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Germany has a rich history and vibrant culture. It's on good time to learn some facts about Germany.

So sit tight and prepare yourself for the further story time as i take you through 57 interesting facts about Germany


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You this Nigerian base German.

1) Germany covers an area of roughly 357,386 km² making it the 6th largest country in Europe

2) Around one third of Germany is covered in forests and woodlands making it the perfect place to build house in a remote isolated location which can then be used to lure small children to a grim faith or you know, just go hiking

3) Speaking of forest, Germany is a home to Schwarzwald known in English as black forest which is a large forest with mountain range in South west in Germany for this roughly, a rectangular in shape. This name was first used by Roman soldier, they called it Silva nigra which little remains black forest owing to the dark quality of the densely parked wood.

4) The highest mountain in Germany is Zugspitze and is the highest peak of the wetterstein mountain range right at the south of Germany. Zugspitze stands proudly at 9,717 ft tall

5) Germany shares borders with nine other countries. Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

6) With a population somewhere on the range of 82 million, Germany is the populated member state of European union, second place goes to France with a population of 67 million

7) Germany largest city is the beautiful Berlin which is also the capital city since 1990 but other German cities are available such as Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Dresden and Munich to name but a few

8.) The most popular surname in Germany is Müller

9) Possibly, the world most famous scientist with the German name, my mentor in science, Albert Einstein. You must have heard of him (I'm asking those in science field )

10) German apparently love to be naked... Wow, i know some people will love this you might want to search for German sauna culture

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You this Nigerian base German.

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Nice one time to visit germany for short time vacation.


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11) The soft drink FANTA was originated in Germany during the second world war because germany was prevented from getting the ingredients to make Cola so the head of Coca Cola decided to create a new soft drink which they can get their hands on. This led to the creation of fanta

12) The period of division ended in 1989 with the fallen of Berlin wall and the country was re-united on 3rd October 1990. Great ! 3rd October is now celebrated as German unity day

13) Germany is often refers to as land of poets and thinkers. In German, das Land der Dichter und Denker owing to the number of artists, musicians and academics that the country has produced.

14) Funny enough, the game of Chinese checkers is not Chinese at all. The game was invented in Germany in 1892 most richly called
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15) Germany grows to lay claims to number one most famous useful inventions ( This is not new anyway cos we are on the top as far as inventions is concerned ) Germany have developed a net of useful inventions e.g telephone

16) Speaking of core German inventions, the sportwear company ADIDAS was founded by Adolf "Adi" Dassler

17) Berlin, the capital city of Germany is home to zoologischer garten which is the largest zoo on the face of the planet.. Wow Germany has more of 400 zoos as well as 100 of several gardens such as park, aquarium and safari park just to mention a few

18) With 960 constructed pathways for getting over things, Berlin has more bridges than Venice (Italy)

19) Berlin is 9 times bigger than Paris

20) Berlin has the largest train station in Europe

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21) Have you had a headache before, have you ever used drugs? now get on your knees and thank Germany which was where the popular ASPIRIN sufficiently created and then later patented it in February of 1900.

22) Berlin will soon be a home of one of a kind building in the former house of 1(drei Religionen ein haus) a place of worship which will include church, mosque and synagogue

23) When American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) visited Berlin in 1963, he infamously said ich bin ein Berliner which means i am a Berliner. Also translate i am a jelly donut

24) The first printed book was in German

25) Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein have German as the official language.

26) German remains the language with the most native speakers in Europe.

27) Germany is home to European largest ring ring known as Berliner ring which is about 196km

28) Germany was the first country in the world to adopt Daylight saving time – DST, also known as summer time. This occured in 1916, in the midst of WWI.

29) The first magazine ever seen was launched in 1663 in Germany.

30) Germany is one of the world’s leading book nations. Publishing around 94,000 titles every year.

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31) You may be surprised that escaping the prison is not punishable by law. In Germany there’s no punishment for a prisoner who tries to escape from jail, because it is a basic human instinct to be free This can never happen in Nigeria because many criminals would see it as an opportunity to behave anyhow

32) There are thirty-five dialects of the German language.

33) There are over 300 different kinds of bread in Germany.

34) Germany is home to over 1,000 different kinds of sausages

35) Germany also creates curry wurst sliced german sausage served with a spicy sauce and chip

36) There is also a notable sausage restaurant in Regensburg called sausage kitchen. However, despite the underwhelming title, the restaurant has impressively climbed to fame and it has been existing for almost 900 years making it one of the oldest restaurant on the face of the planet

37) One of the German well known folk festivals in Munich, Oktoberfest famous as the huge event for the celebration of consumption of beers

38) Oktoberfest is the world largest festival of its kind. 1.8 gallons or 8.2 litres is usually consumed every year. People that pass out out drunk in the festival are refers to as BierLeichen which means beer corpses

39) Beer is considered a food in Bavaria officially

40) To get ONE beer in Germany, you show your thumb. To show your first finger means that you want 2 beers: one with the thumb, and one with the finger.

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41) After the Irish, the Germans are those consume the most beer, making Germany the second largest consumer of Beer.

42) The Christmas tree (Tannenbaum) tradition came from Germany.

43) Chancellor Angela Merkel has a Barbie doll made after her.

44) Most taxis in Germany are Mercedes.

45) The world’s narrowest street is in Reutlingen. It is called Spreuerhofstrasse and is 31 cm (one foot) wide at its narrowest point.

46) Toilet paper in Germany has the softness and consistency of paper towels.

47) Smoking is banned in public places but drinking alcohol is still legal.

48)Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft is the longest word to be published. It is 79 letters long... It's amazing, right

49) Germany is the EU’s largest economy. With a gross domestic product (GDP) of 3.73 trillion USD, and lies fourth place in the world behind the US, China and Japan.

50) There are over 1,500 different beers in Germany

51) University is free for everyone including international students from all over the world

52) There are over 2100 castles in Germany

53) Germany is one of the world’s largest car producers. Selling 5.9 million cars in 2011. VW’s Golf is one of the best selling cars of all time: in 2012, it sold more than 430,000 Golfs around Europe (125,000 ahead of its nearest rival). In 2013, the top-selling car brands in Germany were Volkswagen, Mercedes. Audi and BMW.

54) The word KINDERGARTEN meaning “children’s garden” in German, this early education institution was first introduced by German pedagogy Friedrich Fröbel in 1837.

Fröbel’s notion was that young children’s minds should be nurtured and nourished like plants in a garden.

55) Motorist are only allowed to stop on the German autobahn for emergency and running out of gas is not considered an emergency. It is actually illegal to run out of fuel in the legendary motorway, drivers can be fined and have their license suspended from six months to the offense

56) Depending on your personality, you may be surprised to know that prostitution is legal in Germany. Infact, it is so legal that the government actually paid these sex workers to visit the disabled citizens. There is even a training centre where german prostitutes can get a deployment in qualified sexual compliments and assignments for disabled people

57) Lastly, on the first day at school, every children in Germany receive a giant cone filled with toys

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BusinessHub1:
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My sis is finding it hard to cope in Germany after been denied visa to Austria where her husband's stay..

She is currently attending language course to booster her vocal expressions.

Hadampson:
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does the schools in Germany teach in English?

Rachele:
does the schools in Germany teach in English?

Yes

krattoss:
My sis is finding it hard to cope in Germany after been denied visa to Austria where her husband's stay..

She is currently attending language course to booster her vocal expressions.

Ehyah but she can still visit her husband in Austria

Hadampson:
Ehyah but she can still visit her husband in Austria

those Austrian em embassy reps dey craze well well. Imagine these guys visited our house,her university both secondary and tertiary and also visited every of our relatives mentioned in the form and were asking nonsense questions still they denied her visa.

But German visa didn't take that long upon Germany is a better country than Austria..


It's actually the husband doing the visit for the mean time.

My dream country!!
We will get there.

krattoss:
those Austrian em embassy reps dey craze well well. Imagine these guys visited our house,her university both secondary and tertiary and also visited every of our relatives mentioned in the form and were asking nonsense questions still they denied her visa.

But German visa didn't take that long upon Germany is a better country than Austria..


It's actually the husband doing the visit for the mean time.

That is Austrian embassy for you

The process of applying to Austrian university is even more stressful.

That's good. I'm sure things will change for better very soon

jojothegreat:
My dream country!!
We will get there.

By the grace of God Almighty

You really love this Germany oo...

olioxx:
You really love this Germany oo...

Germany is the best country in the world

Hadampson:
Germany is the best country in the world

how many countries have u been to?

krattoss:
how many countries have u been to?

36

Hadampson:
36

i think u were the person refered to when biologists nicknamed..man the wanderer

krattoss:
i think u were the person refered to when biologists nicknamed..man the wanderer

I don't like staying in one place

The 36 is not international countries though

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Sir please i have searched all the thread on here and its still confusing. I want to know as a ssce holder in Nigeria who wants to study a degree course in Germany. I want to know the cheapest school, all i need to have and can i easily get job and study at the same time. Please help. Considering canada as well.