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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''' (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. | ||
== German Developments == | == German Developments == | ||
*The European Printing Press | *The European Printing Press | ||
Revision as of 04:44, 13 February 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.
German Developments
- The European Printing Press
- Public Education
- The Rigid Airship
- The Automobile (Benz Patent-Motorwagen, 1886)
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
- 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