1. Germany - Hessia - Gießen - Friedrich-Ebert-Schule

2. Our country - Germany

3. Facts and figures
about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union
Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin
in the 2005 elections, Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany as the leader of a grand coalition
Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic

4. Education
optional kindergarten education is provided for all children between three and six years old, after which school attendance is compulsory for at least nine years
primary education usually lasts for four to six years
secondary education includes three traditional types of schools focused on different academic levels: the “Gymnasium”, the “Realschule” and the “Hauptschule”
the Gesamtschule unifies all secondary education

5. States
Germany comprises sixteen federal states which are collectively referred to as Bundesländer
each state has its own state constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organization

6. Our state - Hesse

7. Facts and figures
Hesse or Hessia (German: Hessen [ˈhɛsn̩]) is a federal state with just over six million inhabitants
the state capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main
the state is divided into three administrative provinces (Regierungsbezirke): Kassel in the north and east, Gießen in the centre, and Darmstadt in the south

8. FFM (Mainhattan)
with Hesse's largest city Frankfurt am Main being home of the European Central Bank (ECB), the German Bundesbank and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Hesse is home to the financial capital of mainland Europe
Hesse has always been one of the largest and healthiest economies in Germany, in fact one of the largest economies in Europe and the 38th largest in the world

9. Our city - Gießen

10. Facts and figures
Gießen is capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen
the largest river in Giessen is the Lahn
botanic garden
the population is approximately 78,000, with roughly 28,000 university students

11. University of Gießen JLU
the University of Giessen, called Justus Liebig University
it is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von Liebig, the founder of modern agricultural chemistry and inventor of the artificial fertiliser
covers the areas of arts/humanities, business, dentistry, economics, law, medicine, science, social sciences, and veterinary medicine
university hospital which has two sites Gießen and Marburg is the only private university hospital in Germany

12. Campus of the JLU
no defined campus, buildings and facilities are grouped together according to their subject areas and situated in various locations around Giessen
Philosophikum II, for example is an area on the outskirts of the city bordering the city forest
a number of faculty buildings and lecture theaters are located there

13. Campus of the JLU Biomedical Research Center (BFZ)
Surgery building of the university hospital
Main building

14. Our school - FES

15. Comprehensive school FES is a so-called kooperative Gesamtschule
Förderstufe, Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium
offer college preparatory classes
in most cases students attending our school graduate with the Hauptschulabschluss and the Realschulabschluss depending on how well they did in school

16. School‘s organization

17. Main field: music
instrumental training: piano, keyboard, drums, percussion, electric guitar, bass
Lerngruppe Schwerpunkt Musik (LSM): students are able to participate in a special music project group that connects the Gymnasium, the Real- and Hauptschule → regularly there are concerts to present the results
recording studio → audio engineering project group
school choir
booster club: FES MUSIC supPOART