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A Cultural Presentation on Germany by Markus Schneider & Fabian Huttner
GERMANY
Contents1. Germany – the basics
2. Government & Politics
3. Geography 4. Nature and Landscapes
5. Cities & and their places of interest6. Neuschwanstein - a very famous castle
7. The work place in Germany
8. Economy and Society
10. Clichés or Stereotypes about Germans
12.Typical German Food
13. Who says German is difficult?
Germany – the basicsOfficial Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Official Language: German
Political System: Parliarmentary Democracy
Capital: Berlin
Area: 357.021 km²
82 millon inhabitants – 230 per km²
Currency: EUR Composed of 16 Federal States
Has borders with 9 countries: (Polonia, Eslovaquia, Austria, Suiza, Francia, Liechtenstein, Bélgica, Países Bajos, Dinamarca)
Climate: continental
Government & Politics• Germany is a federal republic that has 16 federal states
• Legislation: Bundestag (lower house - voted every 4 years) by the folk), Bundesrat (upper house - 69 representatives of 16 states)
• Current: Great Coalition between FDP (Philip Rössler (Vice-Chancellor) and CDU (Angela Merkel)
• Head of state: State president Joachim Gauck
• Head of Government: Chancellor Angela Merkel
Geography of Germany – The 16 Federal States and their capitals
Nature and Landscapes
Black Forrest Alps
Rhine Valley Danube
Important Cities & and their places of interest
• Berlin • Hamburg• Munich• Cologne• Dresden
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
The “Oktoberfest”´in Munich
The Biggest festival in the world with 6 million visitors In average the visitors drink about 5 million liters of beer each year.
Cologne
Dresden
Neuschwanstein
Neuschwanstein, one of the most popular of all the palaces and castles in Europe.
Every year 1.3 million people visit
It was „the castle of the fairy-tale king“ Ludwig II in Bavaria.
Economy and Society• Europe’s largest economy and fourth largest in the world
• The national currency is the euro
• and the main exports are: Automobiles, Chemicals, Electronics, Foodstuffs, Machinery and Equipment, metals, textiles
• 2009: second largest export (export champion until 2009) and third largest import nation
• Mainly contentrated on secondary (industry) and tertiary sector (services)
• In the use of solar energy internationally groundbraking
• Long mining tradition: Significant natural resources (Coal, precious salts and building materials)
The work place in Germany• In Germany the work day is fairly short
with the hours being close to 7:00, or 8;00 in the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon, 4:00 is often considered pushing the feasible limit.
• The common myth about German working is it’s tough to get fired from ones Job, but that’s not the truth. An employee can receive a Kündigung as long as there is a good reason for it like stealing or threatening a co-worker. Though it has to go through the companies council who must approve the firing if the worker.
• German Business is less about being quick to decide what’s next and more about the planning of the current action. It is pretty standard for German companies to spend more of the decision making on a thorough look at all the options. This has earned Germans a reputation of having a fetish for business charts, and paper work.
CulturePeriod of 1871: Land of poets and thinkers
Philosophers: Immanuel Kant, M.Luther, F.Nietzsche, Karl Marx
Authors: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and the brothers Grimm
Classical music composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert
Art and music:
• One of the most important monuments is the Brandenburg Gate.
The main German composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1970 and died in 1827, was a great composer of Classicism and Romanticism. His deafness mark his life and character bitter. His major works are: the Third Symphony (the heroic), the eighth symphony, the opera Fidelio and Masses.
Clichés or Stereotypes about GermansClichés:1. They don’t like smiling a lot.2. They are very neat, tidy and they like recycling3. They are very hard-working and very skillful people.4. Germans are well organized, accurate and easy-pedantic.
Stereotypes:
The Germans are reliable, punctual, hard working and efficient, have no humor, boring, drink beer, eat sausages, well educated & very controlled, evironmentally aware, want that everything works, and we love our cars!
German Cuisine
German Cuisine
• Germany is partycularly known for its hearty and heavy meals
• Northern Germany: A lot of potatoes in diverse forms of preparation
• In the south: Dumplings, Obatzda, Spätzle and Pasta• Local specifies e.g. In Bavaria: The white sausages with
mustard and pretzels or pork roast• Black bread• Regionally very different beer
Who says German is difficult?English / Spanish German
Hello ! / Hi! Hallo! Hello, how are you? Guten Tag! Wie geht’s dir?
I’m fine, thank you. And how are you?
Danke, mir geht’s gut! Und wie geht’s dir?
Please.. Bitte..!
Thank you! Danke!
Enjoy your meal! Guten Appetit!
Thank you for the invitation! Vielen Dank für die Einladung
Goodbye ! / Bye! Auf Wiedersehen! / Tschüss!
Thank you for your attention!
Gracias a todos por su atención!