GERMANY

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Jedrzej Budzinski, kl. I a
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• Germany is one of the oldest, historically and
  culturally nation in Europe. It lies in the west-
  central of European continent, it covers a total
  area of 357 000 square kilometres. Germany is a
  parliamentary federal republic of sixteen states
  (Bundesländer).

Berlin
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• The capital city and seat of government is
  Berlin. It is bordered on the north by the North
  Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, on the east by
  Poland and the Czech Republic, on the south by
  Austria and Switzerland, and on the west by
  France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Wuerzbug New University
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• It is a founding member of the European Union,
  and with over 82 million people it has the
  largest population among the EU member states.

Colognecathedral
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GERMANYpoems and literature

• Germany is often called the land of poets and
  thinkers. Most famous creators from Germany is
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich
  Schiller. The collections of folk tales published
  by the Brothers Grimm popularized German folklore
  on the international level.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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GERMANYpoems and literature

• Influential authors of the 20th century include
  Thomas Mann, Berthold Brecht, Hermann Hesse and
  Günther Grass.

Thomas Mann
Günther Grass
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GERMANYphilosophy

• Germany's influence on philosophy is historically
  significant. Gottfried Leibniz's contributions to
  rationalism, Immanuel Kant's, Georg Wilhelm
  Friedrich Hegel's, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph
  Schelling's and Johann Gottlieb Fichte's
  establishment of the classical German idealism.

Immanuel Kant'
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GERMANYphilosophy

• Karl Marx's and Friedrich Engels' formulation of
  Communist theory, Arthur Schopenhauer's
  composition of metaphysical pessimism, Friedrich
  Nietzsche's development of Perspectivism, Martin
  Heidegger's works on Being, and the social
  theories of Jürgen Habermas were especially
  influential.

Karl Marx
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GERMANYmusic

• Germany classical music composers, Ludwig van
  Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang
  Amadeus Mozart and Richard Wagner are well-known
  on the all world. Of the 21st century the most
  famous Germany music group is Kraftwerk or
  Rammstein.

Ludwig van Beethoven
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GERMANY - sport

• In the German football league system, the
  Bundesliga is the highest level league club
  competition where play determines the national
  champions. German ski jumpers are also very good
  sportsmans.

Modern stadion in Berlin
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Economy of Germany

• Germany has the largest economy in Europe and the
  third largest economy in the world, behind the
  United States and Japan. The biggest firms are
  Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, Volkswagen, BMW, Opel,
  Audi, Porsche, Bayer, Bosch, Siemens and Adidas.