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From Philip's Encyclopedia
The Federal Republic of Germany lies in the heart of Europe. It is the fifth-largest country in Europe. Germany divides into three geographical regions: the N German plain, central highlands, and the S Central Alps. The rivers Elbe , Weser, and Oder drain the fertile N plain, which includes the industrial centres of Hamburg , Bremen , Hanover , and Kiel . In the E lies the capital, Berlin , and the former East German cities of Leipzig , Dresden and Magdeburg . NW Germany (especially the Rhine , Ruhr and Saar valleys) is the country's industrial heartland. It includes the cities of Cologne , Essen , Dortmund , Düsseldorf and Duisburg . The central highlands include the Harz Mountains and the cities of Munich , Frankfurt , Stuttgart , Nuremberg and Augsburg . S Germany rises to the Bavarian Alps on the border with Switzerland and Germany's highest peak, Zugspitze (2,963m [9,721ft]). The Black Forest , overlooking the Rhine valley, is a major tourist attraction. The region is drained by…
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From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary Full text Article Geographical Names
pronunciation pronunciation country cen Europe bordering on North & Baltic seas, divided 1949–90 into two republics: Federal Republic of Germany pronunciation or Bun•des•re•pu•blik Deutschland \॑bu̇n-dəs-॑rā-pü-॑blēk…
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
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Foreign intelligence in Prussia and the succeeding state of Germany was frequently collected by diplomats and consular officials, as well as members of the press and various other sources, but the lion's share of the work was done by military and naval attaches, officers who were stationed at…
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History In 1917, in order to help with the war effort, the German High Command pulled various small film companies together into one body. Named Ufa (Universum Film AG), the company became the largest film studio in Europe when denationalized after the war. This was the era of German Expressionism, …
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Lying at the heart of Europe, Germany is one of the world’s wealthiest nations. In its present form, Germany is also one of the newest countries in Europe. After World War II, it was divided into two separate countries – West Germany, a western-style democracy, and East Germany, a communist state. …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(jûr'mӘnē), Ger. Deutschland , officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2015 est. pop. 81,708,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). Located in the center of Europe, it borders the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France on the west; Switzerland and Austria on the south; the Czech…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
great ethnic complex of ancient Europe, a basic stock in the composition of the modern peoples of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, N Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, N and central France, Lowland Scotland, and England. From archaeology it is clear that the…
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From The Oxford Companion to Food
notoriously divided into two states for most of the second half of the 20th century, had only been a single entity since 1871 when the first unified Germany was formed by Prince Otto von Bismarck. Previously the region was a collection of small independent states, with the separate German-speaking…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 81,147,265 ROMAN CATHOLIC 30.2 percent EVANGELICAL CHURCH IN GERMANY (EKD) 29.2 percent EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCHES 1.8 percent OTHER CHRISTIAN 1.6 percent ISLAM 4.9 percent JUDAISM 0.1 percent OTHER 1.6 percent NONAFFILIATED 30.6 percent Introduction A predominantly Christian country where…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017
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Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland Political Status: Divided into British, French, Soviet, and U.S. occupation zones in July 1945; Federal Republic of Germany under democratic parliamentary regime established in Western zones on May 23, 1949; German Democratic Republic…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
Germany
Federal Republic of Germany Political Status: Divided into British, French, Soviet, and U.S. occupation zones in July 1945; Federal Republic of Germany under democratic parliamentary regime established in Western zones on May 23, 1949; German Democratic Republic established under Communist auspices…
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