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[[Image:Germany states map.gif |thumb|right|Map of Germany]] | [[Image:Germany states map.gif |thumb|right|Map of Germany]] | ||
'''Germany''' (known locally as '''Deutschland''') is a country in Western Eurasia, a largely forested temperate area. Germany has a population of about 81 million, making it the most populated nation in the European Union. Germany has an advanced manufacturing sector and is economically quite powerful. | '''Germany''' (known locally as '''Deutschland''') is a country in Western Eurasia, a largely forested temperate area. Germany has a population of about 81 million, making it the most populated nation in the European Union. Germany has an advanced manufacturing sector and is economically quite powerful (having the fourth largest economy in the world). | ||
== German Developments == | == German Developments == | ||
*The European Printing Press | *The European Printing Press | ||
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*The Haber Process | *The Haber Process | ||
*The Automobile (Benz Patent-Motorwagen, 1886) | *The Automobile (Benz Patent-Motorwagen, 1886) | ||
*The | *The Jet Engine | ||
== German States in History == | == German States in History == | ||
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*Federal Republic of Germany (1945 onward) | *Federal Republic of Germany (1945 onward) | ||
== Germans of Note == | == Germans of Note == | ||
[[Image:In gutenberg.jpg |thumb|left|Guttenburg: the German Artisan that invented the tool that allowed the Age of | [[Image:In gutenberg.jpg |thumb|left|Guttenburg: the German Artisan that invented the tool that allowed the [[Age of Enlightenment]] to happen]] | ||
*Albert Einstein | *Albert Einstein | ||
*Angela Merkel | *Angela Merkel | ||
Revision as of 18:28, 27 May 2012
Germany (known locally as Deutschland) is a country in Western Eurasia, a largely forested temperate area. Germany has a population of about 81 million, making it the most populated nation in the European Union. Germany has an advanced manufacturing sector and is economically quite powerful (having the fourth largest economy in the world).
German Developments
- The European Printing Press
- Public Education
- The Bolt Action Rifle
- The Rigid Airship
- The Haber Process
- The Automobile (Benz Patent-Motorwagen, 1886)
- The Jet Engine
German States in History
- The Holy Roman Empire
- Various German Principalities
- The Kingdom of Prussia
- The German Empire (1871-1918)
- The Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
- Nazi Germany (1933-1945)
- German Democratic Republic (1945-1990)
- Federal Republic of Germany (1945 onward)
Germans of Note
Guttenburg: the German Artisan that invented the tool that allowed the Age of Enlightenment to happen
- Albert Einstein
- Angela Merkel
- Claus von Stauffenberg
- Erwin Rommel
- Frederick II of Prussia
- Gregor Mendel
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Konrad Adenauer
- Konrad Zuse
- Otto von Bismark
Germans on SD.net
- Thanas
- Serafina