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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