Transcript Germany
Germany
A presentation by Henriette Boecken and Theresa
Tilger
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Table of contents
Some interesting facts about Germany
General information
Political system
Legislative system
Economy in Germany
Germany is known for…
Some interesting facts about Germany
Second largest beer consumer in the world
Most popular surname: Müller
35 different dialects
Oktoberfest starts in September
More than 150 castles
Christmas tree tradition comes from Germany
300 kinds of bread
General information
Capital city: Berlin
Inhabitants: 80,6 million
16 constituent states
9 neighboring countries
Founding member of the European Community
in 1957
Religion: mostly christian (protestants 34%,
roman catholic 34%)
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Political system (I)
Federal, parliamentary, representative democracy
President: Joachim Gauck
Chancellor: Angela Merkel
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Political system (II)
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Legislative system
Civil law system based on Roman law
Supreme court: Bundesverfassungsgericht
Constitution: Grundgesetz from 1949
Civil law code: Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch from
1900
Criminal law code: Strafgesetzbuch from 1872
Economy in Germany (I)
World‘s fourth largest economy by nominal GDP
Germany‘s most popular companies: Volkswagen
AG, Daimler AG, BASF, Aldi, ThyssenKrupp,
Bayer AG, Lufthansa, adidas, Vodafone and
Porsche
Third largest exporter and importer in the world
Economy in Germany (II)
Rich in timber, iron ore, potash, salt,
uranium and nickel
Service sector contributes 70% of total
GDP
Most of the country‘s products are in
engineering
Germany is known for…
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