Deutschland

A Map of Europe

A Map of Germany

The Official Name of Germany

Auf Deutsch = Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Auf Englisch = Federal Republic of Germany

Abbreviation for Germany = DE

Germany’s Coat of Arms

Reintroduction of the Coat of Arms from the Weimar Republic (1919-1935)

Adopted from the Coat of Arms from the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries

Germany’s Population

2010 estimate = 81, 799, 600 people

Official Language of Germany

German! (DUH!)

Other German-speaking countries in Europe:

Austria (Österreich)

Switzerland (die Schweiz)

Luxembourg

Liechtenstein

Religion in GermanyLargest religion = Christianity51.5 million followers30% = Catholics30% = Protestants --> EvangelicalsRest = belong to smaller denominationsProtestantism = concentrated in the north and eastCatholicism = concentrated in the south and west

The Cologne Cathedral on the Rhine River

The European Union

Germany is a member of the EU (European Union)

Member since 2002

EU = an economic and political union in Europe

27 total members

The Euro

Germany’s currency

Used by all members of the EU

Members of the European Union

Germany’s Old Money =the Deutsche Mark

Key Terms for German GeographyCountry = das LandState = das BundeslandStates (plural) = die BundesländerCapital = die HauptstadtCity = die StadtPopulation = die EinwohnerzahlArea = die Fläche

Die Bundesländer

Germany has 16 states

3 of these are city-states: Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg

Die BundesländerAuf Deutsch Auf English German

AbbreviationCoat of Arms

Badenwürrtemberg Same BW

Bayern Bavaria BY

Berlin Same BE

Brandenburg Same BB

Die BundesländerAuf Deutsch Auf English German

AbbreviationCoat of Arms

Freie Hansestadt Bremen

Bremen HB

Hamburg Same HH

Hessen Hesse HE

Mecklenburg-

Vorpommern

Same MV

Die BundesländerAuf Deutsch Auf English German

AbbreviationCoat of Arms

Niedersachsen Lower Saxony NI

Nordrhein-

Westfalen

North Rhine-

Westphalia

NW

Rheinland-

Pfalz

Rhineland-

Palatinate

RP

Saarland Same SL

Die BundesländerAuf Deutsch Auf English German

AbbreviationCoat of Arms

Sachsen Saxony SN

Sachsen-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ST

Schleswig-Holstein Same SH

Thüringen Thuringia TH

Die Hauptstadt von Deutschland

BERLIN!

Germany’s largest city

3.45 million people

What’s with Bonn?Used to be the capital of West Germany from 1949-1990

After WWII, Germany was divided into two countries: West Germany (democratic) and East Germany (communist)Germany was reunified in 1990

Was the official seat of Germany’s government until 1999