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GERMANY
BASIC INFORMATION - WHERE IS IT?
BASIC INFORMATION - WHERE IS IT?
BERLIN
Capitol of Germany
 1 of the 16 states of Germany
 population of 3.4 million people
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 Germany's
largest city and is the second most
populous city in the European Union
 Around one third of the city's area is composed of
forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes
BERLIN
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After World War II
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the city was divided - into East Berlin — capital of East Germany — and
West Berlin, a political exclave
surrounded by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989
Following German reunification in 1990, the city was once more
designated as the capital of all Germany
Berlin is home to renowned universities, research institutes,
orchestras, museums, and celebrities and is host to many sporting
events
Its urban setting and historical legacy have made it a popular location
for international film productions
Festivals, diverse architecture, nightlife, contemporary arts, public
transportation networks, and an extremely high quality of living
BERLIN
System
Stations/ Lines/ Net length
Passengers per year
U-Bahn
170 / 9 / 145 km
457 million
S-Bahn
166 / 15 / 331 km
376 million
Tram
398 / 22 / 192 km
171 million
Bus
2627 / 147 / 1,626 km
407 million
Ferry
14 / 6 / -
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Additional:
Around 900 regional, interregional and international
trains leaving every day (600 only from the central
station)
 Highly developed bike lane system (around 1,500,000
daily rides  13% of the traffic)
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BASIC INFORMATION - ECONOMY
Population :
80,523,700
 fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP
 second-largest exporter
 third-largest importer
 very high standard of living
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comprehensive social security
 universal health care system
 High taxes
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 Annual
percentage rate for a single > 60%
BASIC INFORMATION – ECONOMY
GDP (nominal):
 GDP per capita (nominal):
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 TAIWAN
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GDP (PPP):
 GDP per capita (PPP):
$20,706
$3.227 trillion
$39,468
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 TAIWAN
$3.593 trillion
$43,952
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$39,580
BASIC INFORMATION – ECONOMY
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HDI:
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0.920 (5th)
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Gini coefficient:
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0.890 (23rd)
29.0
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34.2
FAMOUS AND POWERFUL COMPANIES
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One of the leader in the global automotive branch
Found in 1916 and based in Munich
Member of the DAX (30 biggest and most powerful companies in
Germany)
Mini, BMW Motorcycles and Rolls Royce are part of the corporation
Turnover in 2012 was 105 billion USD
Number of employees in the whole group is 105.876
 The product range starts from
• compact cars and ends up
in the luxury class
 The latest innovation is the BMW
i3 with an electro engine
FAMOUS AND POWERFUL COMPANIES
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The company was found in 1853 and employes over 6000
people.
Turnover in 2012 was 1.4 mio USD
WMF focuses on long-term cooperation with renowned
designers in the industry
Design has always been a high priority at WMF
The cutlery pass special manufacturing processes to guarantee
the quality and liability
The product range is focused on high quality
 Cookwear
 Knives
 coffee machines
 Kitchen accsessiores
FAMOUS AND POWERFUL COMPANIES
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The multi national engineering and electronics company is headquartered in Munich,
Berlin and Erlangen
In 190 countries the group employees 360000 people all over the world
Significant inventions and technologies are part of the success concept which focuses
always the pioneering role in each operation fields
One of the latest innovation is part of the green energy sector… Siemens developed the
first serial-hybrid engine for airplanes and made the start for a new technology in the
aviation
Siemens is an integrated technology company which operate in four main fields:
industry, energy, transportation and healthcare
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Famous products and technologies
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Trains and railway systems
Steerings for houses, manufacturing companies and all kind of machines
Household product (washing machine, dryer, fridge)
Medicine technology products
Siemens supplied the trains for the Kaohsiung MRT
THE EUROPEAN UNION
NUMBERS AND FACTS
 28 States in Europe build the EU
 Germany, BENELUX states, Italy and France are the founder of the EU
 Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2012
 The EU owns the largest net wealth in the world
 The European single market makes the EU a perfect base for trades and cause the
power of the European economy
Current position of Germany in the EU
• Germany has a dominant role because of
its powerful economy and the well running
political system
• The power of the country threats Germany
to make some regulations for weaker states in the EU
• This causes some problems in which Germany got
bad reputations in this case
AREAS IN GERMANY
North
North and Baltic sea with
several offshore Islands
Mountain range Harz
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East
Famous cities like Dresden,
Berlin, Leipzig
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South
The Alps; lake Constance and
the Black forest
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West
Pfalz  huge wine-growing
area and beautiful landscape
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FAMOUS GERMANS
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Martin Luther
 leader of the reformation, father of Protestantism (1483–1546)
Karl Marx
 political economist, philosopher (1818–1883)
Johann Sebastian Bach
 composer (1685–1750)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 writer (1749–1832)
Ludwig van Beethoven
 composer (1770–1827)
Johannes Gutenberg
 inventor of movable type printing in Europe (1400–1468)
Albert Einstein
 theoretical physicist who discovered the general theory of relativity (1879–1955)
Konrad Zuse
 computer inventor (1910–1995)
Immanuel Kant
 philosopher, leading figure of the Enlightenment (1724–1804)
MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Schloss Neuschwanstein:
South Bavaria, was built 1869 -1886 for the bavarian King Ludwig 2.
 Europapark
in Baden-Württemberg, largest Theme park in Germany; around 4.6 million visitors
annually; opened in 1975
 Zugspitze
2962m, the highest mountain peak in Germany, southwest of Bavaria,
about its western summit is the boundary between Germany and Austria
 Oktoberfest
the largest festival in the world, since 1810 in Munich, is visited every year by about
six million people, the Munich breweries brew a special beer (Oktoberfest Märzen)
with more word and thus with a higher alcohol content (around 6-7%), visiors wear
Lederhosen+Dirndl
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Reeperbahn Hamburg:
Known as “most sinful mile in the world”, 930m long street, famous for its
nightlife, with some bars, clubs and a lot of fast food.
 Kölner Dom:
157m, built 1248-1880, Roman Catholic church in Cologne
 Ulmer Münster:
1890 completed, 161.53m high tower is the highest church tower in the world
 Bodensee:
bordered by Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Length 63 km+ Width of 14 km
 Berliner Fernsehturm, Berliner Mauer, Brandenburger Tor,
Reichstagsgebäude
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GERMAN DELIGHTS
(Käs-)
Spätzle
Weisswurst
Roast pork with dumplings
and red cabbage
Beer
breakfast
Schnitzel with fries
EVENTS
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Easter (April)
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Christmas (24.-26. Dec.)
EVENTS
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Fasching 11.11- Febr.
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New Year’s Eve 31.12