Germany

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Germany

• A great country

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These are some of the landmarks

• Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)
• Cologne Cathedral
• Holsten gate (Luebeck)
• Schloss Neuschwanstein
• Fernsehtrum (Berlin)
• Hermannsdenkmal (near Detmold)
• Frauenkirche, Munich
• Berlin wall

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Cities Of Germany

• Berlin
• Luebeck
• Munich
• Detmold

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The people

• Percent of English speakers
• Birth rate
• Death rate

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Brandenburg Gate

• Represents peace
• Ironically part of the Berlin Wall
• Most well known landmark
• Main entrance to the city
• It once divided Germany, now it unifies Germany

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Cologne Cathedral

• Spires 157 meters high
• Roman catholic church
• Tallest gothic building in the world
• Bombed 14 times in World War 2, did not collapse.
• Interior is massive

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Holsten Gate

• Built in the 15th century
• One of the most important commercial hubs in
  Germany
• Symbolizes the fortification of Luebeck, and the
  self confidence of the former queen of the
  Hanseatic league
• Luebecks most famous attraction
• Made by a merchant

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Schloss Neuschwanstein

• Built by Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
• Started in 1869
• Partly inhabitable in 1873
• Done in the old German's Knights castle
• Has Romanesque and Gothic features

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Fernsehtrum

• A TV tower
• 368 meters tall
• Tallest building in Germany
• Built in 1965-69
• Gives you an overview of the capital

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Herrmannsdenkmal

• Unveiled in 1875
• 19 meters
• A memorial of Germanys defeat in France in the
  Franco-Prussian war
• Translation is The Herrmann Monument
• Believed to be tainted by Nazism

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Frauenkirche

• Foundation laid by Duke Sigismund in 1468
• Constructed in a record of 20 years
• It is 358 feet tall and 131 feet wide
• Interior decorated with Baroque elements
• Organ built in 1994
• Some of the original interior was lost in air
  raids in WWII

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Berlin Wall

• Built August 13, 1961
• Cut through 192 streets
• 1991, The wall was torn down
• It was 107 Kilometers
• A red line replaces the wall, reaches 20
  kilometers
• Some pieces were souvenirs.

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Berlin

• The capital of Germany
• Biggest city in Germany
• Has about 3-4 million inhabitants
• The Brandenburg gate is the most important symbol
• Came from the Slavic syllable Berl meaning
  swamp
• Mentioned in 1244

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Luebeck

• A modern city enclosed by historic walls
• Heart of the city is the Old Town
• Locals go to the old town in the evenings
• Best known theaters are here
• Buntekuh had a pasture for cows until WWII

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Munich

• Founded in 1158
• In political unrest after WWI
• The skylines not too high, only church spires
  dominate
• Rebuilt in 1945
• Its the capital of Bavaria
• In 1939, Hitler suppressed a separatist plot

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Detmold

• Furniture making, chief industry
• Chartered at about 1350
• The population is 73680 people
• The Herrmannsdenkmal is in Detmold
• Jews were first mentioned in 1345, in Detmold
• Located between Dortmund and Hannover

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Percent of English speakers

• Has 36 million English speakers
• About 75-80
• New generation is being taught English
• 60-70 people speak it in a conversation
• 10 speak good English

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Birth Rate

• It is falling
• 8.6 in 1,000 people
• Lowest birth rate in Europe
• Rose slightly
• Rose by about 3,400 babies
• Infant mortality rate is 3.99 deaths out of 1,000

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Death rate

• 10.9 out of 1,000 people
• 168,000 more deaths
• Overweight is not the cause of death
• Lowest mortality rate

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Bibliography

•  "Berlin The Brandenburg Gate." Berlin
  Districts and Landmarks. Web. 19 Jan. 2010.
  lthttp//www.berlin-landmarks.com/brandenburg_gate.
  htmlgt.
• "Cologne Cathedral - Cologne, Germany." Sacred
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  many/cologne-cathedralgt.
• "Detmold (Germany) -- Britannica Online
  Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia - Britannica Online
  Encyclopedia. Web. 19 Jan. 2010.
  lthttp//www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/159563/
  Detmoldgt.
• (these are some of my sources)