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Please, make yourself comfortable and have a look at our nice little country.

Please, make yourself comfortable and have a look at our nice little country. Location: Central Europe Area: 357.023 km² Inhabitants: 82.44 million State system: Democratic- parliamentary federal state Capital City: Berlin National flag:

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Please, make yourself comfortable and have a look at our nice little country.

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  1. Please, make yourself comfortable and have a look at our nice little country.

  2. Location: Central Europe • Area: 357.023 km² • Inhabitants: 82.44 million • State system: Democratic- parliamentary federal state • Capital City: Berlin • National flag: • Neighboring Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxemburg, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland • Currency: EUR • Telephone country code: +49 • Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations

  3. Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations 16 federal states... ...and their capital cities

  4. Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations Remagen Bridge of Remagen Town Hall Rail Station

  5. State system: Democratic-parliamentary federal state since 1949 • Head of state: State president Johannes Rau • Parliament: Bundestag (Lower House, 598 members) and Bundesrat (Upper House, 69 members) • Head of government: Federal Chancellor • Gerhard Schröder • Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations Reichstag – domicile of the German Bundestag

  6. Symbol of the Cold War & the seperation of Germany, especially Berlin • Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations • May 8, 1945 World War II is over and Berlin is divided into 4 sectors; (the American, British, French in the West and the Soviet in the East) • May 24, 1949 Federal Republic of Germany is founded (West Germany including West Berlin) • October 7, 1949 German Democratic Republic is founded (East Germany including East Berlin) • May 26, 1952 Border between East and West Germany and between East Germany and West Berlin is closed. Only the border between East and West Berlin is still opened • August 13, 1961The Berlin sectorial border between East and West Berlin is • closed, Berlin Wall is built • June 12, 1987President Ronald Reagan visits Berlin and urges Soviet leader • Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall • November 9, 1989Berlin Wall is opened • October 3, 1990Germany is reunited (GDR accedes to the Federal Republic of Germany)

  7. Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations After reunification in 1990 Germans celeberate their „Day of German Unification“ every 3rd October

  8. The German reunification means a challenge for the West German economy and the German economic policy. This is the greates challenge since the reconstruction after the Second World War. • Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations The economy right now is paralysed but we take it as a challenge for renewal. Take a look at some vital parts of German economy......

  9. Known as the “capital of fairs”, Germany lies in the heart of Europe, in the centre of the European home market. In the year 2002 totalling 1.200 billion EUR in imports and exports, Germany is one of the leading economic countries in the world. This can be seen very clearly at the fairs hosted throughout the country. • Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations Approximately two-thirds of the top international fairs take place in Germany. This includes 130 till 150 international and national specialized fairs annually.

  10. The Island Rügen in the Baltic Sea • Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations The Island Norderney in the North Sea

  11. Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations Black Forrest Alps Danube & Rhine Valley

  12. Neuschwanstein, one of the most popular of all the palaces and castles in Europe. Every year 1.3 million people visit „the castle of the fairy-tale king“ Ludwig II in Bavaria. • Facts • Administration • Remagen • Political • Berlin Wall • Reunification • Economy • Fairs • Destinations Neuschwanstein

  13. This is an invitation - visit us in Germany!!

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