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