Friday, May 26, 2006

Guten Tag

That’s good day to you in Germany.

Aside from this country being the area and location of the BMW headquarters, this country has also a lot to offer.

Official Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Berlin
Meaning of Name: from Latin word ‘Germanus’. Possibly of Celtic origin. Means ‘neighbor’ or ‘brother’.
Coat of arms: Weimar Republic arms readopted in 1950.
Flag: Three equal horizontal stripes of black, red, and gold.
Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen (Song of Germany)
Climate: Western regions mostly temperate with year-round precipitation; mild weather in the northwest; eastern regions mainly continental, drier; hotter summers and colder winters in the east and southeast
Major language: German (official)
Ethnic groups: German, Turk, Yugoslav, Italian
Major Religions: Protestantism, Roman Catholism
Major cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dresden, Hanover, Chemnitz, and Magdeburg

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