A presentation by Henriette Boecken and Theresa Tilger

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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

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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

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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

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Economy in Germany (I)

• Worlds fourth largest economy by nominal GDP
• Germanys 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

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Economy in Germany (II)

• Rich in timber, iron ore, potash, salt, uranium
  and nickel
• Service sector contributes 70 of total GDP
• Most of the countrys products are in engineering

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Germany is known for
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