Germany

Group members:

Akshay Kale 91
Sriram V -54
Sai Konar -22
Rajgopalan Suresh -43
Sandesh Omprakash 49
Amol Rathe - 66

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Germany-Brief Introduction
Country Name: Federal Republic of Germany.
Area: 357,027 sq km (137,849 sq miles)
Population: 82.5 million (UN, 2008)
German 94%, Turks 2.2%
Capital: Berlin, 3.4 million inhabitants
Major language: German, Serbian, Danish, or Frisian.
Major religion: Christianity, Protestant 26%, Roman
Catholic 26%, unaffiliated or other
28.3%, Muslim 3.7%
National flag :
Black:Determination,
Red: Hardness, bravery, valor, strength,
Golden Yellow :Generosity

Germany- Brief Introduction.

Main exports: Motor vehicles, electrical machinery and
metals.
GNI per capita: US $38,860 (World Bank, 2007)
Economy: ** GDP: 2,425 bn
GDP per head: 29,500.
Annual Growth:
Inflation:

2.5%
2.6% (2008)

Economic Structure: Services 70%, Industry 30%,

Agriculture 1%

Ethnic Groups :
Most

of
Germany is
made up of its
own people.

Germans:91.5% Other
Turkish:

2.4%

(Spanish,
Serbo-Croatian,
Russian, Polish,
Greek, Italian): 6.1%

Top 6 Sports
1)

Football
2) Ice Hockey
3) Rugby
4) Bobsled
5) Luge
6) Cycling

Food
Tafelspitz-

braised beef with horseradish.

Rosti- potato pancakes fried with combonation
of onion and butter.
Schwarzwalder- A black forest cake made of
whipped cream, grated chocolate, and
cherries.
Himmel und Erde (Heaven and Earth)- apple
and potatoes topped with sausage.

Food

Bratwurst

German sausage
made of pork

Black Forest ham

Smoked ham

Black pudding

Sausage made by
cooking blood with a filler

Drink
- Beer
- Ebbelelwoi
Apple wine which principally
in Hessen
- Schnapps
Available in hundreds of
varieties
- Kirschwasser
Cherry spirit, principally from
the Black Forest
- Rhineland wines

Music Festivals
- Usually held in the summer and early autumn
- Most popular Festival
Dedicated to the works of a single composer
e.g. Wagner in Bayreuth

- Different types of music have different music

events
Jazz and Blues : Frankfurts German Jazz Festival
Opera
: Outdoor opera festival in Berlin
Classical Music : International Music Festival
Heidelberger Fruhling
Pop Music
: Love Parade in Dortmund

Types of Music
Classical Music
- Most cultural institutions are maintained by
the states and municipalities.
- 80 publicly financed concert halls in Germany
- The best orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic

Types of Music
Jazz and Blues
- Dozens of clubs host live music
most evenings
- Jazz capital : Frankfurt
Rock pop
- Influenced by Britain and America.
-Pop Academy in Mannheim

Types of Music
Virtuoso ( Yesterday Vs Today)
There are two representatives in 15th-20th century.
Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685 1750 )
- Virtuoso Baroque Church Music
- Perfected the stringent art of the fugue
- Wrote more than 200 cantata and oratories
Ludwig van Beethoven ( 1770 1827 )
- Pioneer of Romanticism
- Brought a completely new measure of
personal expression and sensibility to
bear in music.

Famous attractions
(Related to music)

Baden-Baden Festival Theatre

Bayreuth monument to a genius

The Semper Opera House

National Theatre

Festival

Oktoberfest

History of Oktoberfest
- Originated in a wedding ceremony of royal family
- Wedding ceremony of Prince and Princess
- Celebration with the public
Background
- 3rd weekend of September ~ 1st Sunday in
October
- Beer tents every where
- Snacks and beers overnight

Festival
Oktoberfest

Culture
- Why beer?
- Power Distance: low
Distance between royal family
and the public
Celebration with the public

Festival
Karneval

Festival
Karneval

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk0TkMKmvh8&feature=channel

Festival
Christmas

Christmas Market in Meissen

Festival
Christmas

Christmas
Day in Munich

Christmas Market
in Cologne

Christmas Day in
Mainz

Festival

Karneval and Christmas

History
- Related to religious
- NOT originated from Germany
Germany Culture: insanely celebrate
- Karneval crazy country
- The largest scale and the most famous Christmas market
E.g. The origin of Christmas Trees

Theater
- Germany posses a theater system that is admired
the world ever.
- Even small towns boast opera houses and ballet troupes
as well as theaters.
- Create images of our life.
- Theater giant: with 120 public theaters with more
than 750 stages and 185 private theaters.
Best-known venues : Thalia Theater in Hamburg

Invention of Car
The birthplace of the modern automobile
Karl Benz
-A German engine designer
- Invented the first petrol-powered
automobile
- He was granted a patent for the first
two-stroke engine in 1879

History Influence Nation

1. Extreme nationalism racism.
2. Aryan race VS Jews Concentration camps @ WWII
3. Totalitarian rule VS democracy great leaders

Nationalism Influence
Conservative

Punctuality

formality

not easy to relax

Masculine

standardization

Intelligent

less passionate
Patience

Perfection

Our interaction with German

student in AISEC