Culture & Life in Germany - Applied Geography PDF

1 15.10 Organizational info & basic knowledge about Germany [Organizational information]: - Exam on the last class (17.12.24) (25-30q). - Class starts at 18:15 and finishes \~20:30 - 9 meetings [For passing]: - Regular attendance (there will be for each class 1-3 questions on the f...

1 15.10 Organizational info & basic knowledge about Germany [Organizational information]: - Exam on the last class (17.12.24) (25-30q). - Class starts at 18:15 and finishes \~20:30 - 9 meetings [For passing]: - Regular attendance (there will be for each class 1-3 questions on the final test) - Once write a 2 pages length summary of a class **Bundesrepublik Deutschland** -- full name of Germany Bundeskanzler (the most powerful ruler) is **Olaf Scholz** Bundespräsident is **Frank-Walter Steinmeier** The Federal Republic of Germany has two chambers -- a bicameral legislature: - **Bundestag** -- the German parliament; the \"German House of Representatives\". Bundestag is the more powerful and a directly elected body, which appoints the chancellor (the German prime minister). - **Bundesrat** -- the federal chancellor; the \"German Senate\". **84mln** inhabitants -- nearly 30% of ppl with a migration background **Religion** of German's inhabitants: - 48% have a faith (Christian: Catholic & Protestants, and Orthodox) - 5,3mln (more than 6%) is Muslim - 0,1% are Jews - 46% either atheistic or agnostic Geographically major areas & places: - Mountains: - Rhoen the area with high mountains - The Zugspitze -- almost 3km the highest mountain in Germany - Rivers: - Rhine - Danube - Maine (in Würzburg) - Elbe - Lakes: - Bodensee -- the biggest lake in Germany - Mueritz -- another lake - Chiemsee +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Economy** | **Transportation** | **Architecture**: | | | | | | - Car production | - Plenty of | 54 sites listed by | | | motorways | the UNESCO (Italy has | | - Pharmaceutic & | | the most: 60; | | chemical industry | - Train tracks | | | | | 2^nd^ is China with | | - Electrotechnical | | 59) | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | GERMAN CULTURE | | | | +=================+=================+=================+=================+ | Authors / Poets | Philosophers | Musicians / | Movies industry | | | | Composers | | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ | - Goethe | - Emanuel | - Joahan | - Friedich | | | Kant | Sebastian | Murnau | | - Schiller | | Bach | (Nosseratou | | | - Hegel | | ) | | - Gunter | | - Beethoven | | | Grass | | | - Fritz Lang | | | | - Wolfgang | (Metropolis | | - Heindrich | | Amadeus | ) | | Bull | | Mozart | | | | | (born: | - Joseph von | | | | Salzburg) | Sternberg | | | | | (Blue | | | | - Wagner | Angel) | | | | | | | | | | - Marlene | | | | | Dittrich | +-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+ **Holidays**: - 03.10 -- day of the German Unity - Kilianifest +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Cuisine | | +===================================+===================================+ | Beverages | Alcoholic: beer, wine | | | | | | Non-alcoholic: Apfelschorle | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Sausages | Bratwurst -- roasted sausages | | | (different in different regions | | | of Germany due to different | | | spices) | | | | | | Wienerwürstchen / | | | Frankfureterwürstchen -- boiled | | | sausages | | | | | | - Most of the used meat is pork | | | | | | White boiled sausage + pretzel | | | eaten until noon | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Meat & Fish | Schnitzel | | | | | | Meat loaf on a roll -- leberkase | | | (mashed meat roasted) | | | | | | - Often eaten with sauerkraut | | | (vinegar...) | | | | | | Pickled... (eisbein) | | | | | | Pork roast with potato dumplings | | | | | | Fischschnapchen | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Vegetables | Grunkohl -- green kahle | | | | | | In Franconia white asparagus | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Others | Maultaschen | | | | | | Spätzle | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Desserts | Butter cookies | | | | | | Schwarzwalderkirchtorte | | | | | | Lebkuchen | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ Sports - Football - Handball - Basketball one of the best basketball players was born in Wurzburg (Dirk Werner Nowitzki) - Tennis (Stefi Graf) - Motor sports: F1 (Michael Schulmacher; Sebastian Fettel; Nikolos Werg) - Held Olympic games twice: in Berlin (1946) & Munich (1972) Science - Albert Einstein - Konrad Röntgen (1895 -- discovered x-rays) - Robert Koch Inventors - Johanes Gutenberg -- printing with movable letters - Engines - Otto -- needed an explosion (a spark) in the cylinder to turn the engine on - Diesel - Cars - Benz - Daimler -- faster than the one of Benz - Robert Bosh - Werner von Siemens -- created the dynamo - Kornand Zuse -- inventor of a computer Summary of the lesson: - Climate (fauna & flora) - Neighbours -- 9 neighbour states - German agglomerations: 4 cities with \>1mln inhabitants - 84mln people living in Germany - 48% people are with no faith; the majority of believers: Christians\>....\>Muslims - German food: sausages (roasted, Frankfurt, white sausages), roast port, fish, spätzle, Maultaschen (with meat), schnitzel, butter cookies, Schwarzwalderkirschtorte, gingerbread (lebkuchen) - Beverages: beer (probably the highest consumption in the world), wine, Apfelschorlle 2 22.10 Geography; 16 Federal States; 63 Biggest Cities Basic geographical facts: - Germany lays in the centre of Europe - It stretches between 2 seas - North Sea & Baltic Sea - It has 9 neighbours - Poland, Czech Rep., Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark - Surface area: \~360 000km^2^ - Berlin has \> 4mln inhabitants Germany's orohydrography - Lowest parts (lowlands) of Germany are in its north (**North German Plain**) - The middle -- uplands - Alpine hights (\>1,5km) in the South Rivers: - **Rhine** -- sources of the river located in the mountains in Switzerland - **Danube** -- flows in the Black Forrest area - **Main** -- under the triangle Wurzburg - **Oder** -- on border with Poland - **Elbe** -- on the border with Czechia - **Wera** + **Sale** Elbe Mountains - **Zugspitze** (2962m) -- the highest mountain - Mount Blanc (4805m) -- the highest in Europe (west of Switzerland) - Türinger Wald - Ore mountains - Harz mountain - Eiffel and Hunnselruck - Schwarzwald - Swabian Alps - Bumerwald - Bayerishe Wald - - Steige Wald On average 237 km^2^/ persons Many places with \> 100k ppl Wurzburg -- 128 000 ppl (63^rd^ biggest city) **German €** - 2€, 1€: the eagle, - 50, 20, 10 cents: the Brandenburg Gate, - 5, 2, 1 cents: oak leaves Germany as a federal state: 16 STATES +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | State | Capital | Information | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | Baden-Wuerttemberg | Stuttgart | Wine | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | [Bavaria](#bayern-bav | München / Munich | The biggest state. | | aria) | | The only state that | | | | has its historic | | | | borders kept from | | | | before the 2^nd^ | | | | world war. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | [Berlin](#berlin) | Self-governing city. | Only 40km from border | | | | with Poland. | | | | | | | | 50km from East to | | | | West of Berlin. | | | | | | | | 35km from north to | | | | south of Berlin. | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | [Brandenburg](#brande | Potsdam | | | nburg) | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | [Bremen](#bremen) | Self-governing city. | The smallest state | | | | with \