The interesting facts about Germany

Germany has traditionally held a reputation as a rich and progressive nation. Contribution
much in terms of human progress and industrial / financial revolution. Germany has
Birth to many people and ideologies that helped to shape the world as we know it.

The official name of Germany is the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located in West
Europe. The Baltic Sea, North Sea, Denmark and Germany over the surround-Nord. It is
flanked on the east by the CzechRepublic and Poland. Flanked on the west by France,
Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The southern borders of Austria and
Switzerland.

Germany is a member of the European Union (EU). Germany has Europe's largest
Economy and is Europe's second most populous nation. The total area of Germany
is 357,021 km ². The total land area is 349,223 sq km. The total number of water covered
Being 7798 km ². The capital of the Federal Republic of Germany is Berlin. OtherMajor
Cities are Munich, Hanover, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Duesseldorf, Cologne and Bremen.
Germany is a federal republic with a parliamentary democracy.

The ethnicity of the population in Germany is 91.5% German, 2.4% Turks, 6.1% others such as
such as Greeks, Italians, Poles, Russians, Serbs, Croats Spanish. The main religions
In Germany, Protestant (Evangelical) 38%, Roman Catholic (Katholisch) 34%, Muslim
1.7%, and make others 26.3%. Classical music wasdominated by German
Speaking composers. A few of the most famous German soil born include the
Beethoven, Schumann, Bach, Brahms, Handel, Mendelssohn, Wagner, R.
Strauss. Some of the world's wisest philosophers were German: Nietzsche, Kant,
Hegel, Schopenhauer and Heidegger.

Germany has about 700 zoos, aquariums, bird parks, wildlife parks,
to call animal reserves, or safari park, not to 414 registered zoos. Berlin'sZoos
Garden is the world's largest zoo, the number of species (1500) and animal population (14,000).
The Fairy Grottoes (Feengrotten) in Saalfeld, Thuringia, the worlds most colorful
Caves, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Since 2003, Germany trillion of the world's largest exporter of goods with $ 1,016
exported in 2005. 10.1% of world exports come from Germany. Germany is the
Worlds second largest manufacturer of cars (after Japan) and car-in general (after the U.S.). The German company BASF (Badische Aniline and Soda Factory)
is the second largest chemical company in the world and employs over 87,000 people
in 160 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 41 countries.

The largest station in Europe is in Berlin. The European Central Bank is
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Frankfurt International Airport claims the world record
served in most international destinations. TheLufthansa, based in Frankfurt, is the
Worlds largest airline in terms of international passengers carried, and Europe's largest
in terms of passenger mileage, freight tonne-kilometers flown and fleet size.
The largest department store in continental Europe is the KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des
West) in Berlin is covered with over 60,000 square meters.