• Germany (pronounced /ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced ), is a country in Central Europe. (last.fm)
  • May 3, 2023 · Bonn lies on both banks of the mighty Rhine River, and although it is not as well-known to tourists as the larger cities in Germany , you'll find plenty of fun things to do here. (yahoo.com)
  • The authoritative IMD Competitiveness Report of 2023 shows that Germany, which has habitually ranked around fifteenth place in the global competitiveness standings, but has dropped seven places to 22, just behind China and ahead of the UK. (forbes.com)
  • However, in 1938, the revanchist Nazi Germany led by Austrian-born Adolf Hitler annexed Austria into Germany in what would come to be called the Anschluss . (wikipedia.org)
  • The first victim theory was very popular in Austria from its start in 1949 to 1988 that Austria was the first victim of Nazi Germany and therefore had nothing to do with the Nazi German crimes, but this theory has been disproved by Austrians themselves since 1988. (wikipedia.org)
  • Learn about the role of women in Nazi Germany. (britannica.com)
  • My grandparents left Nazi Germany before World War II broke out . (urbandictionary.com)
  • Nazi Germany is the state in which Germany was in under Adolf Hitler's rule from 1938 to 1945 . (urbandictionary.com)
  • Nazi Germany first took over Czechslovakia and Poland, causing WWII. (urbandictionary.com)
  • Finally, after a long war, Nazi Germany was defeated due to several critical mistakes which if they had not been made, we would all be speaking German right now. (urbandictionary.com)
  • And that was how Nazi Germany came close to taking over the world . (urbandictionary.com)
  • After the fall of communist led-government in East Germany, German reunification saw the former East German states join the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1990, Germany was reunited but still without Austria. (wikipedia.org)
  • [2] [3] 3 October has been the national day of Germany since 1990, celebrated as the German Unity Day ( Tag der Deutschen Einheit ). (wikipedia.org)
  • About Bonn Though probably best known as the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 (and of reunified Germany until 1999), Bonn actually has a history dating back to the 1st century BC. (yahoo.com)
  • Germany set out to establish itself as a leader in the international fight against man-made climate change by promising to cut carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020 and up to 95 percent in 2050, relative to 1990 levels. (reason.com)
  • May 2, 2022 · Bonn is a German city that sits near the country's western border with Belgium, and for a brief period, it was the country's capital. (yahoo.com)
  • 30 May 2022 - Since June 2020, financing from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via the German Development Bank (KfW) has enabled WHO to implement various measures in the health system. (who.int)
  • On 25 May 2022, a delegation from Germany, including senior officers from BMZ, the German Embassy in Beirut, KfW, and GIZ accompanied by the WHO country office team visited Baabda Governmental Hospital. (who.int)
  • The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Baiuvarii originated in southeast Germany in the north/ Germania and moved to present-day Austria in the Migration period after successful Germanic invasions of ancient Rome . (wikipedia.org)
  • Germany won't be able to meet the goal of cutting emissions by 20 percent before 2020. (reason.com)
  • The German government now says it will miss the 2020 target by eight percent. (reason.com)
  • Association for the Promotion of Research on Horses and Wolves (VFWPW), Former AK Pferd & Wolf Until 2020, Verden, Lower Saxony, Germany. (bvsalud.org)
  • Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ancestors of Austrians were the Germanic Baiuvarii (ancient German Bavarians ). (wikipedia.org)
  • [1] German culture originated with the Germanic tribes , the earliest evidence of Germanic culture dates to the Jastorf culture in Northern Germany and Denmark . (wikipedia.org)
  • Standard German is a West Germanic language and is closely related to and classified alongside English, Dutch, and the Frisian languages . (wikipedia.org)
  • Most German vocabulary is derived from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following the fact that Austria under Allied control claimed independence to be secondly separated from Germany on 27 April 1945, the German identity in Austria has been weakened. (wikipedia.org)
  • The time from 1933 to 1945 when Hitler and the Nazis controlled Germany. (urbandictionary.com)
  • The study unit, aimed at Year 9 pupils (14-year-olds), is called "How has Germany moved from division to unity (1945-2000)? (bbc.co.uk)
  • The momentous events of 1939 to 1945 will always be taught in schools, and rightly so, but children need to understand that German history did not end with the death of a dictator. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Schools in England need to spend time teaching what happened in Germany after 1945. (bbc.co.uk)
  • This is the third of three blog entries about the sonic traces of May 1945 in Britain, Germany and Sweden (authors Hugh Chignell, Hans-Ulrich Wagner and Marie Cronqvist) and the messages given by radio to the people who got in contact with them. (lu.se)
  • Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2021" (XLS) (in German). (wikipedia.org)
  • Eckmanns's department at the RKI has published the recent data on antibiotic resistance surveillance (ARS) in Germany up until 2021. (medscape.com)
  • In 2017 more than 1.5 billion euros will be available for labour market integration, a sum of 410 million euros for occupation-specific German courses and 300 million euros for job opportunities in refugee integration measures. (bundesregierung.de)
  • Formal unification of Germany into the modern nation-state was commenced on 18 August 1866 with the North German Confederation Treaty establishing the Prussia-led North German Confederation later transformed in 1871 into the German Empire. (wikipedia.org)
  • it was rivaled by the North German Confederation from 1866 to 1871 and German Empire led by the Kingdom of Prussia rivaled Austria. (wikipedia.org)
  • WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's foreign minister accused Germany of trying to interfere in his country's internal affairs after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Warsaw needs to clarify allegations that Polish consulates in Africa and Asia sold temporary work visas to migrants for thousands of. (ap.org)
  • What was life like for refugees migrating to Germany from the country's former eastern territories after World War II? (britannica.com)
  • Learn about the millions of refugees who migrated to Germany from the country's former. (britannica.com)
  • The Mavericks' win early on Monday morning German time quickly thrust the sport back into the spotlight with congratulations pouring in from the country's political and sporting leaders, including Merkel. (foxnews.com)
  • Lawmakers in Germany are investigating a legal loophole that allows the country's foreign intelligence service, the BND, to spy on German citizens abroad. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The 1955 Austrian State Treaty to let Austria gain power from the Allied occupying the country also banned the reunification of Germany and Austria. (wikipedia.org)
  • Who was Helmut Kohl and what was his role in the reunification of Germany? (britannica.com)
  • In 2019, 13 German universities and university partnerships were awarded the title "University of Excellence" by the German government and federal states. (statista.com)
  • Since 1985 which then marked the 40th anniversary of unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht , the end of the Nazi government and the occupation by Allied troops, Germans have been discussing what VE Day means for them. (lu.se)
  • For quite a long time, the reportage transmits the German speech about unconditional surrender given from the balcony. (lu.se)
  • Following the Napoleonic Wars and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the German Confederation was formed in 1815. (wikipedia.org)
  • The German Confederation was also led by Austria from 1815 to 1866. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1866 Austria was firstly separated from Germany and German Confederation was dissolved. (wikipedia.org)
  • Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in the western region of Central Europe. (wikipedia.org)
  • It then separated from the Duchy of Bavaria as a state in 972, and from 972 to 1806 Austria (not including its non-German lands) and other German states were a core and later dominant part of the Holy Roman Empire which was officially a German polity from 1512 and mostly led by Austria itself. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nonetheless, they agree Germany may have been in a recession for the last two quarters of 2018. (businessinsider.com)
  • German orthography has gone through a series of reforms, the most recent in 1996 . (wikipedia.org)
  • In May 1996, the Health Department of Marburg-Biedenkopf in Marburg, Hessen, Germany, was notified of a cluster of persons with high and persistent fever who resided in a rural town (Rollshausen {1996 population: 300}) and in five surrounding towns approximately 0.5-2.0 miles from Rollshausen, in the district of Lohra. (cdc.gov)
  • Militarily, Austria ( Austria-Hungary ) and Germany (German Empire) were allies of each other at the time. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Nazis were very racist towards Jews and removed their rights, which is why many people left Germany during that time. (urbandictionary.com)
  • Gysi says it is time Germans in the western part of the country recognize that their fears about the former communists are unfounded and show understanding for the fact that those from the east have a different history. (rferl.org)
  • At that time France was, despite its economic shortcomings with respect to England and Belgium, quite a bit more advanced than Germany. (sjsu.edu)
  • These could also be registered in Germany at any time and then be spread in this country as well. (medscape.com)
  • The transmitter and the relay station there became a small radio station from which the Nazi government could address the German audience - at that time already under control of the British troops. (lu.se)
  • After the end of World War II in Europe and a period of Allied occupation, in 1949, Germany as a whole was organized into two separate polities with limited sovereignty: the Federal Republic of Germany, generally known as West Germany, and the German Democratic Republic, known as East Germany, while Berlin continued its de jure Four Power status. (wikipedia.org)
  • BERLIN (AP) - Germany announced Wednesday it will increase police patrols along "smuggling routes" on the border with Poland the Czech Republic in an effort to prevent more migrants from entering the country. (ap.org)
  • Historically, Germany has been called Das Land der Dichter und Denker (the country of poets and thinkers). (wikipedia.org)
  • Germany is a country. (last.fm)
  • This title is awarded within the so-called excellence strategy framework, which is supposed to fund university research in Germany to further strengthen Germany as a country of science in terms of international competition. (statista.com)
  • And one of the resources it suggests is S nke Wortmann's 2003 film Das Wunder von Bern (the Wonder of Berne), which follows the West German football team's path to World Cup victory in 1954 and the impact it had on the newly-created country. (bbc.co.uk)
  • If you take the K pneumoniae resistance to carbapenems, for example, which is under 1% in Germany, then this is actually comparable in almost every country in northwest Europe," said Eckmanns. (medscape.com)
  • Results of search for 'su:{Germany. (who.int)
  • In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. (wikipedia.org)
  • After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918-1919, the Empire was in turn transformed into the semi-presidential Weimar Republic. (wikipedia.org)
  • At various times, throughout the Middle and Early-modern Ages, the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) encompassed the bulk of present territories of Germany, Austria, Bohemia (Czech Republic), Slovenia, northern Italy and western Poland. (wikipedia.org)
  • The German Imperial government made many errors of judgment in connection with World War I. It first assumed that there would be a limited war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia. (sjsu.edu)
  • The German Empire decided to support its Austro-Hungarian ally. (sjsu.edu)
  • Prussia initiated the concept of a common market in 1818 and in 1833 a treaty extended the Zollverein to the larger states of Germany, although Austria, by Prussian design was excluded. (sjsu.edu)
  • But it knewn that France was committed by treaty to support Russia so Germany aiding Austria-Hungary would put it at war with France. (sjsu.edu)
  • BERLIN (AP) - Police in Germany said they found more than 100 Syrian citizens inside apartments and other buildings that were searched Tuesday in connection with the suspected smuggling of migrants. (ap.org)
  • 67% of German citizens claim to be able to communicate in at least one foreign language, 27% in at least two languages other than their first. (wikipedia.org)
  • BERLIN (AP) - The German government on Wednesday banned a far-right, racist group known for its indoctrination of children as police raided dozens of homes of its members and other buildings early in the morning. (ap.org)
  • The German government confirmed to the AP that phone and e-mail communications by German nationals working for foreign companies can be intercepted by the BND. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The German government agreed Thursday on a plan to cut its average corporate tax rate in a bid to encourage investment in Europe's largest economy. (taxfoundation.org)
  • Only 12 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the downfall of the East German Communist Party, its successor party joined the government of the capital of a united Germany yesterday. (rferl.org)
  • For many Germans, it was an equal shock to learn that PDS leader Gregor Gysi will hold the economic portfolio in the Berlin city government. (rferl.org)
  • Liberty, security, justice, solidarity" - these are the values for which the German government is working, in order to give the people in Germany genuine prospects, declared Chancellor Angela Merkel during the budget debate in the German Bundestag. (bundesregierung.de)
  • The Chancellor stressed that the German government will be spending more for everybody in Germany, not only for refugees. (bundesregierung.de)
  • The German government, expecting a short, victorious war, did not make provision for covering the cost. (sjsu.edu)
  • BERLIN (AP) - Dozens of people from around the world lined up on a sunny morning this week in front of a former mental health hospital in Berlin to apply for asylum in Germany. (ap.org)
  • The study's point of departure is to explore the varying extents to which asylum appeals are politicized in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. (lu.se)
  • This brochure provides an overview of 2016 results for Germany. (eib.org)
  • The German delegation was in Jordan to discuss mental health issues. (who.int)
  • WHO/Jordan was pleased to host a German delegation at its headquarters in Amman. (who.int)
  • The Federal Republic of Germany was a founding member of the European Economic Community and the European Union, while the German Democratic Republic was a communist Eastern Bloc state and member of the Warsaw Pact. (wikipedia.org)
  • How did Walter Ulbricht lead the German Democratic Republic? (britannica.com)
  • Learn about Walter Ulbricht's career as leader of the German Democratic Republic. (britannica.com)
  • If the advocates of peace in Germany expected some leniency in the terms of peace on the basis that Germany sued for peace without being actually militarily defeated then they were sorely disappointed because the Allied Powers imposed draconian terms. (sjsu.edu)
  • Dr Akram asserted that there is still a long way to go to have comprehensive mental health services, and believed that through partnerships with international health sectors such as the German Ministry of Health, Jordan can gain valuable expertise in both mental health and other health sectors. (who.int)
  • The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. (wikipedia.org)
  • Importation of medicines requires special authorization by German authorities. (usps.com)
  • This slow transition, coupled with Germany's growing aversion to nuclear power , make it highly unlikely green energy will help Germany meet its carbon emission goals. (reason.com)
  • His new announcement came several days after Klaus Mueller, the head of Germany's grid regulator, told German families to save at least 20% of their normal energy consumption to avoid gas shortages by December. (rt.com)
  • The culture of Germany has been shaped by major intellectual and popular currents in Europe, both religious and secular. (wikipedia.org)
  • What was agreed at the Potsdam Conference to decide the future of Germany and Europe after World War II? (britannica.com)
  • The step will take Germany from having the highest levy in Europe to one that is broadly in line with the other rich countries of Western Europe. (taxfoundation.org)
  • Germany is the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world, so this is bad. (businessinsider.com)
  • For a period of decades, until about 1860's, there were attempts at imitating in Germany the industrialization that had taken place elsewhere in Europe. (sjsu.edu)
  • The coalfields in the Ruhr Valley were fully developed and made Germany into the foremost coal producer in Europe. (sjsu.edu)
  • None of this has pleased the Chinese, who unleashed now characteristically overstated rebuttals in the international media, and who might just find subtle ways of undermining German car sales and EV production (Europe depends a lot on Chinese battery materials and technologies). (forbes.com)
  • New figures on antibiotic resistance in Germany and Europe give a clear picture. (medscape.com)
  • He both commemorates German fortitude and martyrdom ( Tapferkeit und Opfertat ) and appeals urgently on German strength and will ( Kraft und Wille ) which shall become the basis of a peaceful Europe. (lu.se)
  • We are spending more on housing and nurseries - for everybody in Germany, not only for refugees. (bundesregierung.de)
  • The number of refugees arriving in Germany has dropped significantly. (bundesregierung.de)
  • offers undergraduate students from North American, British and Irish universities the opportunity to complete a summer research internship at top German universities and research institutions. (daad.de)
  • In May the outgoing German ambassador to London, Thomas Matussek, said British people were still obsessed with Nazism and ignorant about modern Germany. (bbc.co.uk)
  • He and some high-ranked military officers and ministers escaped from Berlin and fled to Flensburg, in the north of Germany on the Danish border. (lu.se)
  • The Industrial Revolution began about a century later in Germany than it did in England. (sjsu.edu)
  • It appeared that a revolution within Germany was breaking out. (sjsu.edu)
  • A long-lasting effort is necessary to keep the [antibiotic-resistance] situation at a good level," said Tim Eckmanns, MD, head of the Department for Nosocomial Infections, Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance and Usage at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin, Germany. (medscape.com)
  • It is also the only resistance for which Germany ranks over the average of the other EU countries," said Eckmanns. (medscape.com)
  • Acinetobacter species with a combined resistance against fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, and carbapenems make up 4% of the total in Germany. (medscape.com)
  • In the German diaspora , aspects of German culture are passed on to younger generations through naming customs and through the use of spoken and written German. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Goethe Institute seeks to spread the knowledge of German culture worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • The rich culture of the small city is still thriving today, and you'll find that it's packed with informative museums, interesting architecture, and an impressive array of German food and drink-amongst other things! (yahoo.com)
  • Medicine and culture : notions of health and sickness in Britain, the U.S., France and West Germany / Lynn Payer. (who.int)
  • Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. (wikipedia.org)
  • with Germans being the ethnic group and German being the official language of both countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • German is the official and predominant spoken language in Germany. (wikipedia.org)
  • Recognised native minority languages in Germany are Danish , Sorbian , North Frisian and Saterland Frisian , with Low German being a regional language. (wikipedia.org)
  • [12] German is the main language of about 90 million people (18%) in the EU. (wikipedia.org)
  • We offer German language courses and exams in over 90 countries. (goethe.de)
  • Our library is a place for encounters, inspiration and sharing, where you can read and learn the German language, discover German literature, films and music. (goethe.de)
  • Later, the Bavarian Austria came under East Francia ( Kingdom of Germany ) from 843 to 972. (wikipedia.org)
  • What cultural changes did East and West Germany undergo during the 1950s? (britannica.com)
  • Learn about cultural changes in East and West Germany during the 1950s. (britannica.com)
  • How did East Germans risk their lives to escape to West Germany? (britannica.com)
  • Learn about how East Germans risked their lives to escape to the West. (britannica.com)
  • They also recall that Gysi, a lawyer, has frequently been accused of association with the Stasi, the East German secret police. (rferl.org)
  • Dr Boston said: "Next summer many English people will enjoy the football World Cup in Germany and I hope that the interest in that event will encourage more schools to learn about the Germany of today. (bbc.co.uk)
  • A recession in Germany could easily drag down France and Italy - the latter is already likely in a recession of its own . (businessinsider.com)
  • The southern side of the Rhine Valley of Germany was incorporated into France by Napoleon. (sjsu.edu)
  • Germany thought it could win by quickly striking France through an invasion across Belgium. (sjsu.edu)
  • RISE Germany is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office. (daad.de)
  • This comes as Stefan Burbaum, a former lawyer for the BND, told the Bundestag inquiry committee into NSA mass spying earlier this week that the Germans employed by foreign companies have no protection against espionage by the BND while working abroad. (globalsecurity.org)
  • We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange. (goethe.de)
  • Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. (yahoo.com)
  • A directory of online German genealogy databases organized by German state. (cyndislist.com)
  • State-sponsored ventures into renewable energy have hit a wall in Germany, the supposed leader of the war on climate change. (reason.com)
  • A rail system for Germany developed rapidly under the promotion of the German state governments. (sjsu.edu)
  • BERLIN (AP) - Production at Volkswagen is resuming after a problem with the German automaker's information technology network caused a severe disruption, the company said Thursday. (ap.org)
  • BERLIN (AP) - A scandal centering on sexual abuse allegations against a long-deceased cardinal has created a "very difficult situation" for the troubled Catholic Church in Germany, a top German bishop said Monday, hours after a statue of the late cleric was removed from its perch outside. (ap.org)
  • Learn how Konrad Adenauer worked to integrate West Germany into the Western community. (britannica.com)
  • Even with the Russian Army taken out of the war and German forces concentrated on the west the western front not only held against German offensives but the Allied counteroffensives pushed German forces back. (sjsu.edu)
  • Since 2004, meetings of German-speaking countries have been held annually with six participants, including Germany and Austria. (wikipedia.org)
  • Now, the view that countries have no choice but to play the reduction game seems to have arrived in Germany. (taxfoundation.org)
  • First came the Zollverein (Toll Union) in 1833 that, by abolishing tolls between the various German principalities, made Germany into a common market. (sjsu.edu)
  • The aim of this paper is to outline the theoretical adaptation of Young's model for children made by the German School and the therapeutic work that consists of advising parents and on intervention starting from a model of six interventional stages. (bvsalud.org)
  • however whereas Germany is a member nation of NATO from 1955, Austria in accordance with its strict constitutional requirement of neutrality is not a NATO member. (wikipedia.org)