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Country Code |
DE - DEU |
Country Calling Code |
+49 |
Country Profile |
Destination Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a Nationsonline.org Country Profile of the sovereign state in Central Europe.
Germany borders the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and Denmark to the north, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France to the west, Switzerland, and Austria in the south, the Czechia and Poland in the east. Additionally, it shares maritime borders with Sweden and the United Kingdom. |
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Country Area |
357 031 km² (137 850 sq. mi.) |
Place to Visit |
Berlins Brandenburg Gate
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)
The Black Forest
The Ultimate Fairytale Castle: Neuschwanstein
Miniatur Wunderland and the Historic Port of Hamburg
The Rhine Valley
Museum Island in Berlin
Berlin's Museum Island
Bamberg and the Bürgerstadt
Zugspitze Massif
Sea bridge of Sellin, Rügen Island
Konigssee (Kings Lake)
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Sanssouci Park and Palace, Potsdam
Insel Mainau: the Flower Island of Lake Constance
The Berlin Wall |
News |
Deutsche Welle (DW)
[German Wave] DW is a German public international broadcaster with news and information in 35 languages.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - FAZ
FAZ is a center-right, liberal-conservative German newspaper founded in 1949; FAZ English version).
Handelsblatt
Leading German-language business newspaper (English summaries).
SPIEGEL
Der Spiegel is a center-left German weekly magazine published in Hamburg. (in German, English version)
Stern
Weekly news magazine published in Hamburg (in German).
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Large German national daily newspaper, published in Munich. |
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Art Culture |
Deutsche Kultur International
ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) is Germany’s oldest intermediary organisation for international cultural relations.
Documenta
The Documenta is an important exhibition of contemporary planetary art, which takes place every five years in the city of Kassel. Documenta fifteen takes place from 18 June to 25 September 2022.
Alexander von Humboldt
In search of knowledge far beyond the horizons of his time.
Alexander von Humboldt
Wikipedia entry for the Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer.
Goethe-Institut
Institution for cultural, social, and political communication between Germany and foreign countries in the media area. |
Economy Business |
The German economy is the fifth-largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest. Germany is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment and benefits from a highly skilled labor force. Like its Western European neighbors, Germany faces significant demographic challenges to sustained long-term growth. Low fertility rates and declining net immigration are increasing pressure on the country's social welfare system and necessitate structural reforms.
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
The Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour. |
Transport |
Deutsche Lufthansa
The German flag carrier and the country's largest airline.
Eurowings
German low-cost airline based in Düsseldorf, a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group.
Condor
German leisure airline based in Frankfurt offers 81 destinations worldwide.
HLX
German leisure airline based in Baden-Baden.
TUIfly
German leisure airline owned by the travel and tourism company TUI Group. |
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Tourism |
Tourismus Baden-Württemberg
A guide to Baden-Württemberg.
Bodensee Tourism
Tourist information for the Bodensee (Lake of Constance) region.
Schwarzwald Tourismus
The official Black Forest Hompage, one of the famous and popular holiday regions in Germany. |
Education |
Deutsche Bildungsserver (DBS)
Information portal on the German federal education system.
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP)
The key topics of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) are cosmic magnetic fields, solar- and stellar activities, and extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology.
Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a learned society with a three-hundred-year-old tradition; 79 Nobel Prize winners have shaped its history.
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie
The German Psychological Society is a registered association of qualified psychologists who are active in research and teaching. |
Visa Process |
NOTES FOR GERMANY VISAS:
Maximum Stay: 90 days
May be obtained upon arrival
BEFORE YOU GO TO GERMANY:
Your passport must be valid at least 6 months beyond the completion of this trip
Your passport must have at least one blank visa page for entry and exit stamps
Your stay may be extended at local immigration for no more than 90 days |
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Additional Information |
Climate: Germany generally has a moderate continental climate without sustained periods of cold or heat; the north offers a maritime climate; in the south, in the Alpine regions, mountain climate prevails.
Type: Democratic-parliamentary federal state
Founded: 1949 (Basic Law, i.e., Constitution, promulgated on 23 May 1949). On 3 October 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic unified under Article 23 of the FRG Basic Law.
Natural resources: Coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land.
Agriculture products: Potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages, cattle, pigs, poultry.
Industries: Among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; textiles.
Exports - commodities: motor vehicles, machinery, chemicals, computer and electronic products, electrical equipment, pharmaceuticals, metals, transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, rubber and plastic products.
Imports - commodities: machinery, data processing equipment, vehicles, chemicals, oil and gas, metals, electric equipment, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, agricultural products. |
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