teaching unit 2

WHAT DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT GERMANY???

WHAT IS GERMANY FAMOUS FOR?

� CARS & HIGHWAYS

� BEER BREWERY

There is a special

law for beer

purity: The

„Reinheitsgebot“

The day of beer

GERMANYS

BREWERIES

� OKTOBERFEST

Drinking lots of beer….

… in big tents!

A waitress!!!

Oktoberfest by night

� BERLIN – THE CAPITOL

Berlin flag

Panorama of Berlin

Brandenburgian

Reichstag

WHAT MORE YOU SHOULD KNOW?

Cologne Cathedral

Dresden Frauenkirche

Neuschwanstein Castle

Wuppertal

Overhead Railway

Hamburg – one of the biggest harbours

in the world!

Herkules in Kassel

BASIC INFORMATION WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW

� Political system: Federal parliamentary

constitutional republic based on representative

democracy, chancellor (head of the government)

is Angela Merkel

� Capital: Berlin

� Population: 81,799,600 people

� Area: 357,021 km²

GERMANYS HISTORYA dark capital in Germanies history are two

world wars during the 20th century.

In the second world war Adolf Hitler and his

government put their mark on Germany

heavily.

After this war Germany - especially Berlin -

was divided into two parts by a wall for

more than 28 years.

Germany will never completely overcome

the concequences of its history. It is a part

of our identity, and by working on

compensation (as far as it is possible) and

reminding Germany developes a new self

esteem, including this part of history and

learning from it.

The Berlin wall

The Jewish memorial

Hitler

For this shame, after thesecond world war Germans did not dare toshow pride of theircountry. Just in the last years, especeally duringthe football worldchampionship whichtook place in Germany, many people developeda new and healthyrelationship towards theflag. In coherence offootball the German flagdoes not symbol any„Nazi“ motives.

GERMAN FOOD

German cuisine varies from

region to region. The

southern regions of Bavaria

and Swabia, for instance,

share a culinary culture with

Switzerland and Austria. In

all regions, meat is often

eaten in sausage form.

• Another beloved food in Bavaria is the Bretzel!

REGIONAL SPECIALTIESEach region has its own typical dishes:

o Gingerbread from NürnbergEspecially for Christmas people love

the sweet cake with almonds!

o Labskaus from HamburgPeople from North-western Germany

love the mixed fish with egg and cucumber…

o Salt-cured pork knuckle with sauerkraut …from Bavaria

o “Baumkuchen”

… from the East of Germany

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Thank you for your attention,

we hope you enjoy our food!