Country Profile: Germany

Brief Description :

Germany is the largest economic country in Europe. The area of Germany is 357,021 square kilometers. The population of Germany is 80 million. Officially Germany is said Federal Republic of Germany. Germany has 16 states. Berlin is the capital of Germany. Germany is leading economic country in the world. Per Capita of GDP is 39,028 dollars.

Brief History:

Germany is the recognized ancient country in the world history. Before the many years’ ago of starting BC people lived in Germany. After the BC more people were coming to Germany for living. In 9^th AD Germany people fought with Romans and won the war. The Western Germanic was emerged in 3rd century. In 8^th century, the Frankish king Charlemagne was crowned emperor and established the Carolingian Empire. However Charlemagne's empire was not survived for long time. For the death of the Frankish king Charlemagne, in 843 it was divided into three kingdoms such as west, middle and east.

A powerful man named Duke of Franconia becomes the king of Germany in 911. In the 14^th century the German princes elected the Holy Roman Emperor. In 1618 Germans people involved the religious conflict. This conflict was remained in up to in 1648. In 1438, Albert of Hapsburg became emperor, and for the next several centuries the Hapsburg line ruled the Holy Roman Empire until its decline in 1806. In the 1806 Napoleon created the Confederation of the Rhine and made Germany in 16 states. After the defeat of Napoléon at Waterloo (1815), the struggle between Austria and Prussia for supremacy in Germany continued, reaching its climax in the defeat of Austria in the Seven Weeks' War (1866) and the formation of the Prussian-dominated North German Confederation (1867).

In 1871 the southern German states agreed to become part of a new German Empire with the Prussian king as emperor. The North German Confederation was abolished, and the Second German Reich, consisting of the North and South German states, was born. With a powerful army, an efficient bureaucracy, and a loyal bourgeoisie, Chancellor Bismarck consolidated a powerful centralized state. After the addition of two parts Germany economy was grown rapidly. The found more industry and started to business with other country. In 1912 the Socialists had come to have the largest number of representatives in the Reichstag. They and the Center Party made governing increasingly difficult for the empire's conservative leadership. In August 1914 the World War I started. Germany was the leader of the World War I.

Germany was the leader of the World War I. Germany allied with Hungary, Austria, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. In 1918 the World War I ended. For the pressure of International power in 1919 Germany signed the Versailles Treaty. In 1919 Germany was established the Weimar Republic which ended in 1933. In 30 January 1933 Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany. In 1939(September 1) Germany attacked Poland and the 2^nd World War started. In 1940 Germany invaded the Netherlands, Belgium and France. In 1941 Hitler invaded Russia and 11 December in 1940 America pronounced to join the 2^nd World War. In 1945 Germany lost the 2^nd World War. 30 April 1945 Germany Chancellor Adolf Hitler Suicide.

After the 2^nd World War Germany divided between two parts as the East Germany and West Germany. May 23 1949 West Germany formed the govt. of Federal Republic of German. And the East Germany named them in officially German Democratic Republic. Western Germany was growing more rapidly. For this reason some experienced East German’s worker were leaving their country and living in West Germany. In this situation East Germany found the historical Berlin Wall. The objectives of making the wall to protect leaving the country. In1989 both Germany become a contact to unify the country. Finally in 1990 both Germany become unification and named the country Germany.

Population:

Total  population is about 80,585,700(Estimated,2013)

Currency:

 The name of the currency of Germany is Euro.

Language:

 German language

Capital City: Berlin

Largest City: Berlin

Demonym : German

Anthem: " Das lied der Deutschen"

Government : Federal Republic, Constitutional Republic, representative democracy, Parliamentary republic

Calling Code : +49

Time Zone:
                CET (UTC+1)
               Summer(DST) - CEST(UTC +2)