GERMANY Autors: Bartosz Ślusarek, Adrian Kasperczyk Germany-Federal Republic of Germany, RFN

INFORMATION Germany consists of 16 federal states (Länder), and its capital and largest city is Berlin.The State has an area of ​​ km ², offering a moderate climate. With over 80 million citizens is the most populous country in the European Union. It is leading in terms of economic and political state of Europe. It is part of the Schengen area and the euro area, is a member of the United Nations, the OECD, the G8, the G20.

INFORMATION PART 2 Official language: German Population density: Area km ² 64th place in the world Capital: Berlin Government: Federal Republic Head of State: President Joachim Gauck Head of Government: Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel Highest Peak Zugspitze (2963m) Accession to the EU: March 25, 1957 The dominant religion: Catholicism, Protestantism

LOCATION Germany is located in the western and central Europe.

MAJOR CITIES Major cities in Germany: Berlin Dortmund Düsseldorf Cologne Bremen Stuttgart Frankfurt am Main Nuremberg Munich Salzburg Hamburg Gelsenkirchen Hannover

THE ARMORED FORCES The role of the German army (Bundeswehr) is described in the Constitution of Germany (Art. 87a) as a purely defensive. Its only active role before 1990, was to help during natural disasters at home and abroad. In 1994, the constitutional court defensive term is defined not only as a defense of state borders, but also to prevent other conflicts around the world, which would in any way threaten the state. Until 2011, military service was compulsory for men at age 18, and the intake consisted of six months of service. July 1, 2011, the duty has been officially abolished. After 2001 years in the army could serve women, but do not force their military service. Currently, the army employs about women.

RELIGION In 1517, in present-day Germany began the Reformation. For the beginning it is believed the announcement by Martin Luther's 95 Theses, calling for reform of the Church. This took place on October 31 at Wittenberg. For 1529, some of the German principalities and cities and Prussia Monastic, adopted the teachings of Luther and the Protestant countries have become

EDUCATION Over 99% of Germans aged 15 years of age can read and write. The supervision of education correspond to the governments of the German Länder. 60 years Twentieth century reform movement led to the merging of education at a comprehensive (similar to the Polish secondary school), and in later years, many states have introduced two-or three-tier system of education

TOURISM Germany is the seventh most visited country in the world. The most popular tourist enjoys Bavaria, where in 2011, 81 million times overnight. The following close behind with Baden-Wuerttemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Hesse.

SCIENCE Germany has a number of prominent scientists such as: Albert Einstein Max Planck Hermann Emil Fischer Johannes Kepler And many others introduced sequentially to the left

CHRISTMAS Number of days off work varies in different countries of the Union State. Nine days are public holidays throughout Germany. They are: New Year's Day (January 1), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day (May 1), Ascension, Whit Monday, Day of German Unity (October 3), Christmas (December 25) and December 26, the St. Valentine's Day. Stephen. In addition, some federal holidays are: Feast of the Epiphany (January 6), Corpus Christi, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Reformation Day (October 31), All Saints' Day (November 1) and the Day of Atonement (Nov. 20)

LOCAL KITCHEN Typical German cuisine disappears, and the growing influences of cuisines of other countries. The first won the German palate italian who came there from the beginning of the 1960s. together with the Italian "Gastarbeiterami". Foods such as pizza and pasta are now more popular than ever typical set: potatoes, sauerkraut, marinated roast. Is also popular Greek cuisine, Chinese cuisine and Turkish cuisine, the latter is represented by thousands of small bars of "fast food" called in Germany Imbiss and dishes like Döner, except in German cities can be found in almost all exotic restaurants including Russian, Thai, Polish and Japanese, including sushi bars. The most powerful position in the traditional German cuisine preserved in small towns and villages.

SPORT 27 million Germans are members of sports clubs, and an additional twelve million in sports individually. Football is the most popular sport discipline. With more than 6.3 million official members, the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) is the largest organization of its kind in the world. Bundesliga, the highest level of competition in the German football league is the most popular sport in the country and recorded the world's second largest turnout during the matches of any sports leagues in the world. German national football team won the cup championship three times - in 1954, 1974 and The same times German dominated the competition European Championships - in 1972, 1980 and 1996 national team of Germany in football

RELATIONSHIP WITH POLISH 465 km common border on the Oder -Neisse line and on the island of Usedom. The Polish border three states of Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania, Saxony, Brandenburg. In Germany, lives according to various estimates about million people of Polish descent and people from Polish. About 150 thousand Germans live in Poland ( with the representation of one Member of the German minority in parliament ). Deutsches Polen -Institut and the Deutsch- Englische Gesellschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland is to encourage and strengthen the association of Polish -German cooperation and cultural exchanges. In Krakow is one of the few foreign research institutes German Max Planck Society. Hundreds signed partnership agreements between the Polish and German cities

TRIVIA From Germany comes the Christmas tree custom tuning. Over 20 million Germans (about 25 %) are pensioners. Over 16 million Germans ( 20% ) are people with migrant background ( Personen mit Migrationshintergrund ), of which 7.4 million does not have German citizenship

Table of Contents 1.Germany 2.Information 3.Information Part 2 4.Location 5.Major Cities 6. The Armored Forces 7. Religion 8. Education 9.Tourism 10.Science 11.Christmas 12.Local Kitchen 13. Sport 14. Relationship with Poland 15.Trivia