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Germany North-Rhine Westfalia Guetersloh. Germany Geography. Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, South of Denmark Area – compare to Montana: slightly smaller than Montana 357021 sq km - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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GermanyGermanyNorth-Rhine WestfaliaNorth-Rhine Westfalia
GueterslohGuetersloh
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Germany Germany GeographyGeography
• Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, South of Denmark
• Area – compare to Montana: slightly smaller than Montana 357021 sq km
• Border countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland
• Germany is devided into 16 states (Bundesländer)
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GermanyGermanyGeographyGeography
• Climate: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasionally warm winds
• Terrain: lowlands in the north, uplands in the centre, Bavarian Alps in the south
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Germany Germany HistoryHistory
• Beginning of the German history: 911-919
• Wall-fall: 09.11.1989
• Union of the German Democratic Republic and of the German Federal Republic: 03.10.1990
• Capital: Berlin since 1990
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GermanyGermanyGovernmentGovernment
• Government type: Federal Republic• chief of state: President Johannes Rauh
(since 1 July 1999; five-year-term)• head of government: Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder (since 27 October 1998;four-year-term)
• Biggest parties: SPD, CDU/CSU, Gruene, FDP, PDS
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Germany Germany PeoplePeople
• Population: 82.797.408• Life expectancy:77,44 years• Ethnic Groups: German:91,5% ;
Turkish:2,4%; other 6,1%• Religion: Protestant:38%; Roman Catholic
34%; Muslim 1,7%, unaffiliated or other 26,3%
• Language: German
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GermanyGermanySights/Famous cities,placesSights/Famous cities,places• Berlin (biggest city, 3,4
Mil.inhabitants): Brandenburger Tor, Kurfürsten Damm, Palast der Republik, Staatsoper, The Wall, Alexanderplatz mit der Weltzeituhr
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GermanyGermanySights/Famous cities,placesSights/Famous cities,places• Dresden: is in the East of Germany,
one of the most beautiful cities in Europe with sights like Semper Oper and the Frauenkirche
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GermanyGermanySights/Famous cities,placesSights/Famous cities,places• Cologne: Cathedral of Cologne,
Chocolate museum
• Munich: capital of Bavaria, Oktoberfest, Industry (BMW)
• Bavarian Alps, North Sea and Baltic Sea
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GermanyGermanyEconomyEconomy
• World`s third most technologically powerful economy after the US and Japan
• Industries: world`s largest and technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles
• Agriculture-Products: potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar, beets, fruit, cabbages, cattle, pigs, poultry
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GermanyGermanyEconomyEconomy
• Natural resources: iron ore, coal potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land
• Export-commodities: machinery, vehicles, chemicals,mtals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles
• Import-commodities: machinery vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals
• Exprt-partners: EU 56,4%, US 9,4%, Japan 1,9%• Import-Partners:EU 53,7% US 8,3%, Japan 5,9%
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GermanyGermanyFamous companiesFamous companies
Siemens
Brandt
Herlitz
Joop
Lagerfeld
VW
Nivea
ThyssenKrupp Storck
Mannesmann
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North- Rhine –WestfaliaNorth- Rhine –WestfaliaGeographyGeography
• Location: Is a land in the north-west of Germany
• Capital: Capital of NRW is Duesseldorf
• Population: It the most populated land in Germany (17,97 Mil.)
• Area: 34068 sq km
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North-Rhine-WestfaliaNorth-Rhine-Westfaliacharacteristic in NRWcharacteristic in NRW
• NRW is famous for it`s „Ruhrgebiet“
• Extraction of coal and steel
• A lot of big cities in a small area
Rhein
Lippe
Westfalen
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North-Rhine-WestafaliaNorth-Rhine-WestafaliaEconomyEconomy
• NRW is the industrial heart of Germany• 20 of the 40 biggest companies of Germany
and 19 of 100 biggest in Europe are in NRW • In NRW are the primary(agriculture),
secondary(production) and the territory (services) industry
• The primary and the secondary industries go down and the territory industry grows
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North-Rhine-WestfaliaNorth-Rhine-WestfaliaTourismTourism
Beutifull cities like Duesseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund, Muenster and Detmold
A lot of tourists visit places like Teutoburger Wald, Sauerland, Münsterland and the Eifel
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GueterslohGuetersloh(Location)(Location)
Germany
NRW
Guetersloh
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GueterslohGueterslohabout the townabout the town
• Area: 111 sq km• Population: 95000 inhabitants • Economic and culture centre in district of
Guetersloh• History: Guetersloh is over 800 years old• Leisure activity:events in the City hall,
Theater or in the parks, cafes, shops, lakes in the surrounding places and nice forests
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GueterslohGueterslohEconomyEconomy
• A lot of companies have their headquarters in Guetersloh and surroundings places
• Famous companies: Bertelsmann, Miele, Pfleiderer, Claas, Nobilia, Storck,Marc Aurel, Drahtwolf, Marten
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We hope that you could get a better impression of
Germany, the state NRW and the town Guetersloh
Celina P. & Katrin H.