Germany

Capital city of Germany

Berlin
Berlin
Population:3,386,667
Founded:1237

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Germany Image Gallery

Martin Luther, (1483--1546) initiated the Protestant Reformation.

Martin Luther, (1483--1546) initiated the Protestant Reformation.

A Schwarzw lder Kirschtorte (Black Forest gateau).

A Schwarzw lder Kirschtorte (Black Forest gateau).

Chancellor Angela Merkel hosting the G8 summit in Heiligendamm.

Chancellor Angela Merkel hosting the G8 summit in Heiligendamm.

Adolf Hitler, chancellor of the Großdeutsches Reich.

Adolf Hitler, chancellor of the Großdeutsches Reich.

The Allianz Arena is host to the football club Bayern Munich and was a venue for the 2006 FIFA World

The Allianz Arena is host to the football club Bayern Munich and was a venue for the 2006 FIFA World...

The eagle is a protected bird of prey and the national heraldic animal

The eagle is a protected bird of prey and the national heraldic animal

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770--1827) , composer.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770--1827) , composer.

The Reichstag in Berlin is the site of the German parliament.

The Reichstag in Berlin is the site of the German parliament.

Major cities in Germany

CityPopulation
Berlin 4,338,756
Hamburg 1,857,431
Munich 1,378,176
Cologne 1,017,155
Essen 731,220
Leipzig 718,200
Düsseldorf 705,391
Frankfurt 691,518
Dortmund 657,804
Dresden 649,252
Stuttgart 640,560
Bremen 607,184
Duisburg 591,635
Hanover 574,754
Nuremberg 514,976
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Population history of Germany

YearEstimated Population
2011 81,726,000
2010 81,776,930
2009 81,902,307
2008 82,110,097
2007 82,266,372
2006 82,376,451
2005 82,469,422
2004 82,516,260
2003 82,534,176
2002 82,488,495
2001 82,349,925
2000 82,211,508
1999 82,100,243
1998 82,047,195
1997 82,034,771
1996 81,914,831
1995 81,678,051
1994 81,438,348
1993 81,156,363
1992 80,624,598
1991 80,013,896
1990 79,433,029
1989 78,751,283
1988 78,144,619
1987 77,839,920
1986 77,720,436
1985 77,684,873
1984 77,858,685
1983 78,128,282
1982 78,333,366
1981 78,407,907
1980 78,288,576
1979 78,126,350
1978 78,091,820
1977 78,159,814
1976 78,336,950
1975 78,673,554
1974 78,967,433
1973 78,936,666
1972 78,688,452
1971 78,312,842
1970 78,169,289
1969 77,909,682
1968 77,294,314
1967 76,951,336
1966 76,600,311
1965 75,963,695
1964 75,318,337
1963 74,714,353
1962 74,025,784
1961 73,377,632
1960 72,814,900
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Government officials of Germany

OfficialOfficeStart of Term
Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany 2009
Guido Westerwelle Vice-Chancellor of Germany 2009
Rainer Brüderle Federal Minister of Economics and Technology (Germany) 2009
Norbert Röttgen Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany) 2009
Annette Schavan Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Germany) 2009
Ronald Pofalla Federal Minister for Special Affairs (Germany) 2009
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Federal Minister of Defence (Germany) 2009
Thomas de Maizière Federal Minister of the Interior (Germany) 2009
Philipp Rösler Federal Ministry of Health (Germany) 2009
Ilse Aigner Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Germany) 2009
Wolfgang Schäuble Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany) 2009
Dirk Niebel Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) 2009
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany) 2009
Peter Ramsauer Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (Germany) 2009
Guido Westerwelle Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany) 2009
Kristina Schröder Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Germany) 2009
Ursula von der Leyen Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany) 2009
Kai Gehring Member of the Bundestag 2005
Volker Kauder Member of the Bundestag 1990
Joachim Gauck President of Germany 2012
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National anthem of Germany

Deutschlandlied
Deutschlandlied
Established:1922
Composer:Joseph Haydn
Lyricist:August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

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Olympic medals won by Germany

OlympicsEventAthleteMedal
2012 Summer Olympics Team Eventing Michael Jung Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Individual Eventing Michael Jung Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Individual Eventing Sandra Auffarth Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Eight with coxswain Filip Adamski Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Road Cycling, Individual Time Trial Tony Martin Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Gymnastics, individual all-round Marcel Nguyen Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Shot put David Storl Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Heptathlon Lilli Schwarzkopf Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Quadruple sculls without coxswain Tim Grohmann Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's C-1 1000m (canoe single) Sebastian Brendel Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Discus throw Robert Harting Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Horizontal bar Fabian Hambüchen Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Taekwondo, Middleweight 57 - 67 kg Helena Fromm Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's K-2 500m (kayak double) Tina Dietze Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's K-4 500m (kayak four) Franziska Weber Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Foil Team André Weßels Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's hockey Oskar Deecke Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, + 100kg (heavyweight) Andreas Tölzer Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Table tennis, team Bastian Steger Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Javelin throw Linda Stahl Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Beach Volleyball Julius Brink Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, 90 - 100kg (half-heavyweight) Dimitri Peters Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Quadruple sculls without coxswain Carina Bär Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Parallel bars Marcel Nguyen Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Track cycling, Keirin Maximilian Levy Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Track Cycling, Team Sprint Robert Förstemann Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Road cycling, individual time trial Judith Arndt Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's K-2 1000m (kayak double) Andreas Ihle Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Pole vault Raphael Holzdeppe Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's K-1 1000m (kayak single) Max Hoff Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) Ole Bischof Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Hammer throw Betty Heidler Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's C-2 1000m (canoe double) Peter Kretschmer Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Épée individual Britta Heidemann Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Track Cycling, Team Sprint Kristina Vogel Gold medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's K-1 (kayak single) Hannes Aigner Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Table Tennis, Singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Judo, 63-70kg (Middleweight) Kerstin Thiele Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Team Dressage Helen Langehanenberg Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Slalom C-1 (canoe single) Sideris Tasiadis Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Mountain Biking, Cross-Country Sabine Spitz Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Swimming, marathon 10km Thomas Lurz Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Javelin throw Christina Obergföll Silver medal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Pole vault Björn Otto Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 3000 m Stephanie Beckert Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Men's Singles Felix Loch Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Men's Singles David Möller Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Pair skating Aliona Savchenko Bronze medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Neuner Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Singles Tatjana Hüfner Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Singles Natalie Geisenberger Bronze medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 500 m Jenny Wolf Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Doubles Patric Leitner Bronze medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Super Combined Maria Höfl-Riesch Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Skeleton Kerstin Szymkowiak Bronze medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Skeleton Anja Huber Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Neuner Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Simone Hauswald Bronze medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 4x6 km Relay Andrea Henkel Bronze medal
2010 Winter Olympics Men's Team Relay Tino Edelmann Bronze medal
2010 Winter Olympics Men's Cross Country - 30km Pursuit Tobias Angerer Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Men's Team Large Hill Michael Neumayer Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Team Sprint Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Men's Team Sprint Tim Tscharnke Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 4x5 km Relay Katrin Zeller Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Team Pursuit Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Four-Man Bobsleigh André Lange Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Slalom Maria Höfl-Riesch Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's Giant Slalom Viktoria Rebensburg Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Men's 50 km, Mass start Axel Teichmann Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Two-Man Bobsleigh Kevin Kuske Gold medal
2010 Winter Olympics Two-Man Bobsleigh Thomas Florschütz Silver medal
2010 Winter Olympics Women's 5000 m Stephanie Beckert Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Road cycling, individual road race Hanka Kupfernagel Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's K-1 (kayak single) Alexander Grimm Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Track cycling, Olympic Sprint Stefan Nimke Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Patrick Hausding Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Eventing, team Hinrich Romeike Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Eventing, individual Hinrich Romeike Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Team Dressage Isabell Werth Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Foil individual Benjamin Kleibrink Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Épée individual Britta Heidemann Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Skeet Christine Brinker Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's 25m pistol Munkhbayar Dorjsuren Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's 100m freestyle Britta Steffen Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, 73 - 81kg (half-middleweight) Ole Bischof Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Track cycling, Points Race Roger Kluge Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Vault Oksana Chusovitina Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Triathlon Jan Frodeno Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Horizontal bar Fabian Hambüchen Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Super Heavyweight + 105kg Matthias Steiner Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Individual Dressage Heike Kemmer Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Individual Dressage Isabell Werth Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Heavyweight 84-96 kg Mirko Englich Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Volleyball Björn Andrae
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Beach Volleyball Julius Brink
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Beach Volleyball David Klemperer
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Beach Volleyball Sara Goller
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Beach Volleyball Stephanie Pohl
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Major importers from Germany

Countries that import goods from Germany
CountryValue of Imported GoodsYear
United States of America $18,100,000,000 2008
Scotland £2,600,000,000 2004
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Major exporters to Germany

Countries that export goods to Germany
CountryValue of Exported GoodsYear
United States of America $33,300,000,000 2008
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Religions practiced in Germany

Pie chart showing the religions of Germany
ReligionPercentage of Population
Catholicism 31.2%
Evangelicalism 30.8%
No Religion 28.3%
Islam 3.7%
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Movies filmed in Germany

TitleReleasedRatedGenre
The Avengers 2012 PG-13 (USA) Action film
Hanna 2011 PG-13 (USA) Action film
Black Death 2010 R (USA) Horror
Inglourious Basterds 2009 R (USA) Thriller
The Reader 2008 R (USA) Film adaptation
The Baader Meinhof Complex 2008 R (USA) Thriller
The Red Baron 2008 PG-13 (USA) Biographical film
The Edge of Heaven 2007 LGBT
The Counterfeiters 2007 R (USA) War film
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days 2005 Biographical film
The Bourne Supremacy 2004 PG-13 (USA) Spy film
Hitler: The Rise of Evil 2003 Biography
Kleine Freiheit 2003 LGBT
Solino 2002 Drama
The Bourne Identity 2002 PG-13 (USA) Thriller
Band of Brothers 2001 War film
Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1997 Action film
Pappa Ante Portas 1991 Comedy film
The Mortal Storm 1940 Black-and-white
To Whom Does the World Belong? 1932 Drama
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse 1932 Black-and-white
The Blue Angel 1930 Drama
People on Sunday 1930 Silent film
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Books about Germany

TitleAuthorCopyright DateGenre
The Evolution of an Empire Mary Platt Parmele
The Emperor Charles V Martyn Rady
The Reader Bernhard Schlink Novel, Fiction
The Knights of the Cross Henryk Sienkiewicz Novel, Historical novel, Fiction
Adolphe Benjamin Constant Novel
Sartor Resartus Thomas Carlyle Fiction, Philosophy, Comic novel
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr Children's literature
The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx Mathematics, Non-fiction, Sociology, Political philosophy, History, Politics
Ecce Homo Friedrich Nietzsche Autobiography, Philosophy, Fiction, Psychology
Buddenbrooks Thomas Mann Novel
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque War novel, Roman à clef
Effi Briest Theodor Fontane Novel, Fiction
Reason and Revolution Herbert Marcuse Sociology, Philosophy
The Destruction of the European Jews Raul Hilberg
Eye of the Needle Ken Follett Fiction, Suspense
The sleeping beauty Trina Schart Hyman Children's literature, Fiction
Exiled in paradise Anthony Heilbut
Legacy of silence Belva Plain Fiction, Romance novel, Mystery
Address unknown Kathrine Taylor Fiction, Epistolary novel
Parachute Infantry David Kenyon Webster Autobiography, Biography
Uniforms of the Ss Andrew Mollo
After Melvin Jules Bukiet Fiction
Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment James R. Gaines Music, Non-fiction, Biography
German responsibility in the Armenian genocide Vahakn Dadrian
Victory in Europe, 1945 Charles Brown MacDonald
Martin Luther Paul L. Maier
The Holy Household Lyndal Roper
Waffen Ss and Other Units in World War II George Nafziger
Before Stalingrad David Glantz
The Battle of Kursk David Glantz
Berlin Games Guy Walters
Jewish Self-Hatred Sander Gilman Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology
Unholy trinity Mark Aarons
The Third Reich at War Richard J. Evans Non-fiction
Dear Cara : Letters From Otto Frank; Anne's Father Shares His Wisdom Cara Wilson
The Wild Swans Hans Christian Andersen 1999 Fiction, Children's literature
Tales of a Traveller Washington Irving 1824 Essay, Short story, Romance novel, Fiction, Speculative fiction
Hitler J. P. Stern Autobiography, Biography
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Countries adjoining Germany

Poland
Poland

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Belgium
Belgium

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Netherlands
Netherlands

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Austria
Austria

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Switzerland
Switzerland

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What type of government is established in Germany?
  • A:
    The governing regime is a Federal republic.
  • Q:
    What is Germany's national anthem named?
  • A:
    The song is called, "Das Lied der Deutschen."
  • Q:
    What is the capital of the country, Germany?
  • A:
    Berlin is the capital of this country.
  • Q:
    What did Germany use as their official form of money in the past?
  • A:
    Germany's former currency includes the German reichsmark, German papiermark and German rentenmark.
  • Q:
    Which currency is officially accepted in Germany?
  • A:
    The official currencies include the Euro.
  • Q:
    What are the official languages spoken in Germany?
  • A:
    Bavarian and German are the common languages spoken in this country.
  • Q:
    What famous people were born in Germany?
  • A:
    Prominent people and popular celebrities born in Germany include:
    - Hans Neumann
    - Dankmar Adler
    - Edward Sapir
    - Ralph H. Baer
    - Herman Moll
    - Said Bahaji
    - Margret Rey
  • Q:
    What is the calling code to call numbers in Germany?
  • A:
    The country's calling code prefix is +49.
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Lists

#3
Telephone Lines in Use
Lines: 53,750,000
#3
all time
Top Auto Producers
Cars Produced: 554,300,000
#5
Electricity Production
kWh: 579,400,000,000
#5
Purchasing Power Parity
PPP: $2,807,000,000,000
#6
Internet Users
Number: 42,500,000
#7
Cell Phones
Users: 97,151,000
#13
Total Labor Force
Workers: 43,540,000
#15
Population
#28
Oil Proved Reserves
Barrels: 19,900,000,000
#30
Per Capita GDP
GDP: $34,100
#52
Annual Death Rate
Deaths Per 1,000 People: 10.80
#68
Living with AIDS
Estimate: 43,000
#81
Industrial Production Growth Rate
Rate: 5.20%
#85
Unemployment
Rate: 9%
#151
Prime Lending Rate
Rate: 5.96%
#171
Consumer Inflation
Rate: 2.3%
#177
Real GDP Growth Rate
Growth Rate: 2.50%
#193
Fertility Rate
Rate: 1.41
#193
Lowest Life Expectancy
Years: 79.1
#220
Annual Birth Rate
Births Per 1,000 People: 8.2
#227
Population Growth
Rate: -0.04%

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