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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 The German Federal Archives  German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (German: Bundesarchiv) are the National Archives  National Archives of Germany [...More...] |
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Koblenz Koblenz  Koblenz (German: [ˈkoːblɛnts] ( listen); French: Coblence), spelled Coblenz[2] before 1926, is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine  Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle. Koblenz Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 BC. Its name originates in the Latin  Latin (ad) cōnfluentēs, meaning "(at the) confluence".[3] The actual confluence is today known as the "German Corner", a symbol of German reunification  German reunification that features an equestrian statue of Emperor William I. The city celebrated its 2000th anniversary in 1992. After Mainz  Mainz and Ludwigshafen  Ludwigshafen am Rhein, it is the third largest city in Rhineland-Palatinate, with a population of c. 106,000 (2006) [...More...] |
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Freiburg Im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau  Breisgau (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁaɪ̯bʊʁk ʔɪm ˈbʁaɪ̯sɡaʊ̯] ( listen); Alemannic: Friburg im Brisgau [ˈfʁiːb̥əɡ̊]; French: Fribourg-en-Brisgau) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with a population of about 220,000. In the south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam  Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest  Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Rhine Plain. A famous old German university town, and archiepiscopal seat, Freiburg was incorporated in the early twelfth century and developed into a major commercial, intellectual, and ecclesiastical center of the upper Rhine Rhine region [...More...] |
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List Of Political Parties In Germany This is a list of political parties in Germany. The Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Bundestag, has a plural multi-party system, with two major parties, the Social Democratic Party of Germany  Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) in the same parliamentary group, also known as CDU/CSU  CDU/CSU or the Union. Germany Germany also has a number of minor parties, in recent history most importantly the Free Democratic Party (FDP), Alliance 90/The Greens, The Left, and more recently the Alternative for Germany Germany (AfD), founded in 2013. The federal government of Germany Germany often consisted of a coalition of a major and a minor party, specifically CDU/CSU CDU/CSU and FDP, SPD and FDP or SPD and Greens [...More...] |
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Photograph A photograph or photo is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic medium such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating photographs is called photography [...More...] |
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Film A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images. (See the glossary of motion picture terms.) This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed in rapid succession. The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry [...More...] |
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Map A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or imagined, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the medieval Latin Latin Mappa mundi, wherein mappa meant napkin or cloth and mundi the world [...More...] |
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Poster A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface.[1] Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative. Posters may be used for many purposes. They are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians and films), propagandists, protestors and other groups trying to communicate a message. Posters are also used for reproductions of artwork, particularly famous works, and are generally low-cost compared to the original artwork. The modern poster, as we know it, however, dates back to the 1840s and 1850s when the printing industry perfected colour lithography and made mass production possible [...More...] |
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Data (computing) Data  Data (/ˈdeɪtə/ DAY-tə, /ˈdætə/ DAT-ə, /ˈdɑːtə/ DAH-tə;[1] treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols given meaning by specific act(s) of interpretation. Data Data (or datum – a single unit of data) requires interpretation to become information. To translate data to information, there must be several known factors considered. The factors involved are determined by the creator of the data and the desired information. The term metadata is used to reference the data about the data. Metadata  Metadata may be implied, specified or given. Data Data relating to physical events or processes will also have a temporal component. In almost all cases this temporal component is implied [...More...] |
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Bayreuth Bayreuth  Bayreuth (German pronunciation: [baɪˈʁɔʏt] ( listen); Upper Franconian: [ba(ː)ˈɾaɪ̯t]) (Bavarian: Bayreith) is a medium-sized town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main  Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura  Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the early 21st century, it is the capital of Upper Franconia  Upper Franconia and has a population of 72,148 (2015) [...More...] |
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Berlin Berlin  Berlin (/bɜːrˈlɪn/, German: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ( listen)) is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states. With a steadily growing population of approximately 3.7 million,[4] Berlin Berlin is the second most populous city proper in the European Union  European Union behind London  London and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union.[5] Located in northeastern Germany  Germany on the banks of the rivers Spree  Spree and Havel, it is the centre of the Berlin- Brandenburg  Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has roughly 6 million residents from more than 180 nations.[6][7][8][9] Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate [...More...] |
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Lichterfelde (Berlin) Lichterfelde (help·info) is a locality in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf  Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin, Germany. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz, along with Steglitz  Steglitz and Lankwitz.Contents1 History 2 Sights 3 See also 4 Gallery 5 External links 6 ReferencesHistory[edit] The Prussian village Lichtervelde was founded in the 13th century by Flemish settlers. It witnessed considerable growth in the 19th century when the two "villa colonies" of Lichterfelde-West and Lichterfelde-Ost were founded: two elegant settlements for wealthy Berliners consisting completely of villas or mansions [...More...] |
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German Reich Deutsches Reich (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʀaɪç]) was the official name for the German nation state from 1871 to 1943 in the German language. The Reich became understood as deriving its authority and sovereignty entirely from a continuing unitary German 'national people'; with that authority and sovereignty being exercised at any one time over a unitary German 'state territory' with variable boundaries and extent. Although commonly translated as "German Empire", the word Reich here better translates as "realm", in that the term does not in itself have monarchical connotations [...More...] |
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Hoppegarten Hoppegarten  Hoppegarten is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.Contents1 History 2 Geography 3 Transport 4 Demography 5 Twin towns 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory[edit] The current municipality was created in 2003 when the former municipalities of Hönow  Hönow and Münchehofe were united with Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten. The old Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten is now a district composed by Birkenstein and Waldesruh. Geography[edit]Haussee lake at Hönow Hoppegarten Hoppegarten is located close to the eastern suburbs of Berlin (Mahlsdorf, in the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf) [...More...] |
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German Empire The German Empire  German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),[5][6][7][8] also known as Imperial Germany,[9] was the German nation state[10] that existed from the unification of Germany  Germany in 1871 until the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1).jpg/440px-German_emperor_Wilhelm_II(cropped)(1).jpg) Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918. It was founded in 1871 when the south German states, except for Austria, joined the North German Confederation. On 1 January 1871, the new constitution came into force that changed the name of the federal state and introduced the title of emperor for Wilhelm I, King of Prussia .svg/250px-Flag_of_Prussia_(1892-1918).svg.png) Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern.[11] Berlin Berlin remained its capital, and Otto, Prince of Bismarck remained Chancellor, the head of government [...More...] |
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Federal Republic Of Germany Coordinates: 51°N 9°E / 51°N 9°E / 51; 9Federal Republic  Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland (German)[a]FlagCoat of armsMotto: "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (de facto) "Unity and Justice and Freedom"Anthem: "Deutschlandlied" (third verse only)[b] "Song of Germany"Location of Germany (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green)Location of [...More...] |
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