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Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG ), [f] is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of 357,600 km 2 (138,100 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north ...
Timeline of German history This is a timeline of German history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Germany and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Germany. See also the list of German monarchs and list of chancellors of Germany and the list of years in Germany . Centuries: 1st · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th ...
This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title. In contrast, the generally smaller German municipalities that do not use this title, and are thus not included here, are ...
Kristallnacht ( German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈtalnaχt] ⓘ lit. 'crystal night') or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom (s) ( German: Novemberpogrome, pronounced [noˈvɛm.bɐ.poˌɡʁoːmə] ⓘ ), [1] [2] [3] was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party 's Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation from the ...
Tourism in Germany. Germany is the eighth-most-visited country in the world, [1] [2] with a total of 407.26 million overnights during 2012. [3] This number includes 68.83 million nights by foreign visitors, the majority of foreign tourists in 2009 coming from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland (see table).
Culture of Germany. The culture of Germany has been shaped by major intellectual and popular currents in Europe, both religious and secular. German culture originated with the Germanic tribes, the earliest evidence of Germanic culture dates to the Jastorf culture in Northern Germany and Denmark.
German Unity Day ( German: Tag der Deutschen Einheit, pronounced [ˈtaːk deːɐ̯ ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃn̩ ˈaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t] ⓘ) is the National Day of Germany, celebrated on 3 October as a public holiday. [1] It commemorates German reunification in 1990 when the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ), so that for the first time since 1945 ...