual state governments.

  10. Customs and Etiquette Germans are incredibly frank and will not hesitate to register their disapproval and consider effusive chumminess insincere and superficial. In general, Germans are much more formal than Americans and Australians, and incredibly big on punctuality. An invitation to a German home is a major courtesy; you should bring a gift for the hostess. Use the formal “Sie” for “you” as in Sprechen Sie Englisch? Use the informal du (you) when addressing fellow students, friends, or children.

  11. Remember the following two phrases: Bitte (please and you are welcome) Danke (thank you) Do not jaywalk, litter, and walk in the bike lane

  12. Food and Drink Fruestueck (breakfast) consists of coffee or tea with Broetchen (rolls), butter, marmalade, Wurst (cold sausage), Schinken (ham), Eier (eggs), Kaese (cheese), and Muesli. Mittagessen (lunch) is traditionally the main meal of the day, consisting of soup, broiled sausage or roasted meat, potatoes or dumplings, and a salad or Gemuesebeilage (vegetable side dish)

  13. Abendessen or Abendbrot (supper)is an re-enactment of breakfast, only beer replaces coffee and the selection of meat and cheese is wider. Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and cakes) , a snack analogous to English “tea-time” at 3 or 4 pm.

  14. Germany’s bakeries (Baeckerei) produce an impressive range of quality Brot (bread). German bread does not contain preservatives. Beer and wine are the meal-time beverages. Saft (juice), plain or mixed with mineral water (Wasser), is an alternative. Germans do not guzzle glasses of water. Leitungswasser (tap water)

  15. With very few exceptions restaurants expect you to seat yourself. If there are no tables free, ask someone for permission to take a free seat by saying Darf ich Platz nehmen? Germans eat with the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right and keep their hands above or resting on the table. While eating, it is polite to keep the tines of your fork pointing down at all times. When you are finished with your meal, pay at the table. Ask the server (Herr Ober oder Fraeulein) Zahlen , bitte. Taxes (Mehrwertsteuer) and service are always included in the price, but it is customary to leave a little something extra, usually by rounding up the bill by a euro or two.

  16. City Life

  17. Country Life

  18. Questions???

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