Germany

1
Germany

• TULOSO-MIDWAY HIGH SCHOOL

2
German History
Throughout the years, Germany has gone through
endless separation and unification.
3

• 1864
• Franco- Prussian War starts, Germany defeated
  France

4

• 1871
• unification of southern northern German states
  by chancellor Otto von Bismarck

unification
5
Extreme nationalism
Colonial rivalries
1914 WWI broke out
Alliance System
Armament race with Britain
Crises in Europe
Invasion of Belgium
6
1919 Germany defeated in WWI forced to sign
the Treaty of Versailles
separation
7
1933 Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
began dictatorship rule in Germany
8
1933 Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
began dictatorship rule in Germany--starts
persecution of Jews
separation
9
1939 Germany invades Poland the outbreak of WWII
10
1945 Germany surrenders separated into East
West Germany.
1961 Communists build the Berlin Wall,
separating East and West Berlin
separation
11
1990 Berlin Wall torn down Germany reunited
unification
12
German Food

• Wurst (pronounce it with a v) - sausage
• Spaetzlenoodles
• Schnitzelbreaded, pan fried meat
• Brotchen and brotbread, very popular
• Kraut pickled cabbage
• Palm FritzGerman version of french fries

13
Food
Black puddingSausage made by cooking blood with
a filler
BratwurstGerman sausage made of pork
Black Forest hamSmoked ham
14
German Music

• Classical German Musicians
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• Brandenburg concertos
• Goldberg Variations
• Mass in B Minor
• St. Matthew Passion
• St. John Passion
• Passion
• English and French Suites
• Sonatas and Partitas for solo
• More than 200 surviving organ works, including
  the Toccata and Fugue in D minor
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vipzR9bhei_ofeature
  fvw

15
German Music

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
• Piano Concerto No. 24 in C
• The opera Don Giovanni
• Symphony No. 40 in G minor
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vaZD9nt_wsY0

16
German Music

• Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
• Die Feen (The Fairies)
• The Flying Dutchman
• Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde)
• Die Walkure (The Valkyrie)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v1aKAH_t0aXA

17
German Music

• German Folk Music
• Celebrates the history
• Celebrates culture
• Celebrates the natural surroundings
• Celebrates the values of the people of Germany
• Celebrates the changing of the seasons
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vVSIAHMNCEA8feature
  PlayListpAD37708D7BF77D8Aindex26

18
German Polka

• Lively couple dance
• Bohemian in origin
• Performed in 2/4 time
• Basic pattern is hop-step-close-step
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vdO93OT3P30g

19
German Traditions

• Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
• Cinderella
• Hansel and Gretel
• Snow-White
• Rapunzel
• Two brothers (Jacob and Wilhelm) wrote these
  stories to preserve Germanic folktales

• .

http//www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/
20
Festival
Oktoberfest
History of Oktoberfest- Originated in a wedding
ceremony of royal family- Wedding ceremony of
Prince and Princess- Celebration with the public

Background- 3rd weekend of September 1st
Sunday in October- Beer tents every where-
Snacks and beers overnight
21
Festival
Oktoberfest
22
Other German Notes
Adidas

• A German-based sports apparel manufacturer
• - Owns Reebok sportswear Company,
• Taylor-Made, a golf products company, and
  Rockport, a shoe manufacturer.
• - Bags, shirts, watches, eyewear
• Largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe
• Second biggest sportswear manufacturer in
• the world, after its U.S. rival Nike.

23
Brands
PUMA

• A large German multinational company
• Produces high-end athletic shoes,
• lifestyle footwear
• -

24
Car
Germany is the birthplace of the modern automobile

• Karl Benz
• A German engine designer
• Invented the first petrol-powered automobile
• He was granted a patent for the first
• two-stroke engine in 1879

25
Car Adventure
Long tradition of car manufacturing Top
car-producing country Brands Mercedes-Benz
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)
AUDI
Car museums Scenic routes Car racing