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The administrative system of GermanyThe administrative system of Germany

- Summer School 2008 -

Prof. Dr. Andreas Gourmelon – FHöV NRW



What I will tell you in the next minutes

A look back into history Germany – the Federal Republic Tasks of the federal government and the states Communities and Cities Germany – a society in change



History (1): Middle ages - no Germany!

The area of Germany in 1378



History (2): 1806 / 1815 - the fight against Napoleon made the idea of Germany popular



History (3): 1871 - prepared by chancellor Bismark the „Deutsches Reich“ was founded



History (4): 1918 - revolution and civil war in Germany, start of the democratic republic



History (5): 1933 – 1949: Hitler regime, holocaust, destruction and division of Germany



History (6): 1965 – 1970: Germany acknowledged responsi-bility for crimes in WW II and accepted new frontiers



The Federal Republic of Germany

The FRG consists of 16Bundesländer (states) and the Bund (federal government). Laws of the Bund are made by the Bundestag (parliament), which is elected by all germans. Head of the Bundes-regierung (government) is the chancellor. The capital of the FRG is Berlin.Each state has his own parliament and capital. The state-government is headed by the prime-minister. Many german laws have to pass both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat (an institution which consists of members of the state-governments)



Typical tasks of the federal government and the states

Foreign affairs Defense, border patrol Social Welfare Financing of highways,

railways Regulation of mail and

telecommunication …

Police Education / Schools /

Universities Prisons Cultural affairs (e.g.

broadcasting) Execution of federal laws /

tasks …

Federal Government

States



Communities and Cities in Germany

12700 Communities and Cities in Germany – protected by the german constitution / from 500 to 3.34 million inhabitants

Each community has its own „parliament“ (Rat, Gemeindevertretung) and government (Bürgermeister, Magistrat)

Communities and Cities have their own taxes and participate on federal / state taxes

Typical tasks: supply with water and energy, waste-management, fire-brigade, library, kindergarten, cemetry, planing of new building areas, park, play-ground, hospital

Execution of federal and state laws / tasks



Germany – a society in change

becoming older

becoming more ecology-oriented

becoming more international

becoming more multicultural

becoming more female

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