Germany is still divided by east and west
30 years after the German reunion, there are still boundaries separating East and West Germany, although those are no political borders anymore.
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The Atlantropa project
Atlantropa was a gigantic engineering and colonization idea designed by the German architect Herman Sörgel to unite the continents of Europe and Africa through the partial evaporation of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Comparison of the Wealth
National net wealth is the total amount of the value of a nation’s assets minus its debts. It refers to the total value of net wealth owned by the residents of a nation.
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The 4th Reich? (1947)
The map was published in Sunday News, March 9, 1947. 1st ReichThe small map dated 1914 shows the area ruled
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Immigrant population in Germany
Germany is the 2nd most popular migration destination in the world, after the U.S. Of all the 27 EU states,
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Predominant confessions in Germany by district
Christianity is the largest religion in Germany (58.5% of the population). The second-largest religion in Germany is Islam (5%). About
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Germany: The Beautiful Travel Country, 1935 vs 1936
1935 1936 The map “The Beautiful Travel Country” was updated in 1936. You can see in Heidelberg that Nazis erased
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The city of Berlin, 500 years apart: the evolution from a small Branderburgian town to the capital of Prussia and one of the main centers of the Enlightenment
First documented in the 13th century and situated at the crossing of two important historic trade routes, Berlin became the
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If [country] was a TV show
United Kingdom The amazing original (519 – 10th century): Kingdom of Wessex. The pretty good sequel (927 – 1300): Kingdom
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German loanwords in other languages
Source: www.langweiledich.net Common english words that came from german language: kitsch, kaputt, muesli, nixe, alpenglow, lied, strudel, swindle, kaffeeklatsching,
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