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It lies between the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baltic_Sea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Sea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> to the north and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alps?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alps">Alps</a> to the south. Its sixteen <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/States_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="States of Germany">constituent states</a> have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km<sup>2</sup> (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Member state of the European Union">member state of the European Union</a>. It borders <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Denmark?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> to the north, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Poland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Poland">Poland</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Czech_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> to the east, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Austria">Austria</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Switzerland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> to the south, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/France?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="France">France</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Luxembourg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Belgium?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Netherlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> to the west. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Capital_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Capital of Germany">nation's capital</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Germany_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of cities in Germany by population">most populous city</a> is <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and its main financial centre is <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>; the largest urban area is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ruhr?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ruhr">Ruhr</a>.</p> <table class="infobox ib-country vcard"> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"> <div class="fn org country-name"> Federal Republic of Germany </div> <div class="ib-country-names"> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundesrepublik Deutschland</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a>)</span> </div></th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"> <div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Flag_of_Germany.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Germany"><img alt="Flag of Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/125px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/188px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/250px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"></a></span> </div> <div> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Flag_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Flag of Germany">Flag</a> </div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Germany"><img alt="Coat of arms of Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg/80px-Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg/160px-Coat_of_arms_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="510"></a></span> </div> <div> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Coat of arms of Germany"> Coat of arms</a> </div> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: 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href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:EU-Germany.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/EU-Germany.svg/250px-EU-Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/EU-Germany.svg/375px-EU-Germany.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/EU-Germany.svg/500px-EU-Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="1720"></a></span><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Europe</span> </div> </div> <div class="ib-country-map-caption"> <div style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15em;"> Location of Germany (dark green) <p style="text-align:left;margin-left:1.2ex;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.15em;">– in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Europe">Europe</a> (light green & dark grey)<br> – in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Union">European Union</a> (light green)</p> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital <div class="ib-country-largest"> and largest city </div></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename%3DGermany%26params%3D52_31_N_13_23_E_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°31′N</span> <span class="longitude">13°23′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.517°N 13.383°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.517; 13.383</span></span></span></a></span></span></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Demonym?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germans?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germans">German</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Politics_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Politics of Germany">Government</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_parliamentary_republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal parliamentary republic">Federal parliamentary republic</a><sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> <div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;"> • <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of Germany">President</a> </div></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> <div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;"> • <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chancellor of Germany">Chancellor</a> </div></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Olaf_Scholz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Olaf Scholz">Olaf Scholz</a></td> </tr> <tr style="display:none"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bundestag?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bundestag">Bundestag</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Bundesrat?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Bundesrat">Bundesrat</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Geography_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Geography of Germany">Area </a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> <div class="ib-country-fake-li"> • Total </div></th> <td class="infobox-data">357,596 km<sup>2</sup> (138,069 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-area_10-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-area-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">63rd</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> <div class="ib-country-fake-li"> • Water (%) </div></th> <td class="infobox-data">1.27<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr class="mergedtoprow"> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Demographics_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Demographics of Germany">Population</a></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> <div class="ib-country-fake-li"> • 2022 census </div></th> <td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Neutral increase"><img alt="Neutral increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/11px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/17px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Increase_Neutral.svg/22px-Increase_Neutral.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="346"></span></span> 82,719,540<sup id="cite_ref-Census2022.DE_11-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Census2022.DE-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">19th</a>)</td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> <div class="ib-country-fake-li"> • Density </div></th> <td class="infobox-data">236/km<sup>2</sup> (611.2/sq mi)</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Human_Development_Index?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2022)</span></th> <td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x,https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></span></span> 0.950<sup id="cite_ref-UNHDR_12-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-UNHDR-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br><span 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style> <div class="hlist"> <ul> <li>Day, month, year</li> <li>Year, month, day</li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Drives on</a></th> <td class="infobox-data">right</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Telephone numbers in Germany">Calling code</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Telephone numbers in Germany">+49</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISO_3166?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISO_3166-2:DE?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="ISO 3166-2:DE">DE</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/.de?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title=".de">.de</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lower_Paleolithic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lower Paleolithic">Lower Paleolithic</a>, with various tribes inhabiting it from the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neolithic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> onward, chiefly the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Celts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Celts">Celts</a>. Various <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germanic_peoples?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_early_Germanic_peoples?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of early Germanic peoples">tribes</a> have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Classical_antiquity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Classical antiquity">classical antiquity</a>. A region named <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germania">Germania</a> was documented before AD 100. In 962, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kingdom_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kingdom of Germany">Kingdom of Germany</a> formed the bulk of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>. During the 16th century, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Northern_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Northern Germany">northern German regions</a> became the centre of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reformation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a>. Following the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a> and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Confederation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a> was formed in 1815.</p> <p>Formal <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Unification_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Unification of Germany">unification of Germany</a> into the modern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nation_state?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nation state">nation-state</a> commenced on 18 August 1866 with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_German_Confederation_Treaty?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North German Confederation Treaty">North German Confederation Treaty</a> establishing the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a>-led <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_German_Confederation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North German Confederation">North German Confederation</a>, which became the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> in 1871. After <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_War_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World War I">World War I</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution of 1918–1919">German Revolution of 1918–1919</a>, the Empire was replaced by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Weimar_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a>. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Adolf Hitler's rise to power">Nazi rise to power</a> in 1933 led to the establishment of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nazi_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nazi Germany">a totalitarian dictatorship</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_War_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Holocaust?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a>. In 1949, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="End of World War II in Europe">after the war</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Allied-occupied Germany">a period of Allied occupation</a>, Germany was organized into <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Inner_German_relations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Inner German relations">two separate polities</a> with limited sovereignty: the Federal Republic of Germany, or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, and the German Democratic Republic, or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>. Berlin continued its <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/De_jure?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="De jure">de jure</a></i> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Four_Power_Agreement_on_Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Four Power Agreement on Berlin">Four Power status</a>. The Federal Republic of Germany was a founding member of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Economic_Community?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Union">European Union</a>, while the German Democratic Republic was a communist <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eastern_Bloc?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eastern Bloc">Eastern Bloc</a> state and member of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Warsaw_Pact?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a>. After <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Peaceful_Revolution?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Peaceful Revolution">the fall</a> of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Socialist Unity Party of Germany">communist led-government</a> in East Germany, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_reunification?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German reunification">German reunification</a> saw the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_states_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New states of Germany">former East German states</a> join the Federal Republic of Germany on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Unity_Day?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Unity Day">3 October 1990</a>.</p> <p>Germany has been described as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Great_power?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Great power">great power</a> with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Economy_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Economy of Germany">a strong economy</a>; it has the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(nominal)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of sovereign states in Europe by GDP (nominal)">largest economy in Europe by nominal GDP</a>. As a global power in industrial, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Science and technology in Germany">scientific and technological</a> sectors, it is both the world's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by exports">third-largest exporter</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_imports?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by imports">importer</a>. As a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Developed_country?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Developed country">developed country</a>, it <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Social_security_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Social security in Germany">offers social security</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Healthcare_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Healthcare in Germany">a universal health care system</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Education_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Tertiary_education" title="Education in Germany">tuition-free university education</a>. Germany is a member of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Council_of_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/NATO?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="NATO">NATO</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/OECD?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="OECD">OECD</a>, and a founding member of the European Union, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/G7?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="G7">G7</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/G20?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="G20">G20</a>. It has the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_by_country?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World Heritage Sites by country">third-highest number</a> of UNESCO <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Heritage_Site?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Germany">54</a>, of which 51 are cultural.</p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Prehistory"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Prehistory</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Germanic_tribes,_Roman_frontier_and_the_Frankish_Empire"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Germanic tribes, Roman frontier and the Frankish Empire</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#East_Francia_and_the_Holy_Roman_Empire"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">East Francia and the Holy Roman Empire</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#German_Confederation_and_Empire"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">German Confederation and Empire</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Weimar_Republic_and_Nazi_Germany"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#East_and_West_Germany"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">East and West Germany</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Reunified_Germany_and_the_European_Union"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">Reunified Germany and the European Union</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Climate"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Climate</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Biodiversity"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Biodiversity</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Politics"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Politics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Constituent_states"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Constituent states</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Law"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Law</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Foreign_relations"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Foreign relations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Military"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Military</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Infrastructure"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Infrastructure</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Tourism"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Tourism</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Demographics"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Languages"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Languages</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Education"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Health"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">Health</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Culture"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Music"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Music</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Art,_design_and_architecture"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Art, design and architecture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Literature_and_philosophy"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Literature and philosophy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Media"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">Media</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Cuisine"><span class="tocnumber">7.5</span> <span class="toctext">Cuisine</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Sports"><span class="tocnumber">7.6</span> <span class="toctext">Sports</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-33"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-34"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-36"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Further information: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Names_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Names of Germany">Names of Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germani?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Germani">Germani</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germania">Germania</a> </div> <p>The English word <i>Germany</i> derives from the Latin <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Germania</i></span>, which came into use after <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Julius_Caesar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> adopted it for the peoples east of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rhine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rhine">Rhine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a> term <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Deutschland</i></span>, originally <span title="Middle High German (ca. 1050-1500)-language text"><i lang="gmh">diutisciu land</i></span> ('the German lands'), is derived from <i lang="de"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deutsch%23German" class="extiw" title="wikt:deutsch">deutsch</a></i> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cf.?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cf.">cf.</a> <i><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dutch%23English" class="extiw" title="wikt:Dutch">Dutch</a></i>), descended from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Old_High_German?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Old High German">Old High German</a> <span title="Old High German (ca. 750-1050)-language text"><i lang="goh">diutisc</i></span> 'of the people' (from <span title="Old High German (ca. 750-1050)-language text"><i lang="goh">diot</i></span> or <span title="Old High German (ca. 750-1050)-language text"><i lang="goh">diota</i></span> 'people'), originally used to distinguish the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vernacular?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vernacular">language of the common people</a> from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Latin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Latin">Latin</a> and its <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romance_languages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romance languages">Romance descendants</a>. This in turn descends from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a> <span title="Proto-Germanic-language text">*<i lang="gem"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/%25C3%25BEiudiskaz" class="extiw" title="wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiudiskaz">þiudiskaz</a></i></span> 'of the people' (see also the Latinised form <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Theodiscus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Theodiscus">Theodiscus</a></i></span>), derived from <span title="Proto-Germanic-language text">*<i lang="gem"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/%25C3%25BEeud%25C5%258D" class="extiw" title="wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeudō">þeudō</a></i></span>, descended from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a> *<i><span title="Proto-Indo-European-language text" class="Unicode" style="white-space:nowrap;"><span lang="ine"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tewt%25C3%25A9h%25E2%2582%2582" class="extiw" title="wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tewtéh₂">tewtéh₂-</a></span></span></i> 'people', from which the word <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Teutons?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Teutons">Teutons</a></i> also originates.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="History">History</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="History of Germany">History of Germany</a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> For a chronological guide, see <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Timeline_of_German_history?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Timeline of German history">Timeline of German history</a>. </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Linear_Pottery_culture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Linear Pottery culture">Linear Pottery culture</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Unetice_culture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Unetice culture">Unetice culture</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Urnfield_culture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Urnfield culture">Urnfield culture</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Celts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Celts">Celts</a> </div> <p>Pre-human ancestors, the <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Danuvius_guggenmosi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Danuvius guggenmosi">Danuvius guggenmosi</a></i>, who were present in Germany over 11 million years ago, are theorized to be among the earliest ones to walk on two legs.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ancient humans were present in Germany at least 600,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first non-modern human fossil (the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neanderthal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neanderthal">Neanderthal</a>) was discovered in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neandertal_(valley)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neandertal (valley)">Neander Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly dated evidence of modern humans has been found in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Caves_and_Ice_Age_Art_in_the_Swabian_Jura?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura">Swabian Jura</a>, including 42,000-year-old <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Paleolithic_flute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Paleolithic flute">flutes</a> which are the oldest musical instruments ever found,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 40,000-year-old <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lion-man?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lion-man">Lion Man</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 41,000-year-old <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Venus_of_Hohle_Fels?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Venus of Hohle Fels">Venus of Hohle Fels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nebra_sky_disk?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nebra sky disk">Nebra sky disk</a>, created during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Bronze_Age?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="European Bronze Age">European Bronze Age</a>, has been attributed to a German site.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Germanic_tribes,_Roman_frontier_and_the_Frankish_Empire"><span id="Germanic_tribes.2C_Roman_frontier_and_the_Frankish_Empire"></span>Germanic tribes, Roman frontier and the Frankish Empire</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jastorf_culture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jastorf culture">Jastorf culture</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germanic_peoples?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic peoples</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germania">Germania</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Migration_Period?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Migration Period">Migration Period</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankish_Realm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankish Realm">Frankish Realm</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Trier_012.JPG?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Trier_012.JPG/220px-Trier_012.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4231" data-file-height="2904"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 151px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Trier_012.JPG/220px-Trier_012.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="151" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Trier_012.JPG/330px-Trier_012.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Trier_012.JPG/440px-Trier_012.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aula_Palatina?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Aula Palatina">Basilica of Constantine</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Trier?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Trier">Trier</a> (<i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Augusta_Treverorum?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Augusta Treverorum">Augusta Treverorum</a></i>), built in the 4th century </figcaption> </figure> <p>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germanic_peoples?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic peoples</a> are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ethnogenesis?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ethnogenesis">thought to have emerged</a> from the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jastorf_culture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jastorf culture">Jastorf culture</a> during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nordic Bronze Age">Nordic Bronze Age</a> or early <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pre-Roman_Iron_Age?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Roman Iron Age">Iron Age</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Heather_27-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Heather-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From southern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scandinavia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Northern_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Northern Germany">northern Germany</a>, they expanded south, east, and west, coming into contact with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Celts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Celts">Celtic</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Iranian_peoples?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Balts?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Balts">Baltic</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Early_Slavs?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Early Slavs">Slavic</a> tribes.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Southern Germany was inhabited by Celtic-speaking peoples, who belonged to the wider <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/La_T%C3%A8ne_culture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="La Tène culture">La Tène culture</a>. They were later assimilated by the Germanic conquerors.<sup id="cite_ref-Heather2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Heather2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Under <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Augustus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> began to invade lands inhabited by the Germanic tribes, creating a short-lived Roman province of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germania_Antiqua?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germania Antiqua">Germania</a> between the Rhine and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Elbe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Elbe">Elbe</a> rivers. In 9 AD, three <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_legion?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roman legion">Roman legions</a> were <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of the Teutoburg Forest">defeated</a> by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arminius?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Arminius">Arminius</a> in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of the Teutoburg Forest">Battle of the Teutoburg Forest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The outcome of this battle dissuaded the Romans from their ambition of conquering <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germania">Germania</a> and is thus considered one of the most important events in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_history?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="European history">European history</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMurdoch200457_33-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMurdoch200457-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 100 AD, when <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tacitus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tacitus">Tacitus</a> wrote <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germania_(book)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germania (book)">Germania</a></i>, Germanic tribes had settled along the Rhine and the Danube (the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Limes_Germanicus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Limes Germanicus">Limes Germanicus</a>), occupying most of modern Germany. However, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baden_W%C3%BCrttemberg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Baden Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a>, southern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, southern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hesse?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hesse">Hesse</a> and the western <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rhineland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rhineland">Rhineland</a> had been <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germanic_Wars?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Germanic Wars">incorporated</a> into <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_province?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roman province">Roman provinces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook19919–13_34-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook19919%E2%80%9313-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Around 260, Germanic peoples broke into Roman-controlled lands.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the invasion of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Huns?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Huns">Huns</a> in 375, and with the decline of Rome from 395, Germanic tribes moved farther southwest: the Franks established the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankish_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankish Kingdom">Frankish Kingdom</a> and pushed east to subjugate <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Duchy of Saxony">Saxony</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Duchy_of_Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Duchy of Bavaria">Bavaria</a>. Areas of what is today eastern Germany were inhabited by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Slavs?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Slavs">Western Slavic</a> tribes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook19919–13_34-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook19919%E2%80%9313-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="East_Francia_and_the_Holy_Roman_Empire">East Francia and the Holy Roman Empire</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Francia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Francia">East Francia</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:East_Francia_843.svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/East_Francia_843.svg/220px-East_Francia_843.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="380"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 167px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/East_Francia_843.svg/220px-East_Francia_843.svg.png" data-width="220" data-height="167" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/East_Francia_843.svg/330px-East_Francia_843.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/East_Francia_843.svg/440px-East_Francia_843.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Francia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Francia">East Francia</a> in 843 </figcaption> </figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther,_1528_(Veste_Coburg).jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg/170px-Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="269" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2148" data-file-height="3400"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 269px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg/170px-Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="269" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg/255px-Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg/340px-Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Martin_Luther?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a>, born in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eisleben?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eisleben">Eisleben</a> in 1483, challenged the indulgences of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Catholic_Church?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, giving rise to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reformation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reformation">Reformation</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Protestantism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a>. </figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Charlemagne?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a> founded the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Carolingian_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Carolingian Empire">Carolingian Empire</a> in 800; it was <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Treaty_of_Verdun?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Treaty of Verdun">divided in 843</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199111_38-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199111-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eastern successor kingdom of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Francia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Francia">East Francia</a> stretched from the Rhine in the west to the Elbe river in the east and from the North Sea to the Alps.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199111_38-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199111-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, the Holy Roman Empire emerged from it. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ottonian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottonian">Ottonian</a> rulers (919–1024) consolidated several major <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stem_duchy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stem duchy">duchies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 996, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pope_Gregory_V?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pope Gregory V">Gregory V</a> became the first German Pope, appointed by his cousin <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Otto_III?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto III">Otto III</a>, whom he shortly after crowned Holy Roman Emperor. The Holy Roman Empire absorbed northern Italy and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Burgundy_(historical_region)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgundy (historical region)">Burgundy</a> under the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Salian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Salian">Salian</a> emperors (1024–1125), although the emperors lost power through the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Investiture_controversy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Investiture controversy">Investiture controversy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Under the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/House_of_Hohenstaufen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Hohenstaufen">Hohenstaufen</a> emperors (1138–1254), German princes encouraged German settlement to the south and east (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ostsiedlung?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ostsiedlung">Ostsiedlung</a></i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199119–20_41-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199119%E2%80%9320-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hanseatic_League?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic League</a>, mostly north German towns, prospered in the expansion of trade.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199113–24_42-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199113%E2%80%9324-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population declined starting with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1315%E2%80%931317?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Great Famine of 1315–1317">Great Famine</a> in 1315, followed by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_Death?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Black Death">Black Death</a> of 1348–1350.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Bull_of_1356?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Bull of 1356">Golden Bull</a> issued in 1356 provided the constitutional structure of the Empire and codified the election of the emperor by seven <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Prince-elector?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Prince-elector">prince-electors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199127_44-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199127-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Johannes Gutenberg">Johannes Gutenberg</a> introduced moveable-type printing to Europe, laying the basis for the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Democratization_of_knowledge?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Democratization of knowledge">democratization of knowledge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1517, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Martin_Luther?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a> incited the Protestant Reformation and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Luther_Bible?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Luther Bible">his translation of the Bible</a> began the standardization of the language; the 1555 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Peace_of_Augsburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Peace of Augsburg">Peace of Augsburg</a> tolerated the "Evangelical" faith (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lutheranism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a>), but also decreed that the faith of the prince was to be the faith of his subjects (<span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cuius_regio,_eius_religio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cuius regio, eius religio">cuius regio, eius religio</a></i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cologne_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cologne War">Cologne War</a> through the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' Wars</a> (1618–1648), religious conflict devastated German lands and significantly reduced the population.<sup id="cite_ref-Philpott_47-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Philpott-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Peace of Westphalia">Peace of Westphalia</a> ended religious warfare among the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Imperial_Estate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Imperial Estate">Imperial Estates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Philpott_47-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Philpott-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legal system initiated by a series of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Imperial_Reform?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Imperial Reform">Imperial Reforms</a> (approximately 1495–1555) provided for considerable local autonomy and a stronger <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Imperial_Diet_(Holy_Roman_Empire)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)">Imperial Diet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/House_of_Habsburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="House of Habsburg">House of Habsburg</a> held the imperial crown from 1438 until the death of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles VI</a> in 1740. Following the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)">Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle</a>, Charles VI's daughter <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Maria_Theresa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a> ruled as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Queen_consort?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Queen consort">empress consort</a> when her husband, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Francis_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor">Francis I</a>, became emperor.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>From 1740, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_dualism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German dualism">dualism</a> between the Austrian <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a> dominated German history. In 1772, 1793, and 1795, Prussia and Austria, along with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russian_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, agreed to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Partitions of Poland">Partitions of Poland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the period of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Napoleonic_era?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Napoleonic era">Napoleonic era</a> and the subsequent <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Final_Recess_of_the_Reichsdeputation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Final Recess of the Reichsdeputation">final meeting of the Imperial Diet</a>, most of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Free_Imperial_Cities?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Imperial Cities">Free Imperial Cities</a> were annexed by dynastic territories; the ecclesiastical territories were secularised and annexed. In 1806 the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Imperium</i></span> was dissolved; France, Russia, Prussia, and the Habsburgs (Austria) competed for hegemony in the German states during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199197_54-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook199197-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="German_Confederation_and_Empire">German Confederation and Empire</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_question?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German question">German question</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Confederation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Unification_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Unification of Germany">Unification of Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_colonial_empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German colonial empire">German colonial empire</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:German_Confederation_(1815).svg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg/220px-German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="223" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="456"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 223px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg/220px-German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg.png" data-width="220" data-height="223" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg/330px-German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg/440px-German_Confederation_%281815%29.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Confederation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a> in 1815 </figcaption> </figure> <p>Following the fall of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Napoleon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a> founded the German Confederation, a loose league of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/States_of_the_German_Confederation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="States of the German Confederation">39 sovereign states</a>. The appointment of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Emperor_of_Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Emperor of Austria">emperor of Austria</a> as the permanent president reflected the Congress's rejection of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Prussia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>'s rising influence. Disagreement within <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Concert_of_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Concert of Europe">restoration</a> politics partly led to the rise of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Liberalism_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Liberalism in Germany">liberal</a> movements, followed by new measures of repression by Austrian statesman <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Klemens_von_Metternich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Klemens von Metternich">Klemens von Metternich</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Zollverein?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Zollverein">Zollverein</a></i></span>, a tariff union, furthered economic unity.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In light of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Revolutions of 1848">revolutionary movements in Europe</a>, intellectuals and commoners started the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_revolutions_of_1848%E2%80%931849?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German revolutions of 1848–1849">revolutions of 1848 in the German states</a>, raising the German question. King <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV of Prussia</a> was offered the title of emperor, but with a loss of power; he rejected the crown and the proposed constitution, a temporary setback for the movement.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg/220px-Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3308" data-file-height="2156"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 143px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg/220px-Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="143" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg/330px-Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg/440px-Berlin_Nationaldenkmal_Kaiser_Wilhelm_mit_Schloss_1900.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Palace?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin Palace">Berlin Palace</a>, the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern </figcaption> </figure> <p>King <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/William_I,_German_Emperor?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="William I, German Emperor">William I</a> appointed <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Otto von Bismarck">Otto von Bismarck</a> as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Minister_President_of_Prussia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Minister President of Prussia">Minister President of Prussia</a> in 1862. Bismarck successfully concluded the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Second_Schleswig_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Second Schleswig War">war with Denmark in 1864</a>; the subsequent decisive Prussian victory in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Austro-Prussian_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Austro-Prussian War">Austro-Prussian War</a> of 1866 enabled him to create the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_German_Confederation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North German Confederation">North German Confederation</a> which excluded <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Austrian_Empire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Austrian Empire">Austria</a>. After the defeat of France in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Franco-Prussian War">Franco-Prussian War</a>, the German princes proclaimed the founding of the German Empire in 1871. Prussia was the dominant constituent state of the new empire; the King of Prussia ruled as its Kaiser, and Berlin became its capital.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bismarck_60-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bismarck-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnderzeit?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gründerzeit">Gründerzeit</a></i></span> period following the unification of Germany, Bismarck's foreign policy as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chancellor of Germany">chancellor of Germany</a> secured Germany's position as a great nation by forging alliances and avoiding war.<sup id="cite_ref-bismarck_60-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bismarck-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, under <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wilhelm_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wilhelm II">Wilhelm II</a>, Germany took an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_Imperialism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New Imperialism">imperialistic</a> course, leading to friction with neighbouring countries.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dual_Alliance_(1879)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dual Alliance (1879)">dual alliance</a> was created with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Multinational_state?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Multinational state">multinational realm</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Austria-Hungary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a>; the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Triple_Alliance_(1882)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Triple Alliance (1882)">Triple Alliance of 1882</a> included Italy. Britain, France and Russia also concluded alliances to protect against Habsburg interference with Russian interests in the Balkans or German interference against France.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991135,_149_62-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991135,_149-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Conference?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin Conference">Berlin Conference</a> in 1884, Germany claimed several <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_former_German_colonies?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of former German colonies">colonies</a> including <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_East_Africa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German East Africa">German East Africa</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_South_West_Africa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German South West Africa">German South West Africa</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Togoland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Togoland">Togoland</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kamerun?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kamerun">Kamerun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, Germany further expanded its colonial empire to include holdings in the Pacific and China.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colonial government in South West Africa (present-day <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Namibia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>), from 1904 to 1907, carried out the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Herero and Namaqua genocide">annihilation of the local Herero and Namaqua peoples</a> as punishment for an uprising;<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bazyler_66-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Bazyler-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this was the 20th century's first <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Genocide?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Genocide">genocide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bazyler_66-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Bazyler-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Assassination_of_Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria">The assassination</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria">Austria's crown prince</a> on 28 June 1914 provided the pretext for Austria-Hungary to attack Serbia and trigger <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_War_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World War I">World War I</a>. After four years of warfare, in which approximately two million German soldiers were killed,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with Germany">general armistice</a> ended the fighting. In the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution of 1918–1919">German Revolution</a> (November 1918), Wilhelm II and the ruling princes <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Abdication?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Abdication">abdicated</a> their positions, and Germany was declared a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal republic">federal republic</a>. Germany's new leadership signed the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a> in 1919, accepting defeat by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Allies of World War I">Allies</a>. Germans perceived the treaty as humiliating, which was seen by historians as influential in the rise of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Adolf_Hitler?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany lost around 13% of its European territory and ceded all of its colonial possessions in Africa and the Pacific.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Weimar_Republic_and_Nazi_Germany">Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Weimar_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nazi_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/170px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="568"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 227px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/170px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="227" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/255px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/340px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Adolf_Hitler?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>, dictator of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nazi_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> from 1933 to 1945 </figcaption> </figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png/220px-Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="202" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1088" data-file-height="998"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 202px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png/220px-Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png" data-width="220" data-height="202" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png/330px-Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png/440px-Europe_under_Nazi_domination.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> A map of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German-occupied_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German-occupied Europe">German-occupied Europe</a> in 1942 during <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_War_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World War II">World War II</a> with areas controlled by the German Reich shown in bold black </figcaption> </figure> <p>On 11 August 1919, President <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Friedrich_Ebert?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Friedrich Ebert">Friedrich Ebert</a> signed the democratic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Weimar_Constitution?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Weimar Constitution">Weimar Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991156–160_70-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991156%E2%80%93160-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the subsequent struggle for power, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavarian_Soviet_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavarian Soviet Republic">communists seized power in Bavaria</a>, but conservative elements elsewhere attempted to overthrow the Republic in the <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kapp_Putsch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kapp Putsch">Kapp Putsch</a></span></span>. Street fighting in the major industrial centres, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Ruhr?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Occupation of the Ruhr">occupation of the Ruhr</a> by Belgian and French troops, and a period of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_the_Weimar_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic">hyperinflation</a> followed. A <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dawes_Plan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dawes Plan">debt restructuring plan</a> and the creation of a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Rentenmark?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German Rentenmark">new currency</a> in 1924 ushered in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Twenties?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Twenties">Golden Twenties</a>, an era of artistic innovation and liberal cultural life.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The worldwide <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Great_Depression?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> hit Germany in 1929. Chancellor <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heinrich_Br%C3%BCning?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heinrich Brüning">Heinrich Brüning</a>'s government pursued a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Causes_of_the_Great_Depression?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Leave-it-alone_liquidationism_(1929%E2%80%931933)" title="Causes of the Great Depression">policy of fiscal austerity</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Weimar_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Br%C3%BCning's_policy_of_deflation_(1930%E2%80%931932)" title="Weimar Republic">deflation</a> which caused unemployment of nearly 30% by 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-chronicle_74-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-chronicle-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nazi_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nazi Party">Nazi Party</a> led by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Adolf_Hitler?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> became the largest party in the Reichstag after <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/July_1932_German_federal_election?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="July 1932 German federal election">a special election in 1932</a> and Hindenburg appointed Hitler as chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991155–158,_172–177_75-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991155%E2%80%93158,_172%E2%80%93177-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reichstag_fire?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reichstag fire">Reichstag fire</a>, a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reichstag_Fire_Decree?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reichstag Fire Decree">decree</a> abrogated basic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Civil_rights?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> and the first <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nazi concentration camps">Nazi concentration camp</a> opened.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MNN_77-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-MNN-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 March 1933, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Enabling Act of 1933">Enabling Act</a> gave Hitler unrestricted legislative power, overriding the constitution,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and marked the beginning of Nazi Germany. His government established a centralised <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Totalitarianism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Totalitarianism">totalitarian state</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1933_German_referendum?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="1933 German referendum">withdrew from the League of Nations</a>, and dramatically increased the country's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_re-armament?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German re-armament">rearmament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A government-sponsored programme for economic renewal focused on public works, the most famous of which was the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reichsautobahn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reichsautobahn">Autobahn</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 1935, the regime withdrew from the Treaty of Versailles and introduced the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuremberg Laws">Nuremberg Laws</a> which targeted <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jews?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jews">Jews</a> and other minorities.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany also reacquired control of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Territory_of_the_Saar_Basin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Territory of the Saar Basin">Saarland</a> in 1935,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991188–189_82-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991188%E2%80%93189-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Remilitarization_of_the_Rhineland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Remilitarization of the Rhineland">remilitarised the Rhineland</a> in 1936, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Anschluss?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Anschluss">annexed</a> Austria in 1938, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sudetenland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Sudetenland_as_part_of_Nazi_Germany" title="Sudetenland">annexed</a> the Sudetenland in 1938 with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Munich_Agreement?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a>, and in violation of the agreement <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of Czechoslovakia">occupied Czechoslovakia</a> in March 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kristallnacht?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kristallnacht">Kristallnacht</a></i></span> (Night of Broken Glass) saw the burning of synagogues, the destruction of Jewish businesses, and mass arrests of Jewish people.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In August 1939, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Government_of_Nazi_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Government of Nazi Germany">Hitler's government</a> negotiated the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact">Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact</a> that divided Eastern Europe into German and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Soviet_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> spheres of influence.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 September 1939, Germany <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Invasion of Poland">invaded Poland</a>, beginning <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European theatre of World War II">World War II in Europe</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991190–195_86-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991190%E2%80%93195-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Britain and France declared war on Germany on 3 September.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the spring of 1940, Germany <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Operation Weserübung">conquered Denmark and Norway</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_invasion_of_the_Netherlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German invasion of the Netherlands">the Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">Belgium</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_invasion_of_Luxembourg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German invasion of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_France?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of France">France</a>, forcing the French government to sign an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Armistice?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Armistice">armistice</a>. The British repelled German air attacks in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Britain?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> in the same year. In 1941, German troops <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">invaded Yugoslavia</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Greece?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Greece">Greece</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Operation Barbarossa">Soviet Union</a>. By 1942, Germany and its allies controlled most of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German-occupied_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German-occupied Europe">continental Europe</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Africa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, but following the Soviet victory at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a>, the Allied <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_African_Campaign?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">reconquest of North Africa</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">invasion of Italy</a> in 1943, German forces suffered repeated military defeats. In 1944, the Soviets <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Summer_1944" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">pushed into Eastern Europe</a>; the Western allies <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Operation_Overlord?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Operation Overlord">landed in France</a> and entered Germany despite a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of the Bulge">final German counteroffensive</a>. Following <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Death of Adolf Hitler">Hitler's suicide</a> during the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Instrument_of_Surrender?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Instrument of Surrender">Germany signed the surrender document</a> on 8 May 1945, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="End of World War II in Europe">ending World War II in Europe</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991190–195_86-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991190%E2%80%93195-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Nazi Germany. Following the end of the war, surviving Nazi officials were tried for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/War_crimes_of_the_Wehrmacht?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="War crimes of the Wehrmacht">war crimes</a> at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuremberg_trials?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuremberg trials">Nuremberg trials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_89-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-books.google.com-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In what later became known as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Holocaust?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Holocaust">the Holocaust</a>, the German government persecuted <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Holocaust_victims?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Holocaust victims">minorities</a>, including interning them in concentration and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Extermination_camp?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Extermination camp">death camps</a> across Europe. The regime systematically murdered 6 million Jews, at least 130,000 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Porajmos?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Porajmos">Romani</a>, 275,000 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Aktion_T4?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Aktion T4">disabled</a>, thousands of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>, thousands of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_Nazi_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany">homosexuals</a>, and hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nacht_und_Nebel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nacht und Nebel">political and religious opponents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Generalplan_Ost?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Generalplan Ost">Nazi policies in German-occupied countries</a> resulted in the deaths of an estimated 2.7 million <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Polish_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Polish people">Poles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1.3 million <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ukrainians?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a>, 1 million <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Belarusians?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Belarusians">Belarusians</a> and 3.5 million <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_mistreatment_of_Soviet_prisoners_of_war?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war">Soviet prisoners of war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_89-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-books.google.com-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_casualties_in_World_War_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German casualties in World War II">German military casualties</a> have been estimated at 5.3 million,<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and around 900,000 German civilians died.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%931950)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)">12 million ethnic Germans were expelled</a> from across Eastern Europe, and Germany lost roughly <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Former_eastern_territories_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Former eastern territories of Germany">one-quarter</a> of its pre-war territory.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="East_and_West_Germany">East and West Germany</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Germany_(1945%E2%80%931990)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="History of Germany (1945–1990)">History of Germany (1945–1990)</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Allied-occupied Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg/220px-West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="661" data-file-height="498"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 166px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg/220px-West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="166" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg/330px-West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg/440px-West_and_East_Germans_at_the_Brandenburg_Gate_in_1989.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Wall?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> during <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fall of the Berlin Wall">its fall</a> in 1989 and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brandenburg Gate">Brandenburg Gate</a> (background) was one of the first developments in the end of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cold_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, leading ultimately to the dissolution of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Soviet_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. </figcaption> </figure> <p>After <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nazi_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> surrendered, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a> <i>de jure</i> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Declaration_(1945)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin Declaration (1945)">abolished</a> the German state and partitioned <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> and Germany's remaining territory into four occupation zones. The western sectors, controlled by France, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Kingdom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_States?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United States">United States</a>, were merged on 23 May 1949 to form the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Germany">Federal Republic of Germany</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Bundesrepublik Deutschland</i>); on 7 October 1949, the Soviet Zone became the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Germany">German Democratic Republic</a> (GDR) (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Deutsche Demokratische Republik</i>; DDR). They were informally known as West Germany and East Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> East Germany selected <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Berlin">East Berlin</a> as its capital, while West Germany chose <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bonn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bonn">Bonn</a> as a provisional capital, to emphasise its stance that the two-state solution was temporary.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>West Germany was established as a federal parliamentary republic with a "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Social_market_economy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Social market economy">social market economy</a>". Starting in 1948 West Germany became a major recipient of reconstruction aid under the American <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Marshall_Plan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Marshall Plan">Marshall Plan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Konrad_Adenauer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Konrad Adenauer">Konrad Adenauer</a> was elected the first <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_Chancellor_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany">federal chancellor of Germany</a> in 1949. The country enjoyed prolonged economic growth (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wirtschaftswunder?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wirtschaftswunder">Wirtschaftswunder</a></i></span>) beginning in the early 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> West Germany joined <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/NATO?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="NATO">NATO</a> in 1955 and was a founding member of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Economic_Community?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Economic Community">European Economic Community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 January 1957, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saar_Protectorate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saar Protectorate">Saarland</a> joined West Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-CS_102-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CS-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>East Germany was an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eastern_Bloc?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eastern Bloc">Eastern Bloc</a> state under political and military control by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Soviet_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> via occupation forces and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Warsaw_Pact?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a>. Although East Germany claimed to be a democracy, political power was exercised solely by leading members (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Politburo?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Politburo">Politbüro</a></i></span>) of the communist-controlled <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Socialist Unity Party of Germany">Socialist Unity Party of Germany</a>, supported by the <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stasi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stasi">Stasi</a></span></span>, an immense secret service.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Communist_propaganda?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Communist propaganda">East German propaganda</a> was based on the benefits of the GDR's social programmes and the alleged threat of a West German invasion, many of its citizens looked to the West for freedom and prosperity.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_19890822_104-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-NYT_19890822-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Wall?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a>, built in 1961, prevented East German citizens from escaping to West Germany, becoming a symbol of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cold_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Tensions between East and West Germany were reduced in the late 1960s by Chancellor <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Willy_Brandt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Willy Brandt">Willy Brandt</a>'s <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ostpolitik?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ostpolitik">Ostpolitik</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1989, Hungary decided to dismantle the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Iron_Curtain?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Iron Curtain">Iron Curtain</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Removal_of_Hungary%27s_border_fence_with_Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria">open its border with Austria</a>, causing the emigration of thousands of East Germans to West Germany via Hungary and Austria. This had devastating effects on the GDR, where regular <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Monday_demonstrations_in_East_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Monday demonstrations in East Germany">mass demonstrations</a> received increasing support. In an effort to help retain East Germany as a state, the East German authorities eased border restrictions, but this actually led to an acceleration of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wende</i></span> reform process culminating in the <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Final_Settlement_with_Respect_to_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany">Two Plus Four Treaty</a></i> under which Germany regained full sovereignty. This permitted <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_reunification?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German reunification">German reunification</a> on 3 October 1990, with the accession of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_states_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New states of Germany">five re-established states</a> of the former GDR.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fall of the Wall in 1989 became a symbol of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fall_of_Communism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of Communism">Fall of Communism</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>, German reunification and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Die_Wende?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Die Wende">Die Wende</a></i></span> ("the turning point").<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Reunified_Germany_and_the_European_Union">Reunified Germany and the European Union</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_reunification?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German reunification">German reunification</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_Germany_since_1990?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Germany since 1990">History of Germany since 1990</a> </div> <p>United Germany was considered the enlarged continuation of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> so it retained its memberships in international organisations.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin/Bonn_Act?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin/Bonn Act">Berlin/Bonn Act</a> (1994), <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> again became the capital of Germany, while <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bonn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bonn">Bonn</a> obtained the unique status of a <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundesstadt</i></span> (federal city) retaining some federal ministries.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The relocation of the government was completed in 1999, and modernisation of the East German economy was scheduled to last until 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Since reunification, Germany has taken a more active role in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Union">European Union</a>, signing the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a> in 1992 and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lisbon_Treaty?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisbon Treaty">Lisbon Treaty</a> in 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and co-founding the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eurozone?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eurozone">eurozone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany sent a peacekeeping force to secure stability in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1999_NATO_bombing_in_Yugoslavia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NATO bombing in Yugoslavia">Balkans</a> and sent <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bundeswehr?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bundeswehr">German troops</a> to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Afghanistan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> as part of a NATO effort to provide <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">security in that country</a> after the ousting of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Taliban?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/2005_German_federal_election?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="2005 German federal election">2005 elections</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Angela_Merkel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a> became the first female chancellor. In 2009, the German government approved a €50 billion stimulus plan.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the major German political projects of the early 21st century are the advancement of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_integration?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European integration">European integration</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Energy_transition_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy transition in Germany">energy transition</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Energiewende</i></span>) for a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sustainable_energy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sustainable energy">sustainable energy</a> supply, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Debt_brake_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Debt brake (Germany)">debt brake</a> for balanced budgets, measures to increase the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ageing_of_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Germany" title="Ageing of Europe">fertility rate</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Natalistic_politics?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Natalistic politics">pronatalism</a>), and high-tech strategies for the transition of the German economy, summarised as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Industry_4.0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Industry 4.0">Industry 4.0</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="2015 European migrant crisis">2015 European migrant crisis</a>, the country took in over a million refugees and migrants.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Geography_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Geography of Germany">Geography of Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Deutschland_topo.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Deutschland_topo.jpg/220px-Deutschland_topo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2011" data-file-height="2654"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 290px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Deutschland_topo.jpg/220px-Deutschland_topo.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="290" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Deutschland_topo.jpg/330px-Deutschland_topo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Deutschland_topo.jpg/440px-Deutschland_topo.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> A physical map of Germany </figcaption> </figure> <p>Germany is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_area?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of European countries by area">seventh-largest country in Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It borders <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Denmark?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> to the north, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Poland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Poland">Poland</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Czech_Republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Czech Republic">Czechia</a> to the east, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Austria">Austria</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Switzerland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> to the south, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/France?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="France">France</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Luxembourg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Belgium?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Netherlands?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> to the west. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea. German territory covers 357,596 km<sup>2</sup> (138,069 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-area_10-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-area-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Zugspitze?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Zugspitze">Zugspitze</a> at 2,963 metres or 9,721 feet) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Nordsee</i></span>) in the northwest and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baltic_Sea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Ostsee</i></span>) in the northeast. The forested uplands of central Germany and the lowlands of northern Germany (lowest point: in the municipality <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neuendorf-Sachsenbande?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neuendorf-Sachsenbande">Neuendorf-Sachsenbande</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wilstermarsch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wilstermarsch">Wilstermarsch</a> at 3.54 metres or 11.6 feet below sea level<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) are traversed by such major rivers as the Rhine, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Danube?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Danube">Danube</a> and Elbe. Significant natural resources include iron ore, coal, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Potash?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Potash">potash</a>, timber, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lignite?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lignite">lignite</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Uranium?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Uranium">uranium</a>, copper, natural gas, salt, and nickel.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3> </div> <p>Most of Germany has a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Temperate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> climate, ranging from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oceanic_climate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic</a> in the north and west to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Continental_climate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Continental climate">continental</a> in the east and southeast. Winters range from the cold in the Southern Alps to cool and are generally overcast with limited precipitation, while summers can vary from hot and dry to cool and rainy. The northern regions have prevailing westerly winds that bring in moist air from the North Sea, moderating the temperature and increasing precipitation. Conversely, the southeast regions have more extreme temperatures.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>From February 2019 – 2020, average monthly temperatures in Germany ranged from a low of 3.3 °C (37.9 °F) in January 2020 to a high of 19.8 °C (67.6 °F) in June 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Average monthly precipitation ranged from 30 litres per square metre in February and April 2019 to 125 litres per square metre in February 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Average monthly hours of sunshine ranged from 45 in November 2019 to 300 in June 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Biodiversity">Biodiversity</h3> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg/220px-Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4729" data-file-height="3547"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg/220px-Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg/330px-Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg/440px-Herbst_am_Watzmann.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berchtesgaden_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berchtesgaden National Park">Berchtesgaden National Park</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The territory of Germany can be divided into five terrestrial <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ecoregion?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ecoregion">ecoregions</a>: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Atlantic_mixed_forests?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Atlantic mixed forests">Atlantic mixed forests</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baltic_mixed_forests?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baltic mixed forests">Baltic mixed forests</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Central_European_mixed_forests?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Central European mixed forests">Central European mixed forests</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Western_European_broadleaf_forests?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Western European broadleaf forests">Western European broadleaf forests</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alps_conifer_and_mixed_forests?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alps conifer and mixed forests">Alps conifer and mixed forests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DinersteinOlson2017_125-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-DinersteinOlson2017-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, 51% of Germany's land area is devoted to agriculture, while 30% is forested and 14% is covered by settlements or infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Plants and animals include those generally common to Central Europe. According to the National Forest Inventory, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Beeches?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Beeches">beeches</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oak?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Oak">oaks</a>, and other <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deciduous?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Deciduous">deciduous</a> trees constitute just over 40% of the forests; roughly 60% are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Conifers?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Conifers">conifers</a>, particularly <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Spruce?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Spruce">spruce</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pine">pine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are many species of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fern?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fern">ferns</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Flowers?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Flowers">flowers</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fungi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Fungi">fungi</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mosses?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosses">mosses</a>. Wild animals include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Central_European_red_deer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Central European red deer">roe deer</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Central_European_boar?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Central European boar">wild boar</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mouflon?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mouflon">mouflon</a> (a subspecies of wild sheep), <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Red_fox?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Red fox">fox</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_badger?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European badger">badger</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_hare?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European hare">hare</a>, and small numbers of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eurasian_beaver?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eurasian beaver">Eurasian beaver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The blue <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cornflower?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornflower">cornflower</a> was once a German <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Floral_emblem?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Floral emblem">national symbol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of national parks of Germany">16 national parks in Germany</a> include the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Jasmund_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Jasmund National Park">Jasmund National Park</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vorpommern_Lagoon_Area_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Vorpommern Lagoon Area National Park">Vorpommern Lagoon Area National Park</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/M%C3%BCritz_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Müritz National Park">Müritz National Park</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wadden_Sea_National_Parks?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wadden Sea National Parks">Wadden Sea National Parks</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Harz_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Harz National Park">Harz National Park</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hainich_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hainich National Park">Hainich National Park</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Black_Forest_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Black Forest National Park">Black Forest National Park</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saxon_Switzerland_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saxon Switzerland National Park">Saxon Switzerland National Park</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavarian_Forest_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavarian Forest National Park">Bavarian Forest National Park</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berchtesgaden_National_Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berchtesgaden National Park">Berchtesgaden National Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, there are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Biosphere_Reserves_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Biosphere Reserves in Germany">17 Biosphere Reserves</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nature_parks_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nature parks (Germany)">105 nature parks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_zoos_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of zoos in Germany">400 zoos and animal parks</a> operate in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Zoological_Garden?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Zoological Garden">Berlin Zoo</a>, which opened in 1844, is the oldest in Germany, and claims the most comprehensive collection of species in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Politics_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Politics of Germany">Politics of Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Taxation_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Taxation in Germany">Taxation in Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_budget_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal budget of Germany">Federal budget of Germany</a> </div> <table class="wikitable floatright"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Bundespr%C3%A4sident_Frank-Walter_Steinmeier_auf_den_Stufen_der_Villa_Hammerschmidt_in_Bonn.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bundespr%C3%A4sident_Frank-Walter_Steinmeier_auf_den_Stufen_der_Villa_Hammerschmidt_in_Bonn.jpg/155px-Bundespr%C3%A4sident_Frank-Walter_Steinmeier_auf_den_Stufen_der_Villa_Hammerschmidt_in_Bonn.jpg" decoding="async" width="155" height="207" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 155px;height: 207px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Bundespr%C3%A4sident_Frank-Walter_Steinmeier_auf_den_Stufen_der_Villa_Hammerschmidt_in_Bonn.jpg/155px-Bundespr%C3%A4sident_Frank-Walter_Steinmeier_auf_den_Stufen_der_Villa_Hammerschmidt_in_Bonn.jpg" data-width="155" data-height="207" 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data-file-height="2140"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 160px;height: 208px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Olaf_Scholz_2024.jpg/160px-Olaf_Scholz_2024.jpg" data-width="160" data-height="208" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Olaf_Scholz_2024.jpg/240px-Olaf_Scholz_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Olaf_Scholz_2024.jpg/320px-Olaf_Scholz_2024.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a><br><small><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of Germany">President</a><br> (representative head of state)</small></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Olaf_Scholz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Olaf Scholz">Olaf Scholz</a><br><small><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chancellor of Germany">Chancellor</a><br> (head of government)</small></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Germany is a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_republic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal republic">federal</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Parliamentary_democratic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary democratic">parliamentary</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Representative_democracy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Representative democracy">representative democratic</a> republic. Federal <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Legislative_power?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative power">legislative power</a> is vested in the parliament consisting of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bundestag?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bundestag">Bundestag</a></i></span> (Federal Diet) and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bundesrat_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesrat of Germany">Bundesrat</a></i></span> (Federal Council), which together form the legislative body. The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestag</i></span> is elected through <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Direct_election?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Direct election">direct elections</a> using the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mixed-member proportional representation">mixed-member proportional representation</a> system. The members of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundesrat</i></span> represent and are appointed by the governments of the sixteen federated states.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1949 constitution known as the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">Grundgesetz</a></i></span> (Basic Law). Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestag</i></span> and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundesrat</i></span>; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human dignity, the separation of powers, the federal structure, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rule_of_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rule of law">rule of law</a>, are valid in perpetuity.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of Germany">The president</a>, currently <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a>, is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Head_of_state?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Head of state">head of state</a> and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. He is elected by the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bundesversammlung_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesversammlung (Germany)">Bundesversammlung</a></i></span> (federal convention), an institution consisting of the members of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestag</i></span> and an equal number of state delegates.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second-highest official in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_order_of_precedence?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German order of precedence">German order of precedence</a> is the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestagspräsident</i></span> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_Bundestag?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President of the Bundestag">President of the Bundestag</a>), who is elected by the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestag</i></span> and responsible for overseeing the daily sessions of the body.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third-highest official and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Head_of_government?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Head of government">head of government</a> is the chancellor, who is appointed by the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundespräsident</i></span> after being elected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestag</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chancellor, currently <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Olaf_Scholz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Olaf Scholz">Olaf Scholz</a>, is the head of government and exercises <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Executive_(government)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Executive (government)">executive power</a> through <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cabinet_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cabinet of Germany">his Cabinet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Since 1949, the party system has been dominated by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Democratic Union (Germany)">Christian Democratic Union</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">Social Democratic Party of Germany</a>. So far every chancellor has been a member of one of these parties. However, the smaller liberal <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Free Democratic Party (Germany)">Free Democratic Party</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alliance_90/The_Greens?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alliance 90/The Greens">Alliance 90/The Greens</a> have also been junior partners in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Coalition_government?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Coalition government">coalition governments</a>. Since 2007, the democratic socialist party <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Left_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Left (Germany)">The Left</a> has been a staple in the German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestag</i></span>, though they have never been part of the federal government. In the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/2017_German_federal_election?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="2017 German federal election">2017 German federal election</a>, the right-wing populist <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alternative for Germany">Alternative for Germany</a> gained enough votes to attain representation in the parliament for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Constituent_states">Constituent states</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/States_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="States of Germany">States of Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federalism_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federalism in Germany">Federalism in Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_current_Minister-presidents_of_the_German_federal_states?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current Minister-presidents of the German federal states">List of current Minister-presidents of the German federal states</a> </div> <p>Germany is a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federation">federation</a> and comprises sixteen <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/States_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="States of Germany">constituent states</a> which are collectively referred to as <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Länder</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_139-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Britannica-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each state (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Land</i></span>) has its own constitution,<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_139-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Britannica-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, Germany is divided into 401 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Districts_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Districts of Germany">districts</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kreise</i></span>) at a municipal level; these consist of 294 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_rural_districts_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rural districts of Germany">rural districts</a> and 107 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Urban_districts_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban districts of Germany">urban districts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div style="float: left;margin:0 2em 0 0;"> <div style="text-shadow:white 0em 0em 0.4em; font-size:75%"> <div role="img" class="floatleft noresize" style="width: 300px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><span> <noscript> <img alt="" 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style="width:80px;">Area<sup id="cite_ref-Fläche_142-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Fl%C3%A4che-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:60px;">Population<br> (Census 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2022.DE_11-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Census2022.DE-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th colspan="2" style="width:150px;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_German_states_by_GRP?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of German states by GRP">Nominal GDP</a><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_German_states_by_GRP_per_capita?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of German states by GRP per capita">Nominal GDP per capita</a> EUR (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="col">km<sup>2</sup></th> <th scope="col">mi<sup>2</sup></th> <th scope="col">Billions EUR (2023)</th> <th scope="col">Share of<br> GDP (%)</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baden-Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stuttgart?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010357510000000000">35,751</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010357510000000000">13,804</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 11,104,040 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 615.071 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 14.92 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 54,339 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Munich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Munich">Munich</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010705500000000000">70,550</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010705500000000000">27,240</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 13,038,724 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 768.469 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 18.65 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 57,343 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008892000000000000">892</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008892000000000000">344</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 3,596,999 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 193.219 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 4.69 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 51,209 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brandenburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Potsdam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010296540000000000">29,654</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010296540000000000">11,449</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 2,534,075 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 97.477 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 2.37 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 37,814 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bremen_(state)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bremen (state)">Bremen</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bremen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008420000000000000">420</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008420000000000000">162</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 693,204 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 39.252 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 0.95 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 56,981 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hamburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hamburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008755000000000000">755</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7008755000000000000">292</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 1,808,846 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 150.575 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 3.65 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 79,176 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hesse?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hesse">Hesse</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wiesbaden?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010211150000000000">21,115</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010211150000000000">8,153</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 6,207,278 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 351.139 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 8.52 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 54,806 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Schwerin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Schwerin">Schwerin</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010232140000000000">23,214</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010232140000000000">8,963</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 1,570,817 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 59.217 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 1.44 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 36,335 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lower_Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lower Saxony">Lower Saxony</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hanover?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hanover">Hanover</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010475930000000000">47,593</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010475930000000000">18,376</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 7,943,265 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 363.109 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 8.81 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 44,531 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010341130000000000">34,113</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010341130000000000">13,171</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 17,890,489 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 839.084 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 20.36 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 46,194 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rhineland-Palatinate">Rhineland-Palatinate</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mainz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mainz">Mainz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010198540000000000">19,854</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010198540000000000">7,666</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 4,094,169 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 174.249 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 4.23 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 41,797 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saarland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saarland">Saarland</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009256900000000000">2,569</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7009256900000000000">992</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 1,006,864 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 41.348 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 1.00 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 41,617 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saxony">Saxony</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dresden?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010184160000000000">18,416</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010184160000000000">7,110</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 4,038,131 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 155.982 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 3.78 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 38,143 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saxony-Anhalt">Saxony-Anhalt</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Magdeburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010204520000000000">20,452</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010204520000000000">7,897</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 2,146,443 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 78.38 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 1.90 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 35,911 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kiel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kiel">Kiel</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010158020000000000">15,802</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010158020000000000">6,101</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 2,927,542 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 118.68 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 2.88 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 40,090 </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Thuringia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Erfurt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010162020000000000">16,202</td> <td style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7010162020000000000">6,256</td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 2,110,396 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 75.909 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 1.84 </div></td> <td> <div style="float:right;"> 35,715 </div></td> </tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th style="text-align:center;">Germany</th> <th><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></th> <th>357,386</th> <th>137,988</th> <th>82,719,540</th> <th>4,121.16</th> <th>100</th> <th>48,750</th> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Law">Law</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Law_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Law of Germany">Law of Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Judiciary_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Judiciary of Germany">Judiciary of Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Law enforcement in Germany">Law enforcement in Germany</a> </div> <p>Germany has a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Civil law (legal system)">civil law system</a> based on <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Roman_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Roman law">Roman law</a> with some references to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germanic_law?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germanic law">Germanic law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_Constitutional_Court_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Constitutional Court of Germany">Bundesverfassungsgericht</a></i></span> (Federal Constitutional Court) is the German Supreme Court responsible for constitutional matters, with power of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Judicial_review?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany's specialized supreme court system includes the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Inquisitorial_system?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Inquisitorial system">inquisitorial</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_Court_of_Justice?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal Court of Justice">Federal Court of Justice</a> for civil and criminal cases, along with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_Labour_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal Labour Court">Federal Labour Court</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_Social_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal Social Court">Federal Social Court</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_Fiscal_Court?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal Fiscal Court">Federal Fiscal Court</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Federal_Administrative_Court_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Federal Administrative Court (Germany)">Federal Administrative Court</a> for other matters.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Criminal and private laws are codified on the national level in the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Strafgesetzbuch">Strafgesetzbuch</a></i></span> and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/B%C3%BCrgerliches_Gesetzbuch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch">Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch</a></i></span> respectively. The German penal system seeks the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rehabilitation_(penology)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rehabilitation (penology)">rehabilitation of the criminal</a> and the protection of the public.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the exceptions of petty crimes, tried by a single professional judge, and of serious political crimes, all charges are adjudicated by mixed tribunals where <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lay_judge?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lay judge">lay judges</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ffe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Schöffe">Schöffen</a></i></span>) and professional judges preside together.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>As of 2016, Germany's murder rate stood at a low of 1.18 murders per 100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the overall <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Crime_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Crime in Germany">crime rate</a> fell to its lowest since 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Same-sex marriage in Germany">Same-sex marriage</a> has been legal in Germany since 2017, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Germany">LGBT rights</a> are generally protected in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Foreign relations of Germany">Foreign relations of Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_(2).jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg/220px-Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="1429"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 121px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg/220px-Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="121" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg/330px-Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg/440px-Group_photo_of_the_G7_members_at_the_Scholss_Elmau_summit_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> Germany hosted the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/2022_G7_summit?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 G7 summit">2022 G7 summit</a> at <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Schloss_Elmau?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Schloss Elmau">Schloss Elmau</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>. </figcaption> </figure> <p>Germany has a network of 227 diplomatic missions abroad<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and maintains relations with more than 190 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany is a member of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/NATO?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="NATO">NATO</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development">OECD</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/G7?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="G7">G7</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/G20?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="G20">G20</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Bank?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="International Monetary Fund">IMF</a>. It has played an influential role in the European Union since its inception and has maintained a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Franco-German_cooperation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-German cooperation">strong alliance with France</a> and all neighbouring countries since 1990. Germany promotes the creation of a more unified European political, economic and security apparatus.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governments of Germany and the United States <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93United_States_relations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germany–United States relations">are close political allies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cultural ties and economic interests have crafted a bond between the two countries resulting in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Atlanticism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Atlanticism">Atlanticism</a>.</p> <p><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 1990, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Russia_relations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germany–Russia relations">Germany and Russia</a> worked together to establish a "strategic partnership" in which <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Energy_development?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Energy development">energy development</a> became one of the most important factors. As a result of the cooperation, Germany imported most of its natural gas and crude oil from Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Germany's development policy functions as a distinct sector within its foreign policy framework. It is formulated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and carried out by the implementing organisations. The German government sees development policy as a joint responsibility of the international community.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the world's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_development_aid_sovereign_state_donors?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of development aid sovereign state donors">second-biggest aid donor</a> in 2019 after the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Military">Military</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bundeswehr?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg/220px-Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1069" data-file-height="586"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 121px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg/220px-Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="121" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg/330px-Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg/440px-Sp%C3%BCrpanzer_Fuchs.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> A German <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/TPz_Fuchs?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="TPz Fuchs">TPz Fuchs</a> armoured personnel carrier </figcaption> </figure> <p>Germany's military, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundeswehr</i></span> (Federal Defence), is organised into the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Army?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Army">Heer</a></i></span> (Army and special forces <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kommando_Spezialkr%C3%A4fte?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kommando Spezialkräfte"><abbr title="Kommando Spezialkräfte">KSK</abbr></a>), <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Navy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Navy">Marine</a></i></span> (Navy), <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Air_Force?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Air Force">Luftwaffe</a></i></span> (Air Force) and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cyber_and_Information_Domain_Service?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cyber and Information Domain Service">Cyber- und Informationsraum</a></i></span> (Cyber and Information Domain Service) branches.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In absolute terms, German military spending in 2023 was the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by military expenditures">seventh-highest in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the 2022 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Russo-Ukrainian War">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that German military expenditure would be increased past the NATO target of 2%, along with a one-time 2022 infusion of 100 billion euros, representing almost double the 53 billion euro military budget for 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, military spending according to NATO criteria amounted to $73.1 billion, or 1.64% of the country's GDP, well below the NATO target of 2%. In 2024, Germany reported $97.7 billion to NATO, exceeding the NATO target of 2% at 2.12% of GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_169-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-:0-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>As of May 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundeswehr</i></span> has a strength of 180,215 active soldiers and 80,761 civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reservists are available to the armed forces and participate in defence exercises and deployments abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-bwzukunft_171-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-bwzukunft-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 2011, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Conscription_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Conscription in Germany">military service was compulsory</a> for men at age 18, but this has been officially suspended and replaced with a voluntary service.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2001 women may serve in all functions of service without restriction.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stockholm_International_Peace_Research_Institute?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stockholm International Peace Research Institute">Stockholm International Peace Research Institute</a>, Germany was the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_arms_exports?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by arms exports">fifth-largest exporter of major arms</a> in the world from 2019 to 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In peacetime, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundeswehr</i></span> is commanded by the Minister of Defence. In <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/State_of_Defence_(Germany)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Defence (Germany)">state of defence</a>, the Chancellor would become commander-in-chief of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundeswehr</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The role of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundeswehr</i></span> is described in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Constitution_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Germany">Constitution of Germany</a> as defensive only. But after a ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court in 1994, the term "defence" has been defined not only to include protection of the borders of Germany, but also crisis reaction and conflict prevention, or more broadly as guarding the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Security?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Security">security</a> of Germany anywhere in the world. As of 2017,<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup> the German military has about 3,600 troops stationed in foreign countries as part of international peacekeeping forces, including about 1,200 supporting operations against <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Daesh?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Daesh">Daesh</a>, 980 in the NATO-led <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Resolute_Support_Mission?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Resolute Support Mission">Resolute Support Mission</a> in Afghanistan, and 800 in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kosovo?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Economy_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Economy of Germany">Economy of Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Science and technology in Germany">Science and technology in Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_German_inventions_and_discoveries?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of German inventions and discoveries">List of German inventions and discoveries</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_(100MP).jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg/220px-Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="13024" data-file-height="7678"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 130px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg/220px-Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="130" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg/330px-Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg/440px-Frankfurter_Altstadt_mit_Skyline_2019_%28100MP%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>, a leading business and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Financial_centre?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Financial centre">financial centre</a> in Europe and the seat of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Central_Bank?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Central Bank">European Central Bank</a><sup id="cite_ref-frankfurt_179-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-frankfurt-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Germany has a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Social_market_economy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Social market economy">social market economy</a> with a highly skilled <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Labour_force?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour force">labour force</a>, a low level of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Corruption_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Corruption in Germany">corruption</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a high level of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Innovation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Innovation">innovation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the world's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by exports">third-largest exporter</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_imports?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by imports">third-largest importer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(nominal)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of sovereign states in Europe by GDP (nominal)">largest economy in Europe by nominal GDP</a>, which is also the world's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">third-largest economy by nominal GDP</a><sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">sixth-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its GDP per capita measured in purchasing power standards amounts to 121% of the EU27 average.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Service_sector_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Service sector in Germany">country's service sector</a> contributes approximately 69% of the total GDP, industry 31%—with Germany having the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_manufacturing_output?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by manufacturing output">largest manufacturing sector in Europe</a>—and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Agriculture_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Agriculture in Germany">agriculture</a> 1% as of 2017<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unemployment rate published by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eurostat?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eurostat">Eurostat</a> amounts to 3.2% as of January 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, which is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_states_by_unemployment_rate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of European Union member states by unemployment rate">fourth-lowest in the EU</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eurostat_185-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Eurostat-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Germany is part of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_single_market?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European single market">European single market</a> which represents more than 450 million consumers.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, the country accounted for 28% of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Eurozone?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Eurozone">eurozone</a> economy according to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-imf.org_187-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-imf.org-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany introduced the common European currency, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Euro?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Euro">euro</a>, in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-euroc_188-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-euroc-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its monetary policy is set by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Central_Bank?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Central Bank">European Central Bank</a>, which is headquartered in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-frankfurt_179-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-frankfurt-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Automotive industry in Germany">automotive industry in Germany</a> is regarded as one of the most competitive and innovative in the world,<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by motor vehicle production">sixth-largest by production</a> as of 2021. Germany is home to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Volkswagen_Group?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Volkswagen Group">Volkswagen Group</a>, the world's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_manufacturers_by_motor_vehicle_production?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of manufacturers by motor vehicle production">second-largest automotive manufacturer</a> by vehicle production.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG/220px-Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5032" data-file-height="2758"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 121px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG/220px-Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="121" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG/330px-Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG/440px-Electromobility_Summit_Berlin_2013_-_Angela_Merkel.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> Then-chancellor <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Angela_Merkel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a> at the 2013 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Electric_vehicle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Electric vehicle">Electromobility</a> Summit in Berlin. All new cars sold in Germany must be <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Zero-emissions_vehicle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Zero-emissions vehicle">zero-emission vehicles</a> from 2035.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The top ten <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_exports_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of exports of Germany">exports of Germany</a> are vehicles, machinery, chemical goods, electronic products, electrical equipments, pharmaceuticals, transport equipments, basic metals, food products, and rubber and plastics.<sup id="cite_ref-Destatis_193-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Destatis-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Of the world's 500 largest stock-market-listed companies measured by revenue in 2023, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fortune_Global_500?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fortune Global 500">Fortune Global 500</a>, 32 are headquartered in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 30 major Germany-based companies are included in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/DAX?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="DAX">DAX</a>, the German stock market index which is operated by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt_Stock_Exchange?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt Stock Exchange">Frankfurt Stock Exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Well-known international brands include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mercedes-Benz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mercedes-Benz">Mercedes-Benz</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BMW?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BMW">BMW</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Volkswagen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Volkswagen">Volkswagen</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Audi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Audi">Audi</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Porsche?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Porsche">Porsche</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Opel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Opel">Opel</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Siemens?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Siemens">Siemens</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Allianz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Allianz">Allianz</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Adidas?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Adidas">Adidas</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Puma_(brand)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Puma (brand)">Puma</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hugo_Boss?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hugo Boss">Hugo Boss</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/SAP_SE?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="SAP SE">SAP SE</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbH?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bosch GmbH">Bosch</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Deutsche Telekom">Deutsche Telekom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> is a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Startup_ecosystem?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Startup ecosystem">hub</a> for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Startup_company?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Startup company">startup companies</a> and has become the leading location for venture capital funded firms in the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany is recognised for its large portion of specialised <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Small_and_medium_enterprises?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Small and medium enterprises">small and medium enterprises</a>, known as the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mittelstand?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mittelstand">Mittelstand</a></i></span> model.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These companies represent 48% of the global market leaders in their segments, labelled <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hidden_champions?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hidden champions">hidden champions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Research_and_development?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Research and development">Research and development</a> efforts form an integral part of the German economy,<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the country <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_research_and_development_spending?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of sovereign states by research and development spending">ranking fourth</a> in research and development expenditure since 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, Germany <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_scientific_and_technical_journal_articles?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by number of scientific and technical journal articles">ranked fourth</a> globally in terms of number of science and engineering research papers published<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and third in the quality-adjusted <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nature_Index?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nature Index">Nature Index</a> in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Research institutions in Germany include the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Max_Planck_Society?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Max Planck Society">Max Planck Society</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Helmholtz_Association_of_German_Research_Centres?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres">Helmholtz Association</a>, and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fraunhofer Society">Fraunhofer Society</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leibniz_Association?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leibniz Association">Leibniz Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany is the largest contributor to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Space_Agency?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany was ranked 9th in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Global_Innovation_Index?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Global Innovation Index">Global Innovation Index</a> in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Transport_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Transport in Germany">Transport in Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Energy_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Energy in Germany">Energy in Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Telecommunications in Germany">Telecommunications in Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Water supply and sanitation in Germany">Water supply and sanitation in Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg/220px-ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg/220px-ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg/330px-ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg/440px-ICE_3_Oberhaider-Wald-Tunnel.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> An <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ICE_3?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="ICE 3">ICE 3</a> train on the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cologne%E2%80%93Frankfurt_high-speed_rail_line?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line">Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line</a>, with operating speed up to 300 km/h (190 mph) </figcaption> </figure> <p>With its central position in Europe, Germany is a transport hub for the continent.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its road network is among the densest in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motorway (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Autobahn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Autobahn">Autobahn</a>) is widely known for having no general federally mandated <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Speed_limits_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Speed limits in Germany">speed limit</a> for some classes of vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-wa_16-09-2013_209-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-wa_16-09-2013-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Intercity_Express?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Intercity Express">Intercity Express</a> or <i>ICE</i> train network serves major German cities as well as destinations in neighbouring countries with speeds up to 300 km/h (190 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest German airports are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt_Airport?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt Airport">Frankfurt Airport</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Munich_Airport?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Munich Airport">Munich Airport</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin Brandenburg Airport">Berlin Brandenburg Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Port_of_Hamburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Port of Hamburg">Port of Hamburg</a> is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_busiest_ports_in_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of busiest ports in Europe">third-busiest port in Europe</a> and one of the twenty <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_world%27s_busiest_container_ports?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of world's busiest container ports">largest container ports in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg/220px-Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg/220px-Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg/330px-Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg/440px-Lisberg_Burg_Windr%C3%A4der_Solar_power_PC313027.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> Windmills behind <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lisberg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lisberg">Lisberg</a> Castle </figcaption> </figure> <p>In 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, Germany was the world's seventh-largest consumer of energy.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuclear_power_plants_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear power plants in Germany">nuclear power plants</a> were phased out in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany meets its power demands using 40% <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Renewable_energy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Renewable energy">renewable sources</a>, and has been called an "early leader" in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Solar_panel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Solar panel">solar</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Offshore_wind_power?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Offshore wind power">offshore wind</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-International_Energy_Agency-2021_216-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-International_Energy_Agency-2021-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country is committed to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Paris_Agreement?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a> and several other treaties promoting biodiversity, low emission standards, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Water_management?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Water management">water management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany's household recycling rate is among the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Recycling_rates_by_country?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Recycling rates by country">highest in the world</a>—at around 65%.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_person?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per person">greenhouse gas emissions per capita</a> were the ninth-highest in the EU in 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, but these numbers have been trending downward.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Energy_transition_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy transition in Germany">German energy transition</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Energiewende</i></span>) is the recognised move to a sustainable economy by means of energy efficiency and renewable energy, with the country being called "the world's first major <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Renewable_energy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Renewable energy">renewable energy</a> economy".<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-International_Energy_Agency-2021_216-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-International_Energy_Agency-2021-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany has reduced its <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Primary_energy_consumption?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary energy consumption">primary energy consumption</a> by 11% between 1990 and 2015<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and set itself goals of reducing it by 30% by 2030 and by 50% by 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tourism_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tourism in Germany">Tourism in Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg/220px-Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2970" data-file-height="1944"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 144px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg/220px-Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="144" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg/330px-Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg/440px-Castle_Neuschwanstein.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neuschwanstein Castle">Neuschwanstein Castle</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Domestic and international travel and tourism combined directly contribute over €105.3 billion to German GDP. Including indirect and induced impacts, the industry supports 4.2 million jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022, Germany is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World Tourism rankings">eighth-most-visited country</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its most popular landmarks include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cologne Cathedral">Cologne Cathedral</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brandenburg Gate">Brandenburg Gate</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reichstag_building?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reichstag building">Reichstag</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dresden_Frauenkirche?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dresden Frauenkirche">Dresden Frauenkirche</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neuschwanstein_Castle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neuschwanstein Castle">Neuschwanstein Castle</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heidelberg_Castle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heidelberg Castle">Heidelberg Castle</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wartburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wartburg">Wartburg</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sanssouci_Palace?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanssouci Palace">Sanssouci Palace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Europa-Park?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Europa-Park">Europa-Park</a> near <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Freiburg_im_Breisgau?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Freiburg im Breisgau">Freiburg</a> is Europe's second-most popular theme park resort.<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Demographics_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Demographics of Germany">Demographics of Germany</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germans?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germans">Germans</a> </div> <p>With a population of 84.7 million according to the 2023 German census,<sup id="cite_ref-231" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany is the most populous country in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Union">European Union</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of European countries by population">second-most populous country in Europe</a> after <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Russia">Russia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-turkey_233-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-turkey-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">nineteenth-most populous country in the world</a>. Its <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_population_density?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density">population density</a> stands at 227 inhabitants per square kilometre (590 inhabitants/sq mi). The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Total_fertility_rate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Total fertility rate">fertility rate</a> of 1.57 children born per woman (2022 estimates) is below the replacement rate of 2.1 and is one of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_fertility_rate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate">lowest fertility rates in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-10" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1970s, Germany's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Death_rate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Death rate">death rate</a> has exceeded its <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Birth_rate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Birth rate">birth rate</a>. However, Germany is witnessing increased birth rates and migration rates since the beginning of the 2010s. Germany has the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_median_age?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by median age">third oldest population in the world</a>, with an average age of 47.4 years.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_7-11" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-CIA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg/220px-Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3052" data-file-height="2289"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg/220px-Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg/330px-Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg/440px-Bilinguale_Stra%C3%9Fenbeschilderung_Cottbus.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> A bilingual street sign in both <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lower_Sorbian_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lower Sorbian language">Lower Sorbian</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cottbus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cottbus">Cottbus</a> (<i>Chóśebuz</i>) in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brandenburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Four sizeable groups of people are referred to as national minorities because their ancestors have lived in their respective regions for centuries:<sup id="cite_ref-BMI_2010_234-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-BMI_2010-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Danes?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Danes">Danish</a> minority in the northernmost state of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-BMI_2010_234-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-BMI_2010-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sorbs?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sorbs">Sorbs</a>, a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Slavic_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic people">Slavic population</a>, are in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lusatia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lusatia">Lusatia</a> region of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Free_State_of_Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Free State of Saxony">Saxony</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brandenburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a>; the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romani_people?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romani people">Roma</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sinti?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sinti">Sinti</a> live throughout the country; and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frisians?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frisians">Frisians</a> are concentrated in Schleswig-Holstein's western coast and in the north-western part of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lower_Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lower Saxony">Lower Saxony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BMI_2010_234-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-BMI_2010-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>After the United States, Germany is the second-most popular <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Immigration_to_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Immigration to Germany">immigration destination</a> in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, following the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="2015 European migrant crisis">2015 refugee crisis</a>, the Population Division of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Nations_Department_of_Economic_and_Social_Affairs?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs">United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs</a> listed Germany as host to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_by_immigrant_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states and dependent territories by immigrant population">second-highest number of international migrants worldwide</a>, about 5% or 12 million of all 244 million migrants.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Refugee crises have resulted in substantial population increases;<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for example, the major influx of Ukrainian immigrants following the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, meaning over 1.06 million refugees from Ukraine were recorded in Germany as of April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, Germany ranks seventh among EU countries in terms of the percentage of migrants in the country's population, at 13.1%.<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, there were 23.8 million people, 28.7 percent of the total population, who had a migration background.<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Germany has a number of large <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of cities and towns in Germany">cities</a>. There are 11 officially recognised <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Metropolitan_regions_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Metropolitan regions in Germany">metropolitan regions</a>. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Germany_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of cities in Germany by population">country's largest city</a> is <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, while its largest urban area is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ruhr?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ruhr">Ruhr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Demographia_241-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Demographia-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1219497266">.mw-parser-output .largestCities-table-background{background:#f9f9f9;color:#222}.mw-parser-output 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Pop.</a></th> <th><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Germany_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of cities in Germany by population">Rank</a></th> <th><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Germany">Name</a></th> <th><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/States_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="States of Germany">State</a></th> <th><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Germany_by_population?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of cities in Germany by population"> Pop.</a></th> <th></th> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Berlin_(32881394137).jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Berlin"> <noscript> <img alt="Berlin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Aerial_view_of_Berlin_%2832881394137%29.jpg/120px-Aerial_view_of_Berlin_%2832881394137%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4026" data-file-height="2679"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 120px;height: 80px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Aerial_view_of_Berlin_%2832881394137%29.jpg/120px-Aerial_view_of_Berlin_%2832881394137%29.jpg" data-alt="Berlin" data-width="120" data-height="80" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Aerial_view_of_Berlin_%2832881394137%29.jpg/180px-Aerial_view_of_Berlin_%2832881394137%29.jpg 1.5x, 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data-height="80" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/HP_L4224.JPG/180px-HP_L4224.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/HP_L4224.JPG/240px-HP_L4224.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span><br><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hamburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,596,999</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Essen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Essen">Essen</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">571,039</td> <td rowspan="11" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Munich"> <noscript> <img alt="Munich" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg/120px-Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4861" data-file-height="3285"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 120px;height: 81px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg/120px-Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg" data-alt="Munich" data-width="120" data-height="81" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg/180px-Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg/240px-Stadtbild_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span><br><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Munich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Munich">Munich</a><br><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_(Zuschnitt).jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Cologne"> <noscript> <img alt="Cologne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg/120px-Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="8569" data-file-height="6639"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 120px;height: 93px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg/120px-Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg" data-alt="Cologne" data-width="120" data-height="93" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg/180px-Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg/240px-Stadtbild_K%C3%B6ln_%28Zuschnitt%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span><br><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cologne?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cologne">Cologne</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hamburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hamburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,808,846</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">12</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dresden?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saxony">Saxony</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">557,782</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Munich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Munich">Munich</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,478,638</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">13</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuremberg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">522,554</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cologne?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cologne">Cologne</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,017,355</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">14</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hanover?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hanover">Hanover</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lower_Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lower Saxony">Lower Saxony</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">513,291</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hesse?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hesse">Hesse</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">743,268</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">15</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Duisburg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Duisburg">Duisburg</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">501,415</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">611,258</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">16</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wuppertal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wuppertal">Wuppertal</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">356,768</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">7</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stuttgart?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baden-Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">610,458</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">17</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bochum?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bochum">Bochum</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">354,288</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leipzig?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saxony?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saxony">Saxony</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">598,899</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">18</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bielefeld?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bielefeld">Bielefeld</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">330,072</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dortmund?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dortmund">Dortmund</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">598,246</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">19</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bonn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bonn">Bonn</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">321,544</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bremen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bremen_(state)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bremen (state)">Bremen</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">575,071</td> <td class="largestCities-cell-background" style="text-align:center;">20</td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mannheim?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mannheim">Mannheim</a></td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baden-Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">313,693</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Religion_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Religion in Germany">Religion in Germany</a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Further information: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Catholic Church in Germany">Catholic Church in Germany</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Evangelical Church in Germany">Evangelical Church in Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="History of the Jews in Germany">History of the Jews in Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:500px_photo_(70560973).jpeg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg/220px-500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1364"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg/220px-500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg/330px-500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg/440px-500px_photo_%2870560973%29.jpeg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cologne_Cathedral?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cologne Cathedral">Cologne Cathedral</a>, a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>According to the 2022 census, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christianity_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianity in Germany">Christianity</a> is the largest religion at 49.7% of the population; 23.1% identified as Protestant and 25.1% as Catholic.<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Islam_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Islam in Germany">Islam</a> is the second-largest religion in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Zensus_2011_244-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Zensus_2011-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2011 census, 1.9% of respondents (1.52 million people) gave their religion as Islam, but this figure is deemed unreliable because a disproportionate number of adherents of this faith (and other religions, such as Judaism) are likely to have made use of their right not to answer the question.<sup id="cite_ref-245" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, there were an estimated 5.3–5.6 million Muslims with a migrant background<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (6.4–6.7% of the population), in addition to an unknown number of Muslims without a migrant background.<sup id="cite_ref-BAMF2020_246-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-BAMF2020-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the Muslims are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sunni_Islam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sunni Islam">Sunnis</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alevism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alevism">Alevis</a> from Turkey, but there are a small number of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Shia_Islam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Shia Islam">Shi'ites</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ahmadiyya?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ahmadiyya">Ahmadiyyas</a> and other denominations. Other religions each comprise less than one percent of Germany's population.<sup id="cite_ref-Zensus_2011_244-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Zensus_2011-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 2011, formal members of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="History of the Jews in Germany">Jewish community</a> represented no more than 0.2% of the total German population, and 60% of them resided in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An estimated 80 to 90 percent of these Jews in Germany are Russian-speaking immigrants from the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Post-Soviet_states?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Post-Soviet states">former Soviet Union</a>, who came to Germany from the 1980s onwards.<sup id="cite_ref-249" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>A study in 2023 estimated that 46.2% of the population are not members of any religious organization or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Religious_denomination?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Religious denomination">denomination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Irreligion_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Irreligion in Germany">Irreligion in Germany</a> is strongest in the former <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>, which used to be predominantly Protestant before the enforcement of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/State_atheism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="State atheism">state atheism</a>, and in major metropolitan areas.<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-georgetown1_253-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-georgetown1-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German language</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Languages_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Languages of Germany">Languages of Germany</a> </div> <p>German is the official and predominantly spoken language in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-Eurobarometer_Languages_254-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Eurobarometer_Languages-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of 24 official and working languages of the European Union, and one of the three <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Languages of the European Union">procedural languages</a> of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Commission?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Commission">European Commission</a>, alongside English and French.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German is the most widely spoken first language in the European Union, with around 100 million native speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-256" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Recognised native minority languages in Germany are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Danish_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Danish language">Danish</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Low_German?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Low German">Low German</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Low_Rhenish?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Low Rhenish">Low Rhenish</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sorbian_languages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sorbian languages">Sorbian</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romani_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romani language">Romani</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Frisian_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Frisian language">North Frisian</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Saterland_Frisian_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Saterland Frisian language">Saterland Frisian</a>; they are officially protected by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Charter_for_Regional_or_Minority_Languages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages">European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages</a>. The most used immigrant languages are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Turkish_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arabic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Arabic">Arabic</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kurdish_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Polish_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Polish language">Polish</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Italian_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Greek_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Greek language">Greek</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Spanish_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Serbo-Croatian?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Serbo-Croatian">Serbo-Croatian</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bulgarian_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a> and other <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Balkan_languages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan languages">Balkan languages</a>, as well as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Russian_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Russian language">Russian</a>. Germans are typically multilingual: 67% of German citizens claim to be able to communicate in at least one foreign language and 27% in at least two.<sup id="cite_ref-Eurobarometer_Languages_254-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Eurobarometer_Languages-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Education">Education</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Education_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Education in Germany">Education in Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg/220px-Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2068" data-file-height="1680"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 179px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg/220px-Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="179" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg/330px-Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg/440px-Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heidelberg_University?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heidelberg University">Heidelberg University</a>, Germany's oldest institution of higher learning and generally considered one of its most renowned </figcaption> </figure> <p>Responsibility for educational supervision in Germany is primarily organised within the individual <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/States_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="States of Germany">states</a>. Optional <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kindergarten?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kindergarten">kindergarten</a> education is provided for all children between three and six years old, after which <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Schulpflicht?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Schulpflicht">school attendance is compulsory</a> for at least nine years depending on the state. Primary education usually lasts for four to six years.<sup id="cite_ref-ED_257-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-ED-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Secondary schooling is divided into tracks based on whether students pursue <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/College-preparatory_school?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="College-preparatory school">academic</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vocational_education?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vocational education">vocational education</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A system of apprenticeship called <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dual_education_system?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dual education system">Duale Ausbildung</a></i></span> leads to a skilled qualification which is almost comparable to an academic degree. It allows students in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vocational_training?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocational training">vocational training</a> to learn in a company as well as in a state-run trade school.<sup id="cite_ref-ED_257-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-ED-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This model is well regarded and reproduced all around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Most of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of universities in Germany">German universities</a> are public institutions, and students traditionally study without fee payment.<sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The general requirement for attending university is the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Abitur?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Abitur">Abitur</a></i></span>. According to an OECD report in 2014, Germany is the world's third leading destination for international study.<sup id="cite_ref-261" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The established universities in Germany include some of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in_continuous_operation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of oldest universities in continuous operation">oldest in the world</a>, with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heidelberg_University?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heidelberg University">Heidelberg University</a> (established in 1386), <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leipzig_University?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leipzig University">Leipzig University</a> (established in 1409) and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/University_of_Rostock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="University of Rostock">University of Rostock</a> (established in 1419) being the oldest.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Humboldt_University_of_Berlin?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Humboldt University of Berlin">Humboldt University of Berlin</a>, founded in 1810 by the liberal educational reformer <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Humboldt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wilhelm von Humboldt">Wilhelm von Humboldt</a>, became the academic <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Humboldtian_model_of_higher_education?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Humboldtian model of higher education">model for many Western universities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-263" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the contemporary era Germany has developed eleven <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Universities_Excellence_Initiative?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Universities Excellence Initiative">Universities of Excellence</a>.</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Health">Health</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Healthcare_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Healthcare in Germany">Healthcare in Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG/220px-Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2432"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG/220px-Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG/330px-Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG/440px-Heiligen-Geist-Hospital_in_L%C3%BCbeck.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> The Hospital of the Holy Spirit in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a>, established in 1286, is a precursor to modern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hospital?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hospital">hospitals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-265" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Germany's system of hospitals, called <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Krankenhäuser</i></span>, dates from medieval times, and today, Germany has the world's oldest <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Universal_health_care?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Universal health care">universal health care</a> system, dating from <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Social_legislation" title="Otto von Bismarck">Bismarck's social legislation</a> of the 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-266" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1880s, reforms and provisions have ensured a balanced health care system. The population is covered by a health insurance plan provided by statute, with criteria allowing some groups to opt for a private health insurance contract. According to the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Health_Organization?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO), Germany's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Health_care_system?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care system">health care system</a> was 77% government-funded and 23% privately funded as of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-health_267-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-health-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Germany spent 11.3% of its GDP on health care.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Germany ranked 21st in the world in 2019 in life expectancy with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by life expectancy">78.7 years for men and 84.8 years for women</a> according to the WHO, and it had a very low <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Infant_mortality_rate?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Infant mortality rate">infant mortality rate</a> (4 per 1,000 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Live_birth_(human)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Live birth (human)">live births</a>). In 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, the principal cause of death was cardiovascular disease, at 37%.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Obesity_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Obesity in Germany">Obesity in Germany</a> has been increasingly cited as a major health issue. A 2014 study showed that 52 percent of the adult German population was overweight or obese.<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Culture_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Culture of Germany">Culture of Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg/220px-Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1575"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg/220px-Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg/330px-Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg/440px-Striezelmarkt_2009_00950.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> A German <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christmas_market?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Christmas market">Christmas market</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dresden?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dresden">Dresden</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Culture in German states has been shaped by major intellectual and popular currents in Europe, both religious and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secularism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secularism">secular</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Science and technology in Germany">its scientists</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_literature?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German literature">writers</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_philosophy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German philosophy">philosophers</a> have played a significant role in the development of Western thought.<sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Global opinion polls from the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BBC?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BBC">BBC</a> revealed that Germany is recognised for having the most positive influence in the world in 2013 and 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Germany is well known for such folk festivals as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oktoberfest?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Oktoberfest">Oktoberfest</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Weihnachten?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Weihnachten">Christmas customs</a>, which include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Advent_wreath?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Advent wreath">Advent wreaths</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nativity_play?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nativity play">Christmas pageants</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Christmas_tree?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Christmas tree">Christmas trees</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Stollen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Stollen">Stollen</a> cakes, and other practices.<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/UNESCO?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> inscribed <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites in Germany">54 properties in Germany on the World Heritage List</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are a number of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Public holidays in Germany">public holidays in Germany</a> determined by each state; 3 October has been a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_day?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National day">national day</a> of Germany since 1990, celebrated as the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Tag der Deutschen Einheit</i></span> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Unity_Day?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Unity Day">German Unity Day</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Music">Music</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Music_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Music of Germany">Music of Germany</a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> See also: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Opera_in_German?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Opera in German">Opera in German</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg/220px-Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4330" data-file-height="5389"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 274px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg/220px-Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="274" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg/330px-Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg/440px-Joseph_Karl_Stieler%27s_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a>, one of the most famed composers of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Classical_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, was born in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bonn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bonn">Bonn</a> in 1770. </figcaption> </figure> <p>German <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Classical_music_era?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical music era">classical music</a> includes works by some of the world's most well-known composers. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dieterich_Buxtehude?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dieterich Buxtehude">Dieterich Buxtehude</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="George Frideric Handel">Georg Friedrich Händel</a> were influential composers of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baroque_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baroque music">Baroque period</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> was a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romantic_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romantic music">Romantic</a> eras. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Carl_Maria_von_Weber?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Carl Maria von Weber">Carl Maria von Weber</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Felix Mendelssohn">Felix Mendelssohn</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Robert_Schumann?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Robert Schumann">Robert Schumann</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Johannes_Brahms?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Johannes Brahms">Johannes Brahms</a> were significant Romantic composers. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Richard_Wagner?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Richard Wagner">Richard Wagner</a> was known for his operas. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Richard_Strauss?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Richard Strauss">Richard Strauss</a> was a leading composer of the late Romantic and early <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/20th-century_classical_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="20th-century classical music">modern</a> eras. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Karlheinz_Stockhausen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Karlheinz Stockhausen">Karlheinz Stockhausen</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wolfgang_Rihm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wolfgang Rihm">Wolfgang Rihm</a> are important composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 2013, Germany was the second-largest music market in Europe, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_largest_recorded_music_markets?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of largest recorded music markets">fourth-largest in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German popular music of the 20th and 21st centuries includes the movements of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_Welle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neue Deutsche Welle">Neue Deutsche Welle</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pop_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pop music">pop</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ostrock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrock">Ostrock</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heavy_metal_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a>/<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_rock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German rock">rock</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_punk?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German punk">punk</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pop_rock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Indie_rock?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Indie rock">indie</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Volksmusik?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Volksmusik">Volksmusik</a> (folk music), <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Schlager_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Schlager music">schlager pop</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_hip_hop?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German hip hop">German hip hop</a>. German <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Electronic_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Electronic music">electronic music</a> gained global influence, with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kraftwerk?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Kraftwerk">Kraftwerk</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tangerine_Dream?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tangerine Dream">Tangerine Dream</a> pioneering in this genre.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DJs and artists of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Techno?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Techno">techno</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/House_music?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="House music">house music</a> scenes of Germany have become well known (e.g. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Paul_van_Dyk?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Paul van Dyk">Paul van Dyk</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Felix_Jaehn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Felix Jaehn">Felix Jaehn</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Paul_Kalkbrenner?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Paul Kalkbrenner">Paul Kalkbrenner</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Robin_Schulz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Robin Schulz">Robin Schulz</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Scooter_(band)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Scooter (band)">Scooter</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-281" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Art,_design_and_architecture"><span id="Art.2C_design_and_architecture"></span>Art, design and architecture</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_art?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German art">German art</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Architecture_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Architecture of Germany">Architecture of Germany</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_fashion?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German 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Friedrich</a>, <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wanderer above the Sea of Fog">Wanderer above the Sea of Fog</a></i> (1818) </div> </div> <div class="tsingle" style="width:157px;max-width:157px"> <div class="thumbimage"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Franz_Marc_020.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Franz_Marc_020.jpg/155px-Franz_Marc_020.jpg" decoding="async" width="155" height="168" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="2199"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 155px;height: 168px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Franz_Marc_020.jpg/155px-Franz_Marc_020.jpg" data-alt="" data-width="155" data-height="168" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Franz_Marc_020.jpg/233px-Franz_Marc_020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Franz_Marc_020.jpg/310px-Franz_Marc_020.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Franz_Marc?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Franz Marc">Franz Marc</a>, <i>Roe Deer in the Forest</i> (1914) </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>German painters have influenced <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Art_of_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Art of Europe">Western art</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Albrecht Dürer">Albrecht Dürer</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hans_Holbein_the_Younger?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hans Holbein the Younger">Hans Holbein the Younger</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Matthias_Gr%C3%BCnewald?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Matthias Grünewald">Matthias Grünewald</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Lucas Cranach the Elder">Lucas Cranach the Elder</a> were important German artists of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Renaissance?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Johann_Baptist_Zimmermann?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Johann Baptist Zimmermann">Johann Baptist Zimmermann</a> of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baroque?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baroque">Baroque</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Caspar_David_Friedrich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Caspar David Friedrich">Caspar David Friedrich</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Carl_Spitzweg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Carl Spitzweg">Carl Spitzweg</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romanticism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romanticism">Romanticism</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Max_Liebermann?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Max Liebermann">Max Liebermann</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Impressionism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Impressionism">Impressionism</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Max_Ernst?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Max Ernst">Max Ernst</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Surrealism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Surrealism">Surrealism</a>. Several German art groups formed in the 20th century; <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCcke?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Die Brücke">Die Brücke</a></i></span> (The Bridge) and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Der_Blaue_Reiter?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Der Blaue Reiter">Der Blaue Reiter</a></i></span> (The Blue Rider) influenced the development of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Expressionism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="German Expressionism">expressionism</a> in Munich and Berlin. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_Objectivity?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New Objectivity">New Objectivity</a> arose in response to expressionism during the Weimar Republic. After World War II, broad trends in German art include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Neo-expressionism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Neo-expressionism">neo-expressionism</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_Leipzig_School?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New Leipzig School">New Leipzig School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-groveart_282-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-groveart-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>German designers became early leaders of modern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Product_design?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Product design">product design</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-283" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_Fashion_Week?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin Fashion Week">Berlin Fashion Week</a> and the fashion trade fair <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bread_%26_Butter_(tradeshow)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bread & Butter (tradeshow)">Bread & Butter</a> are held twice a year.<sup id="cite_ref-284" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-284"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Architectural contributions from Germany include the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Carolingian_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Carolingian architecture">Carolingian</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ottonian_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ottonian architecture">Ottonian</a> styles, which were precursors of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romanesque_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brick_Gothic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brick Gothic">Brick Gothic</a> is a distinctive medieval style that evolved in Germany. Also in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Renaissance_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Baroque_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque</a> art, regional and typically German elements evolved (e.g. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Weser_Renaissance?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Weser Renaissance">Weser Renaissance</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-groveart_282-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-groveart-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vernacular_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vernacular architecture">Vernacular architecture</a> in Germany is often identified by its <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fachwerkhaus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Fachwerkhaus">timber framing</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Fachwerk</i></span>) traditions and varies across regions, and among carpentry styles.<sup id="cite_ref-Heinrich_Stiewe_2007_285-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Heinrich_Stiewe_2007-285"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When industrialisation spread across Europe, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Classicism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Classicism">classicism</a> and a distinctive style of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Historicism_(art)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Historicism (art)">historicism</a> developed in Germany, sometimes referred to as <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnderzeit?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gründerzeit">Gründerzeit</a></i></span> <i>style</i>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Expressionist_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Expressionist architecture">Expressionist architecture</a> developed in the 1910s in Germany and influenced <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Art_Deco?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> and other modern styles. Germany was particularly important in the early <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Modern_architecture?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Modern architecture">modernist movement</a>: it is the home of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deutscher_Werkbund?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Deutscher Werkbund">Werkbund</a> initiated by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hermann_Muthesius?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hermann Muthesius">Hermann Muthesius</a> (<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_Objectivity_(architecture)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New Objectivity (architecture)">New Objectivity</a>), and of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bauhaus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bauhaus">Bauhaus</a> movement founded by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Walter_Gropius?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Walter Gropius">Walter Gropius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-groveart_282-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-groveart-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ludwig Mies van der Rohe">Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</a> became one of the world's most renowned architects in the second half of the 20th century; he conceived of the glass façade <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Skyscraper?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Skyscraper">skyscraper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renowned contemporary <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_German_architects?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of German architects">architects</a> and offices include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pritzker_Prize?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Pritzker Prize">Pritzker Prize</a> winners <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gottfried_B%C3%B6hm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gottfried Böhm">Gottfried Böhm</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frei_Otto?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frei Otto">Frei Otto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Literature_and_philosophy">Literature and philosophy</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_literature?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German literature">German literature</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_philosophy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German philosophy">German philosophy</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Grimm.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Grimm.jpg/220px-Grimm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="253" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="694" data-file-height="799"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 253px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Grimm.jpg/220px-Grimm.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="253" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Grimm.jpg/330px-Grimm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Grimm.jpg/440px-Grimm.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brothers_Grimm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brothers Grimm">Brothers Grimm</a>, who collected popular German folk tales and published them in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Grimms' Fairy Tales">a collection</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>German literature can be traced back to the Middle Ages and the works of writers such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Walther_von_der_Vogelweide?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Walther von der Vogelweide">Walther von der Vogelweide</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wolfram_von_Eschenbach?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wolfram von Eschenbach">Wolfram von Eschenbach</a>. Well-known German authors include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Friedrich Schiller">Friedrich Schiller</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing">Gotthold Ephraim Lessing</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Theodor_Fontane?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Theodor Fontane">Theodor Fontane</a>. The collections of folk tales published by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Brothers_Grimm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Brothers Grimm">Brothers Grimm</a> popularised <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_folklore?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German folklore">German folklore</a> on an international level.<sup id="cite_ref-D99ff_288-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-D99ff-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Grimms also gathered and codified regional variants of the German language, grounding their work in historical principles; their <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deutsches_W%C3%B6rterbuch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Deutsches Wörterbuch">Deutsches Wörterbuch</a></i></span>, or German Dictionary, sometimes called the Grimm dictionary, was begun in 1838 and the first volumes published in 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-DWBhistory_289-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-DWBhistory-289"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Influential authors of the 20th century include <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gerhart_Hauptmann?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gerhart Hauptmann">Gerhart Hauptmann</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Thomas_Mann?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Thomas Mann">Thomas Mann</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hermann_Hesse?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hermann Hesse">Hermann Hesse</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heinrich_B%C3%B6ll?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heinrich Böll">Heinrich Böll</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Günter Grass">Günter Grass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-290" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German book market is the third-largest in the world, after the United States and China.<sup id="cite_ref-291" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt_Book_Fair?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt Book Fair">Frankfurt Book Fair</a> is the most important in the world for international deals and trading, with a tradition spanning over 500 years.<sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leipzig_Book_Fair?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Leipzig Book Fair">Leipzig Book Fair</a> also retains a major position in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>German philosophy is historically significant: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gottfried_Leibniz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Gottfried Leibniz">Gottfried Leibniz</a>'s contributions to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rationalism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rationalism">rationalism</a>; the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Age of Enlightenment">enlightenment</a> philosophy by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Immanuel_Kant?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Immanuel Kant">Immanuel Kant</a>; the establishment of classical <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_idealism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German idealism">German idealism</a> by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Johann_Gottlieb_Fichte?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Johann Gottlieb Fichte">Johann Gottlieb Fichte</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel">Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Joseph_Schelling?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling">Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Arthur Schopenhauer">Arthur Schopenhauer</a>'s composition of metaphysical pessimism; the formulation of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Communist_theory?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist theory">communist theory</a> by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Karl_Marx?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Karl Marx">Karl Marx</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Friedrich_Engels?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Friedrich Engels">Friedrich Engels</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Friedrich Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a>'s development of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Perspectivism?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Perspectivism">perspectivism</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gottlob_Frege?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gottlob Frege">Gottlob Frege</a>'s contributions to the dawn of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Analytic_philosophy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Analytic philosophy">analytic philosophy</a>; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Martin_Heidegger?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Martin Heidegger">Martin Heidegger</a>'s works on Being; <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Oswald_Spengler?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Oswald Spengler">Oswald Spengler</a>'s historical philosophy; and the development of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurt_School?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurt School">Frankfurt School</a> have all been very influential.<sup id="cite_ref-294" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Media">Media</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main articles: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Media_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Germany">Media of Germany</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cinema_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cinema of Germany">Cinema of Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg/220px-Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg/220px-Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg/330px-Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg/440px-Filmstudio_Babelsberg_Eingang.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Babelsberg_Studio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Babelsberg Studio">Babelsberg Studio</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Potsdam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The largest internationally operating <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mass_media?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mass media">media</a> companies in Germany are <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bertelsmann?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bertelsmann">Bertelsmann</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Axel_Springer_AG?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Axel Springer AG">Axel Springer SE</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ProSiebenSat.1_Media?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="ProSiebenSat.1 Media">ProSiebenSat.1 Media</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Television_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Television in Germany">Germany's television market</a> is the largest in Europe, with over 38 million TV households as of 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-295" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 90% of German households have cable or satellite TV, with a variety of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Public_broadcasting?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Germany" title="Public broadcasting">free-to-view public</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Commercial_broadcasting?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Commercial broadcasting">commercial</a> channels.<sup id="cite_ref-media_296-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-media-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are more than <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of radio stations in Germany">300 public and private radio stations in Germany</a>; Germany's national radio network is the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deutschlandradio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Deutschlandradio">Deutschlandradio</a> and the public <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deutsche_Welle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Deutsche Welle">Deutsche Welle</a> is the main German radio and television broadcaster in foreign languages.<sup id="cite_ref-media_296-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-media-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany's print market of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of newspapers in Germany">newspapers</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_magazines_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of magazines in Germany">magazines</a> is the largest in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-media_296-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-media-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The papers with the highest circulation are <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bild?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bild">Bild</a></i></span>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/S%C3%BCddeutsche_Zeitung?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Süddeutsche Zeitung">Süddeutsche Zeitung</a></i></span>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frankfurter_Allgemeine_Zeitung?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung">Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</a></i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Die_Welt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Die Welt">Die Welt</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-media_296-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-media-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest magazines include <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ADAC_Motorwelt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="ADAC Motorwelt">ADAC Motorwelt</a></i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Der_Spiegel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Der Spiegel">Der Spiegel</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-media_296-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-media-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Germany has <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Video_gaming_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Video gaming in Germany">a large video gaming market</a>, with over 34 million players nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-297" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gamescom?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gamescom">Gamescom</a> is the world's largest <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gaming_convention?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gaming convention">gaming convention</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film. The first works of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Max_Skladanowsky?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Max Skladanowsky">Skladanowsky Brothers</a> were shown to an audience in 1895. The renowned <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Babelsberg_Studio?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Babelsberg Studio">Babelsberg Studio</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Potsdam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a> was established in 1912, thus being the first large-scale film studio in the world. Early German cinema was particularly influential with <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_expressionist_cinema?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German expressionist cinema">German expressionists</a> such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Robert_Wiene?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Robert Wiene">Robert Wiene</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Murnau?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau">Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau</a>. Director <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fritz_Lang?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fritz Lang">Fritz Lang</a>'s <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Metropolis (1927 film)">Metropolis</a></i> (1927) is referred to as the first major science-fiction film. After 1945, many of the films of the immediate post-war period can be characterised as <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rubble_film?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubble film">Trümmerfilm</a></i></span> (rubble film). East German film was dominated by the state-owned film studio <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/DEFA_(film_studio)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="DEFA (film studio)">DEFA</a>, while the dominant genre in West Germany was the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Heimatfilm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Heimatfilm">Heimatfilm</a></i></span> ("homeland film").<sup id="cite_ref-299" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1970s and 1980s, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/New_German_Cinema?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="New German Cinema">New German Cinema</a> directors such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Volker_Schl%C3%B6ndorff?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Volker Schlöndorff">Volker Schlöndorff</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Werner_Herzog?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Werner Herzog">Werner Herzog</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wim_Wenders?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wim Wenders">Wim Wenders</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rainer_Werner_Fassbinder?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rainer Werner Fassbinder">Rainer Werner Fassbinder</a> brought West German auteur cinema to critical acclaim.</p> <p>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film">Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</a> ("Oscar") went to the German production <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Tin_Drum_(film)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Tin Drum (film)">The Tin Drum</a></i> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Die Blechtrommel</i></span>) in 1979, to <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nowhere_in_Africa?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nowhere in Africa">Nowhere in Africa</a></i> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Nirgendwo in Afrika</i></span>) in 2002, and to <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The Lives of Others">The Lives of Others</a></i> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Das Leben der Anderen</i></span>) in 2007. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_German-speaking_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of German-speaking Academy Award winners and nominees">Various Germans</a> won an Oscar for their performances in other films. The annual <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Film_Award?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="European Film Award">European Film Awards</a> ceremony is held every other year in Berlin, home of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Film_Academy?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Film Academy">European Film Academy</a>. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Berlin_International_Film_Festival?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Berlin International Film Festival">Berlin International Film Festival</a>, known as "Berlinale", awarding the "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Golden_Bear?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Golden Bear">Golden Bear</a>" and held annually since 1951, is one of the world's leading <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Film_festival?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Film festival">film festivals</a>. The "Lolas" are annually awarded in Berlin, at the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Deutscher_Filmpreis?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutscher Filmpreis">German Film Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_cuisine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German cuisine">German cuisine</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:BavarianLunch.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BavarianLunch.jpg/220px-BavarianLunch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1361" data-file-height="1815"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BavarianLunch.jpg/220px-BavarianLunch.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BavarianLunch.jpg/330px-BavarianLunch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BavarianLunch.jpg/440px-BavarianLunch.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> Bavarian <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bratwurst?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bratwurst">Bratwurst</a> with mustard, a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pretzel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pretzel">pretzel</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Beer_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Beer in Germany">German beer</a> </figcaption> </figure> <p>German cuisine varies from region to region and often neighbouring regions share some culinary similarities, including with the southern regions of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bavarian_cuisine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bavarian cuisine">Bavaria</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Swabian_cuisine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Swabian cuisine">Swabia</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Switzerland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Austria">Austria</a>. International varieties such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pizza?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pizza">pizza</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sushi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sushi">sushi</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chinese_food?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese food">Chinese food</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Greek_cuisine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Greek cuisine">Greek food</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Indian_cuisine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Indian cuisine">Indian cuisine</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doner_kebab?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Doner kebab">doner kebab</a> are popular.</p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_cuisine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Bread" title="German cuisine">Bread</a> is a significant part of German cuisine and German bakeries produce about 600 main types of bread and 1,200 types of pastries and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bread_roll?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bread roll">rolls</a> (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Brötchen</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_German_cheeses?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of German cheeses">German cheeses</a> account for about 22% of all cheese produced in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-302" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-302"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012 over 99% of all meat produced in Germany was either pork, chicken or beef. Germans produce their ubiquitous sausages in almost 1,500 varieties, including <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bratwurst?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bratwurst">Bratwursts</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Weisswurst?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Weisswurst">Weisswursts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The national alcoholic drink is <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Beer_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Beer in Germany">beer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German beer consumption per person stands at 110 litres (24 imp gal; 29 US gal) in 2013 and remains among the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of countries by beer consumption per capita">highest in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Reinheitsgebot?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Reinheitsgebot">German beer purity regulations</a> date back to the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_wine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German wine">Wine</a> has become popular in many parts of the country, especially close to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_German_wine_regions?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of German wine regions">German wine regions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-307" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-307"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, Germany was the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wine_production?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by wine production">ninth-largest wine producer in the world</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The 2018 <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Michelin_Guide?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Michelin Guide">Michelin Guide</a></i> awarded <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_Michelin_starred_restaurants?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Michelin starred restaurants">eleven restaurants in Germany three stars</a>, giving the country a cumulative total of 300 stars.<sup id="cite_ref-309" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sport_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sport in Germany">Sport in Germany</a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"> <noscript> <img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg/220px-Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3101" data-file-height="1611"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 114px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg/220px-Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="114" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg/330px-Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg/440px-Germany_champions_2014_FIFA_World_Cup.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a> <figcaption> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany_national_football_team?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germany national football team">German national football team</a> after winning the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> for the fourth time in 2014 </figcaption> </figure> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Football_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Football in Germany">Football</a> is the most popular sport in Germany. With more than 7 million official members, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_Football_Association?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German Football Association">German Football Association</a> (<i>Deutscher Fußball-Bund</i>) is the largest single-sport organisation worldwide,<sup id="cite_ref-310" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the German top league, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bundesliga?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a>, attracts the second-highest <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_attendance_figures_at_domestic_professional_sports_leagues?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues">average attendance</a> of all professional sports leagues in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-311" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany_national_football_team?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germany national football team">German men's national football team</a> won the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> in 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-312" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-312"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> in 1972, 1980 and 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a> in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-314" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-314"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Germany is one of the leading <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Motorsport_in_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorsport in Germany">motor sports</a> countries in the world. Constructors like <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/BMW?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="BMW">BMW</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mercedes-Benz?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mercedes-Benz">Mercedes</a> are prominent manufacturers in motor sport. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Porsche?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Porsche">Porsche</a> has won the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a> race 19 times, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Audi?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Audi">Audi</a> 13 times (as of April 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title%3DGermany%26action%3Dedit">[update]</a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The driver <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Michael_Schumacher?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a> has set many motor sport records during his career, having won seven <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions">Formula One World Drivers' Championships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-316"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> is also among the most successful <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Formula_One?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> drivers of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-317" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-317"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany_at_the_Olympics?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Germany at the Olympics">German athletes</a> historically have been successful contenders in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Olympic_Games?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a>, ranking third in an <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/All-time_Olympic_Games_medal_count?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="All-time Olympic Games medal count">all-time Olympic Games medal count</a> when combining <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/East_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="East Germany">East</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/West_German?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="West German">West German</a> medals prior to <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_reunification?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German reunification">German reunification</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-318" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-318"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1936 Berlin hosted the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="1936 Summer Olympics">Summer Games</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1936_Winter_Olympics?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="1936 Winter Olympics">Winter Games</a> in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Garmisch-Partenkirchen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Garmisch-Partenkirchen">Garmisch-Partenkirchen</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Munich?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Munich">Munich</a> hosted the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="1972 Summer Olympics">Summer Games of 1972</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-319" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-319"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELarge2007337_320-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-FOOTNOTELarge2007337-320"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> </div> <section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <style 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class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span> <noscript> <img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/32px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="19" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 32px;height: 19px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/32px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" data-alt="flag" data-width="32" data-height="19" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/48px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/64px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Portal:Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Portal:Germany">Germany portal</a></span></li> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span> <noscript> <img alt="map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/28px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="541"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 28px;height: 28px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/28px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" data-alt="map" data-width="28" data-height="28" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/42px-Europe_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From 1952 to 1990, the entire "Das Lied der Deutschen" was the national anthem, but only the third verse was sung on official occasions. Since 1991, the third verse alone has been the national anthem.<sup id="cite_ref-PresidentsOffice_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-PresidentsOffice-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Berlin is the sole constitutional capital and <i>de jure</i> seat of government, but the former provisional capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bonn?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Bonn">Bonn</a>, has the special title of "federal city" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundesstadt</i></span>) and is the primary seat of six ministries.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Danish_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Danish language">Danish</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Low_German?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Low German">Low German</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sorbian_languages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sorbian languages">Sorbian</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romani_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romani language">Romani</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Frisian_languages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Frisian languages">Frisian</a> are recognised by the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Charter_for_Regional_or_Minority_Languages?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages">European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Bundesrat is sometimes referred to as an upper chamber of the German legislature. This is technically incorrect, since the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">German Constitution</a> defines the Bundestag and Bundesrat as two separate legislative institutions. Hence, the federal legislature of Germany consists of two unicameral legislative institutions, not one bicameral parliament.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Deutschland</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a>)</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈdɔʏtʃlant]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/8\/8c\/De-Deutschland.ogg\/De-Deutschland.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"De-Deutschland.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/De-Deutschland.ogg/De-Deutschland.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:De-Deutschland.ogg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="File:De-Deutschland.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundesrepublik Deutschland</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/German_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="German language">German</a>)</span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">German:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈdɔʏtʃlant]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:De-Bundesrepublik_Deutschland.ogg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="File:De-Bundesrepublik Deutschland.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li id="cite_note-turkey-233"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-turkey_233-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Excluding <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Turkey?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, which only has 3% of its total territory in Europe along with some 10% of its population<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li id="cite_note-247"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-247">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A migrant background was defined as having been born or having at least one parent born in a country from a prespecified list of countries with a significant Muslim population, or as having citizenship or having at least one parent with citizenship of one of these countries.<sup id="cite_ref-BAMF2020_246-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-BAMF2020-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span 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Harvard University Press. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://archive.org/details/germany00hage/page/4">4</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-80688-7?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-80688-7"><bdi>978-0-674-80688-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Germany%3A+A+New+History&rft.pages=4&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-674-80688-7&rft.aulast=Schulze&rft.aufirst=Hagen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgermany00hage%2Fpage%2F4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLloydLührSpringer1998" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Lloyd, Albert L.; Lühr, Rosemarie; Springer, Otto (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://books.google.com/books?id%3DiKfYGNwwNVIC%26pg%3DPA523"><i>Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen, Band II</i></a> (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 699–704. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-525-20768-0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-525-20768-0"><bdi>978-3-525-20768-0</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911012455/https://books.google.com/books?id%3DiKfYGNwwNVIC%26pg%3DPA523">Archived</a> from the original on 11 September 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Etymologisches+W%C3%B6rterbuch+des+Althochdeutschen%2C+Band+II&rft.pages=699-704&rft.pub=Vandenhoeck+%26+Ruprecht&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-3-525-20768-0&rft.aulast=Lloyd&rft.aufirst=Albert+L.&rft.au=L%C3%BChr%2C+Rosemarie&rft.au=Springer%2C+Otto&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DiKfYGNwwNVIC%26pg%3DPA523&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span> (for <span title="Old High German (ca. 750-1050)-language text"><i lang="goh">diutisc</i></span>). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLloydLührSpringer1998" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Lloyd, Albert L.; Lühr, Rosemarie; Springer, Otto (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://books.google.com/books?id%3DiKfYGNwwNVIC%26pg%3DPA516"><i>Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen, Band II</i></a> (in German). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. pp. 685–686. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-525-20768-0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-525-20768-0"><bdi>978-3-525-20768-0</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916000730/https://books.google.com/books?id%3DiKfYGNwwNVIC%26pg%3DPA516">Archived</a> from the original on 16 September 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Etymologisches+W%C3%B6rterbuch+des+Althochdeutschen%2C+Band+II&rft.pages=685-686&rft.pub=Vandenhoeck+%26+Ruprecht&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-3-525-20768-0&rft.aulast=Lloyd&rft.aufirst=Albert+L.&rft.au=L%C3%BChr%2C+Rosemarie&rft.au=Springer%2C+Otto&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DiKfYGNwwNVIC%26pg%3DPA516&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span> (for <span title="Old High German (ca. 750-1050)-language text"><i lang="goh">diot</i></span>).</span></li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcRae2019" class="citation news cs1">McRae, Mike (6 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-of-a-new-11-million-year-old-ancestor-reveals-how-humans-began-to-walk">"We Just Found an 11-Million-Year-Old Ancestor That Hints How Humans Began to Walk"</a>. <i>ScienceAlert</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507215803/https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-of-a-new-11-million-year-old-ancestor-reveals-how-humans-began-to-walk">Archived</a> from the original on 7 May 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ScienceAlert&rft.atitle=We+Just+Found+an+11-Million-Year-Old+Ancestor+That+Hints+How+Humans+Began+to+Walk&rft.date=2019-11-06&rft.aulast=McRae&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fdiscovery-of-a-new-11-million-year-old-ancestor-reveals-how-humans-began-to-walk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWagnerKrbetschekDegeringBahain2010" class="citation journal cs1">Wagner, G. A; Krbetschek, M; Degering, D; Bahain, J.-J; Shao, Q; Falgueres, C; Voinchet, P; Dolo, J.-M; Garcia, T; Rightmire, G. P (27 August 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2993404">"Radiometric dating of the type-site for Homo heidelbergensis at Mauer, Germany"</a>. <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences_of_the_United_States_of_America?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America">PNAS</a></i>. <b>107</b> (46): 19726–19730. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010PNAS..10719726W">2010PNAS..10719726W</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doi_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://doi.org/10.1073%252Fpnas.1012722107">10.1073/pnas.1012722107</a></span>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/PMC_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2993404">2993404</a></span>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/PMID_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21041630">21041630</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=PNAS&rft.atitle=Radiometric+dating+of+the+type-site+for+Homo+heidelbergensis+at+Mauer%2C+Germany&rft.volume=107&rft.issue=46&rft.pages=19726-19730&rft.date=2010-08-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2993404%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F21041630&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1073%2Fpnas.1012722107&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2010PNAS..10719726W&rft.aulast=Wagner&rft.aufirst=G.+A&rft.au=Krbetschek%2C+M&rft.au=Degering%2C+D&rft.au=Bahain%2C+J.-J&rft.au=Shao%2C+Q&rft.au=Falgueres%2C+C&rft.au=Voinchet%2C+P&rft.au=Dolo%2C+J.-M&rft.au=Garcia%2C+T&rft.au=Rightmire%2C+G.+P&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2993404&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHendry2018" class="citation web cs1">Hendry, Lisa (5 May 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-were-the-neanderthals.html">"Who were the Neanderthals?"</a>. 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Penguin. p. 344. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-303469-8?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-303469-8"><bdi>978-0-14-303469-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Coming+of+the+Third+Reich&rft.pages=344&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-14-303469-8&rft.aulast=Evans&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-MNN-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-MNN_77-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510093525/http://www.holocaust-history.org/dachau-gas-chambers/photo.cgi?02">"Ein Konzentrationslager für politische Gefangene in der Nähe von Dachau"</a>. <i>Münchner Neueste Nachrichten</i> (in German). 21 March 1933. 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Deutsches Historisches Museum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430190641/http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/nazi/wirtschaft/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on 30 April 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311115713/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/german-soviet-pact">Archived</a> from the original on 11 March 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=German-Soviet+Pact&rft.pub=United+States+Holocaust+Memorial+Museum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fencyclopedia.ushmm.org%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Farticle%2Fgerman-soviet-pact&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991190–195-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991190%E2%80%93195_86-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFulbrook1991190%E2%80%93195_86-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#CITEREFFulbrook1991">Fulbrook 1991</a>, pp. 190–195.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHidenLane200" class="citation book cs1">Hiden, John; Lane, Thomas (200). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://archive.org/details/balticoutbreakse00hide"><i>The Baltic and the Outbreak of the Second World War</i></a></span>. Cambridge University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://archive.org/details/balticoutbreakse00hide/page/n156">143</a>–144. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-53120-7?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-53120-7"><bdi>978-0-521-53120-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Baltic+and+the+Outbreak+of+the+Second+World+War&rft.pages=143-144&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=200&rft.isbn=978-0-521-53120-7&rft.aulast=Hiden&rft.aufirst=John&rft.au=Lane%2C+Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbalticoutbreakse00hide&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-ii-key-dates">"World War II: Key Dates"</a>. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311150818/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-ii-key-dates">Archived</a> from the original on 11 March 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 March</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=World+War+II%3A+Key+Dates&rft.pub=United+States+Holocaust+Memorial+Museum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fencyclopedia.ushmm.org%2Fcontent%2Fen%2Farticle%2Fworld-war-ii-key-dates&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-books.google.com-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-books.google.com_89-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-books.google.com_89-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKershaw1997" class="citation book cs1">Kershaw, Ian (1997). <i>Stalinism and Nazism: dictatorships in comparison</i>. 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Columbia University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://archive.org/details/columbiaguidetot00niew/page/n466">45</a>–52. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-231-11200-0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-231-11200-0"><bdi>978-0-231-11200-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Columbia+Guide+to+the+Holocaust&rft.pages=45-52&rft.pub=Columbia+University+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-231-11200-0&rft.aulast=Niewyk&rft.aufirst=Donald+L.&rft.au=Nicosia%2C+Francis+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcolumbiaguidetot00niew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-92"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-92">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Polska 1939–1945: Straty osobowe i ofiary represji pod dwiema okupacjami</i>. 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Cambridge University Press. p. 52. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-02073-3?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-02073-3"><bdi>978-1-107-02073-3</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201215323/https://books.google.com/books?id%3DySLyE6YJEn0C%26pg%3DPA52">Archived</a> from the original on 1 December 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Lost+German+East&rft.pages=52&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-107-02073-3&rft.aulast=Demshuk&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DySLyE6YJEn0C%26pg%3DPA52&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-97"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-97">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"Trabant and Beetle: the Two Germanies, 1949–89". <i>History Workshop Journal</i>. <b>68</b>: 1–2. 2009. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doi_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://doi.org/10.1093%252Fhwj%252Fdbp009">10.1093/hwj/dbp009</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=History+Workshop+Journal&rft.atitle=Trabant+and+Beetle%3A+the+Two+Germanies%2C+1949%E2%80%9389&rft.volume=68&rft.pages=1-2&rft.date=2009&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fhwj%2Fdbp009&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-98">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWise1998" class="citation book cs1">Wise, Michael Z. 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Political Imagery from the Berlin Wall to German Unification"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Wende Museum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620152657/https://www.wendemuseum.org/sites/default/files/10-9-09Iconoclash%2520updated%2520brochure_small.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 20 June 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.dw.com/en/election-2013-the-german-parliament/a-17100952">"Election 2013: The German parliament"</a>. <i>DW</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328230357/https://www.dw.com/en/election-2013-the-german-parliament/a-17100952">Archived</a> from the original on 28 March 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DW&rft.atitle=Election+2013%3A+The+German+parliament&rft.date=2013-09-19&rft.aulast=Seiffert&rft.aufirst=Jeanette&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Felection-2013-the-german-parliament%2Fa-17100952&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-137"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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Bundesverfassungsgericht. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213204356/http://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/EN/Homepage/home_node.html">Archived</a> from the original on 13 December 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Bundesministerium der Justiz. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501122109/http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvollzg/__2.html">Archived</a> from the original on 1 May 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Lay Judges in the German Criminal Courts". <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Journal_of_Legal_Studies?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of Legal Studies">Journal of Legal Studies</a></i>. <b>1</b> (1): 135–191. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Doi_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://doi.org/10.1086%252F467481">10.1086/467481</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://www.jstor.org/stable/724014">724014</a>. <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144941508">144941508</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Legal+Studies&rft.atitle=Lay+Judges+in+the+German+Criminal+Courts&rft.volume=1&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=135-191&rft.date=1972-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A144941508%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F724014%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1086%2F467481&rft.aulast=Casper&rft.aufirst=Gerhard&rft.au=Zeisel%2C+Hans&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGermany" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-151"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-151">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://dataunodc.un.org/crime/intentional-homicide-victims">"Intentional Homicide Victims"</a>. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbd mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kbd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2594%25D0%25B6%25D1%258D%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D1%258D%25D0%25BD" title="Джэрмэн – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Джэрмэн" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B5" title="Германие – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Германие" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duitsland" title="Duitsland – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Duitsland" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland" title="Deutschland – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Deutschland" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%258C%2580%25E1%2588%25AD%25E1%2588%2598%25E1%258A%2595" title="ጀርመን – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ጀርመን" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksa" title="Saksa – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Saksa" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25C3%259Eeodscland" title="Þeodscland – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Þeodscland" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B0" title="Германиа – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Германиа" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A3%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7" title="ألمانيا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ألمانيا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25DC%2593%25DC%25AA%25DC%25A1%25DC%25A2" title="ܓܪܡܢ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܓܪܡܢ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D4%25B3%25D5%25A5%25D6%2580%25D5%25B4%25D5%25A1%25D5%25B6%25D5%25AB%25D5%25A1" title="Գերմանիա – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Գերմանիա" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghermanii" title="Ghermanii – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Ghermanii" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemagnes" title="Alemagnes – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Alemagnes" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A6%259C%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A7%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A7%2580" title="জাৰ্মানী – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="জাৰ্মানী" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alema%25C3%25B1a" title="Alemaña – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Alemaña" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alem%25C3%25A1%25C3%25B1a" title="Alemáña – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Alemáña" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alima%25C3%25B1a" title="Alimaña – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Alimaña" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaniya" title="Almaniya – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Almaniya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A2%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586" title="آلمان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آلمان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman" title="Jerman – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Jerman" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alima%25C9%25B2i" title="Alimaɲi – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="Alimaɲi" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A6%259C%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A6%25BF" title="জার্মানি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জার্মানি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tek-kok" title="Tek-kok – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tek-kok" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman" title="Jerman – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Jerman" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D1%2596%25D1%258F" title="Германія – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Германія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D1%258F%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B5%25D1%2587%25D1%2587%25D1%258B%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0" title="Нямеччына – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Нямеччына" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemani" title="Jemani – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Jemani" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deitschland" title="Deitschland – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Deitschland" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25BD%25A0%25E0%25BD%2587%25E0%25BD%25A2%25E0%25BC%258B%25E0%25BD%2598%25E0%25BD%2593%25E0%25BC%258D" title="འཇར་མན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="འཇར་མན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njema%25C4%258Dka" title="Njemačka – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Njemačka" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamagn" title="Alamagn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Alamagn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8" title="Германи – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Германи" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8" title="Германи – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Германи" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%25C4%259Bmecko" title="Německo – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Německo" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ch mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ch.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alema%25C3%25B1a" title="Alemaña – Chamorro" lang="ch" hreflang="ch" data-title="Alemaña" data-language-autonym="Chamoru" data-language-local-name="Chamorro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chamoru</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemania" title="Alemania – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Alemania" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerumani" title="Jerumani – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Jerumani" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yr_Almaen" title="Yr Almaen – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Yr Almaen" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyskland" title="Tyskland – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tyskland" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A3%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7" title="ألمانيا – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ألمانيا" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duiska" title="Duiska – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Duiska" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deitschland" title="Deitschland – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Deitschland" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland" title="Deutschland – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Deutschland" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25DE%2596%25DE%25A6%25DE%2583%25DE%25AA%25DE%2589%25DE%25A6%25DE%2582%25DE%25AA%25DE%2588%25DE%25A8%25DE%258D%25DE%25A7%25DE%258C%25DE%25B0" title="ޖަރުމަނުވިލާތް – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ޖަރުމަނުވިލާތް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%25C3%25A9%25C3%25A9sh_Bich%25CA%25BCahii_Bik%25C3%25A9yah" title="Béésh Bichʼahii Bikéyah – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Béésh Bichʼahii Bikéyah" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimska" title="Nimska – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Nimska" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dz mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://dz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25BD%2587%25E0%25BD%25B1%25E0%25BD%25A2%25E0%25BC%258B%25E0%25BD%2598%25E0%25BC%258B%25E0%25BD%2593%25E0%25BD%25B2" title="ཇཱར་མ་ནི – Dzongkha" lang="dz" hreflang="dz" data-title="ཇཱར་མ་ནི" data-language-autonym="ཇོང་ཁ" data-language-local-name="Dzongkha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ཇོང་ཁ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksamaa" title="Saksamaa – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Saksamaa" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25CE%2593%25CE%25B5%25CF%2581%25CE%25BC%25CE%25B1%25CE%25BD%25CE%25AF%25CE%25B1" title="Γερμανία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γερμανία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%25C3%25A2gna" title="Germâgna – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Germâgna" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F_%25D0%259C%25D0%25B0%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580" title="Германия Мастор – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Германия Мастор" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemania" title="Alemania – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alemania" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanio" title="Germanio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Germanio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alema%25C3%25B1a" title="Alemaña – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Alemaña" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemania" title="Alemania – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alemania" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzamanya" title="Dzamanya – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="Dzamanya" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A2%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586" title="آلمان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلمان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%25C3%25BDskland" title="Týskland – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Týskland" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allemagne" title="Allemagne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Allemagne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%25C3%25BAtsl%25C3%25A2n" title="Dútslân – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Dútslân" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaanya" title="Almaanya – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Almaanya" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjermanie" title="Gjermanie – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Gjermanie" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ghearm%25C3%25A1in" title="An Ghearmáin – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Ghearmáin" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Ghermaan" title="Yn Ghermaan – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Ghermaan" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaniya" title="Germaniya – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Germaniya" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%2527_Ghearmailt" title="A' Ghearmailt – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="A' Ghearmailt" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alema%25C3%25B1a" title="Alemaña – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Alemaña" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BC%25D1%2586%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D0%25BC%25D0%25BE%25D1%2585%25D0%25BA" title="Немций мохк – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Немций мохк" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E5%25BE%25B7%25E5%259C%258B" title="德國 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="德國" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%25C4%25A9r%25C4%25A9mani" title="Njĩrĩmani – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Njĩrĩmani" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A2%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586" title="آلمان – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="آلمان" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25AA%259C%25E0%25AA%25B0%25E0%25AB%258D%25E0%25AA%25AE%25E0%25AA%25A8%25E0%25AB%2580" title="જર્મની – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="જર્મની" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25F0%2590%258C%25B8%25F0%2590%258C%25B9%25F0%2590%258C%25BF%25F0%2590%258C%25B3%25F0%2590%258C%25B9%25F0%2590%258D%2583%25F0%2590%258C%25BA%25F0%2590%258C%25B0%25F0%2590%258C%25BB%25F0%2590%258C%25B0%25F0%2590%258C%25BD%25F0%2590%258C%25B3" title="𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet-koet" title="Tet-koet – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Tet-koet" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B8%25D1%2586%25D3%2599%25D1%2582%25D3%2599_%25D0%259D%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BC%25D1%2588%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BD_%25D0%259E%25D1%2580%25D0%25BD" title="Ниицәтә Немшин Орн – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Ниицәтә Немшин Орн" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25EB%258F%2585%25EC%259D%25BC" title="독일 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="독일" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamus" title="Jamus – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Jamus" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelem%25C4%2581nia" title="Kelemānia – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Kelemānia" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D4%25B3%25D5%25A5%25D6%2580%25D5%25B4%25D5%25A1%25D5%25B6%25D5%25AB%25D5%25A1" title="Գերմանիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գերմանիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%25C4%259Bmska" title="Němska – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Němska" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njema%25C4%258Dka" title="Njemačka – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Njemačka" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%25C3%25A9man%25E1%25BB%258B" title="Jémanị – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Jémanị" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemania" title="Alemania – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Alemania" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A6%259C%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A6%25BF" title="জার্মানি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="জার্মানি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman" title="Jerman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Jerman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-iu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://iu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%2594%25AE%25E1%2592%25AA%25E1%2593%2582" title="ᔮᒪᓂ – Inuktitut" lang="iu" hreflang="iu" data-title="ᔮᒪᓂ" data-language-autonym="ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut" data-language-local-name="Inuktitut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ik mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ik.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuitchilan" title="Tuitchilan – Inupiaq" lang="ik" hreflang="ik" data-title="Tuitchilan" data-language-autonym="Iñupiatun" data-language-local-name="Inupiaq" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Iñupiatun</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD" title="Герман – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Герман" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJamani" title="IJamani – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="IJamani" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJalimani" title="IJalimani – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IJalimani" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25C3%259E%25C3%25BDskaland" title="Þýskaland – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Þýskaland" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D7%2592%25D7%25A8%25D7%259E%25D7%25A0%25D7%2599%25D7%2594" title="גרמניה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גרמניה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman" title="Jerman – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Jerman" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caama" title="Caama – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Caama" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25B2%259C%25E0%25B2%25B0%25E0%25B3%258D%25E0%25B2%25AE%25E0%25B2%25A8%25E0%25B2%25BF" title="ಜರ್ಮನಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಜರ್ಮನಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%2583%2592%25E1%2583%2594%25E1%2583%25A0%25E1%2583%259B%25E1%2583%2590%25E1%2583%259C%25E1%2583%2598%25E1%2583%2590" title="გერმანია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გერმანია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25AC%25D9%258E%25D8%25B1%25D9%2585%25D9%258E%25D9%2586%25DB%258C" title="جَرمَنی – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="جَرمَنی" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niemieck%25C3%25B4" title="Niemieckô – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Niemieckô" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almayn" title="Almayn – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Almayn" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubudage" title="Ubudage – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Ubudage" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://rn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubudagi" title="Ubudagi – Rundi" lang="rn" hreflang="rn" data-title="Ubudagi" data-language-autonym="Ikirundi" data-language-local-name="Rundi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikirundi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujerumani" title="Ujerumani – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ujerumani" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanyi" title="Alemanyi – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Alemanyi" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germana" title="Germana – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Germana" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almay" title="Almay – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Almay" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanlmangn" title="Lanlmangn – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Lanlmangn" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanya" title="Almanya – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Almanya" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almania" title="Almania – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Almania" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25BA%259B%25E0%25BA%25B0%25E0%25BB%2580%25E0%25BA%2597%25E0%25BA%2594%25E0%25BB%2580%25E0%25BA%25A2%25E0%25BA%258D%25E0%25BA%25A5%25E0%25BA%25B0%25E0%25BA%25A1%25E0%25BA%25B1%25E0%25BA%2599" title="ປະເທດເຢຍລະມັນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ປະເທດເຢຍລະມັນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuoceja" title="Vuoceja – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Vuoceja" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%25C4%2581cija" title="Vācija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vācija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%25C3%25A4itschland" title="Däitschland – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Däitschland" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vokietija" title="Vokietija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vokietija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duitsland" title="Duitsland – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Duitsland" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%25C3%25A9mani" title="Alémani – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Alémani" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutxland" title="Deutxland – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Deutxland" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germuanii" title="Germuanii – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Germuanii" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/dotygu%2527e" title="dotygu'e – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="dotygu'e" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girimane" title="Girimane – Ganda" lang="lg" hreflang="lg" data-title="Girimane" data-language-autonym="Luganda" data-language-local-name="Ganda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Luganda</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%25C3%25A9metorsz%25C3%25A1g" title="Németország – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Németország" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%25C3%25A8rman" title="Jèrman – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Jèrman" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%2598%25D0%25B0" title="Германија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Германија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemaina" title="Alemaina – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Alemaina" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25B4%259C%25E0%25B5%25BC%25E0%25B4%25AE%25E0%25B5%258D%25E0%25B4%25AE%25E0%25B4%25A8%25E0%25B4%25BF" title="ജർമ്മനി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ജർമ്മനി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25C4%25A0ermanja" title="Ġermanja – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Ġermanja" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamana" title="Tiamana – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Tiamana" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%2583%2592%25E1%2583%2594%25E1%2583%25A0%25E1%2583%259B%25E1%2583%2590%25E1%2583%259C%25E1%2583%2598%25E1%2583%2590" title="გერმანია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გერმანია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7" title="المانيا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="المانيا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A2%25D9%2584%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586" title="آلمان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="آلمان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman" title="Jerman – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jerman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25EA%25AF%2596%25EA%25AF%2594%25EA%25AF%2583%25EA%25AF%2585%25EA%25AF%25A4" title="ꯖꯔꯃꯅꯤ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯖꯔꯃꯅꯤ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerman" title="Jerman – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Jerman" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%25C3%25A1ik-gu%25C3%25B3k" title="Dáik-guók – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Dáik-guók" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanha" title="Almanha – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Almanha" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2594%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B9%25D1%2587%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580" title="Дойчмастор – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Дойчмастор" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD" title="Герман – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Герман" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%2580%2582%25E1%2580%25BB%25E1%2580%25AC%25E1%2580%2599%25E1%2580%2594%25E1%2580%25AE%25E1%2580%2594%25E1%2580%25AD%25E1%2580%25AF%25E1%2580%2584%25E1%2580%25BA%25E1%2580%2584%25E1%2580%25B6" title="ဂျာမနီနိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂျာမနီနိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamani" title="Jamani – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Jamani" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duitsland" title="Duitsland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Duitsland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duutslaand" title="Duutslaand – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Duutslaand" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E3%2583%2589%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%2584" title="ドイツ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ドイツ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nqo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25DF%258A%25DF%259F%25DF%258F%25DF%25A1%25DF%258A%25DF%25B2%25DF%2598%25DF%258E%25DF%25AF" title="ߊߟߏߡߊ߲ߘߎ߯ – N’Ko" lang="nqo" hreflang="nqo" data-title="ߊߟߏߡߊ߲ߘߎ߯" data-language-autonym="ߒߞߏ" data-language-local-name="N’Ko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ߒߞߏ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2594%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B2%25D1%2582%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B9%25D1%2587%25D0%25BE%25D1%258C" title="Девтойчоь – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Девтойчоь" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tj%25C3%25BCschl%25C3%25B6nj" title="Tjüschlönj – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Tjüschlönj" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyskland" title="Tyskland – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tyskland" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyskland" title="Tyskland – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tyskland" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allemangne" title="Allemangne – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Allemangne" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanha" title="Alemanha – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Alemanha" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BC%25D1%258B%25D1%2587_%25D0%25AD%25D0%25BB" title="Немыч Эл – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Немыч Эл" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25AC%259C%25E0%25AC%25B0%25E0%25AD%258D%25E0%25AC%25AE%25E0%25AC%25BE%25E0%25AC%25A8%25E0%25AD%2580" title="ଜର୍ମାନୀ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଜର୍ମାନୀ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmanii" title="Jarmanii – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Jarmanii" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaniya" title="Germaniya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Germaniya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A8%259C%25E0%25A8%25B0%25E0%25A8%25AE%25E0%25A8%25A8%25E0%25A9%2580" title="ਜਰਮਨੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਜਰਮਨੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%259C%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A8%25E0%25A5%2580" title="जर्मनी – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="जर्मनी" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pfl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland" title="Deutschland – Palatine German" lang="pfl" hreflang="pfl" data-title="Deutschland" data-language-autonym="Pälzisch" data-language-local-name="Palatine German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pälzisch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25AC%25D8%25B1%25D9%2585%25D9%2586%25DB%258C" title="جرمنی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جرمنی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%2580%2582%25E1%2580%25BB%25E1%2580%25AC%25E1%2580%2599%25E1%2580%2594%25E1%2580%25AE%25E1%2580%2581%25E1%2580%2599%25E1%2580%25BA%25E1%2580%25B8%25E1%2580%2591%25E1%2580%25AE" title="ဂျာမနီခမ်းထီ – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ဂျာမနီခမ်းထီ" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemania" title="Alemania – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Alemania" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25AC%25D8%25B1%25D9%2585%25D9%2586%25D9%258A" title="جرمني – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="جرمني" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joermani" title="Joermani – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Joermani" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-koi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://koi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B5%25D1%2587%25D0%25BC%25D1%2583" title="Немечму – Komi-Permyak" lang="koi" hreflang="koi" data-title="Немечму" data-language-autonym="Перем коми" data-language-local-name="Komi-Permyak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Перем коми</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%259E%25A2%25E1%259E%25B6%25E1%259E%259B%25E1%259F%2592%25E1%259E%259B%25E1%259E%25BA%25E1%259E%2598%25E1%259F%2589%25E1%259E%2584%25E1%259F%258B" title="អាល្លឺម៉ង់ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="អាល្លឺម៉ង់" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanne" title="Alemanne – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Alemanne" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagna" title="Almagna – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Almagna" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamani" title="Siamani – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Siamani" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%25C3%25BC%25C3%25BCtschland" title="Düütschland – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Düütschland" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niemcy" title="Niemcy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Niemcy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25CE%2593%25CE%25B5%25CF%2581%25CE%25BC%25CE%25B1%25CE%25BD%25CE%25AF%25CE%25B1" title="Γερμανία – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" data-title="Γερμανία" data-language-autonym="Ποντιακά" data-language-local-name="Pontic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ποντιακά</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanha" title="Alemanha – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Alemanha" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaniya" title="Germaniya – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Germaniya" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaniya" title="Almaniya – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Almaniya" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heremani" title="Heremani – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="Heremani" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%25C3%25BCtschland" title="Dütschland – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Dütschland" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaniya" title="Jermaniya – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Jermaniya" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" title="Germania – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Germania" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimanya" title="Alimanya – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Alimanya" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D1%2597%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B5%25D1%2586%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25BE" title="Нїмецько – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Нїмецько" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamani" title="Siamani – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Siamani" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25A4%25B6%25E0%25A4%25B0%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AE%25E0%25A4%25A3%25E0%25A5%258D%25E0%25A4%25AF%25E0%25A4%25A6%25E0%25A5%2587%25E0%25A4%25B6%25E0%25A4%2583" title="शर्मण्यदेशः – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="शर्मण्यदेशः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%25B1%25A1%25E1%25B1%259F%25E1%25B1%25A8%25E1%25B1%25A2%25E1%25B1%259F%25E1%25B1%25B1%25E1%25B1%25A4" title="ᱡᱟᱨᱢᱟᱱᱤ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱡᱟᱨᱢᱟᱱᱤ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25AC%25D8%25B1%25D9%2585%25D9%2586%25DB%258C" title="جرمنی – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="جرمنی" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%25C3%25A0nia" title="Germània – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Germània" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%25C3%25BC%25C3%25BCtsklound" title="Düütsklound – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Düütsklound" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremane" title="Jeremane – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Jeremane" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremane" title="Jeremane – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Jeremane" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjermania" title="Gjermania – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Gjermania" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girmania" title="Girmania – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Girmania" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25B6%25A2%25E0%25B6%25BB%25E0%25B7%258A%25E0%25B6%25B8%25E0%25B6%25B1%25E0%25B7%2592%25E0%25B6%25BA" title="ජර්මනිය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ජර්මනිය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25AC%25D8%25B1%25D9%2585%25D9%2586%25D9%258A" title="جرمني – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="جرمني" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJalimane" title="IJalimane – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="IJalimane" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemecko" title="Nemecko – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Nemecko" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nem%25C4%258Dija" title="Nemčija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Nemčija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D1%25A3%25D0%25BC%25D1%258C%25D1%2586%25D0%25B8" title="Нѣмьци – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Нѣмьци" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mjymcy" title="Mjymcy – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Mjymcy" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmalka" title="Jarmalka – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Jarmalka" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25A6%25DB%2595%25DA%25B5%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25DB%258C%25D8%25A7" title="ئەڵمانیا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئەڵمانیا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doysrikondre" title="Doysrikondre – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn" data-title="Doysrikondre" data-language-autonym="Sranantongo" data-language-local-name="Sranan Tongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sranantongo</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%258A%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D1%2587%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0" title="Њемачка – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Њемачка" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njema%25C4%258Dka" title="Njemačka – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Njemačka" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%25C3%25A9rman" title="Jérman – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Jérman" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksa" title="Saksa – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Saksa" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyskland" title="Tyskland – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tyskland" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25AE%259C%25E0%25AF%2586%25E0%25AE%25B0%25E0%25AF%258D%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AE%25A9%25E0%25AE%25BF" title="ஜெர்மனி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஜெர்மனி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://shi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalman" title="Lalman – Tachelhit" lang="shi" hreflang="shi" data-title="Lalman" data-language-autonym="Taclḥit" data-language-local-name="Tachelhit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taclḥit</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalman" title="Lalman – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Lalman" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanie" title="Germanie – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Germanie" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%2580%2599%25E1%2580%25AD%25E1%2580%25B0%25E1%2580%2584%25E1%2580%25BA%25E1%2580%25B8%25E1%2581%25B5%25E1%2580%25BB%25E1%2582%2583%25E1%2582%2587%25E1%2580%2599%25E1%2581%25BC%25E1%2580%25AE%25E1%2582%2587" title="မိူင်းၵျႃႇမၼီႇ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းၵျႃႇမၼီႇ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25B0%259C%25E0%25B0%25B0%25E0%25B1%258D%25E0%25B0%25AE%25E0%25B0%25A8%25E0%25B1%2580" title="జర్మనీ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="జర్మనీ" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alema%25C3%25B1a" title="Alemaña – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Alemaña" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25B8%259B%25E0%25B8%25A3%25E0%25B8%25B0%25E0%25B9%2580%25E0%25B8%2597%25E0%25B8%25A8%25E0%25B9%2580%25E0%25B8%25A2%25E0%25B8%25AD%25E0%25B8%25A3%25E0%25B8%25A1%25E0%25B8%2599%25E0%25B8%25B5" title="ประเทศเยอรมนี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประเทศเยอรมนี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ti mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ti.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%258C%2580%25E1%2588%25AD%25E1%2588%2598%25E1%258A%2595" title="ጀርመን – Tigrinya" lang="ti" hreflang="ti" data-title="ጀርመን" data-language-autonym="ትግርኛ" data-language-local-name="Tigrinya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ትግርኛ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259E%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BC%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BD" title="Олмон – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Олмон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamane" title="Siamane – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Siamane" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%258E%25A0%25E1%258F%259B%25E1%258F%25A5" title="ᎠᏛᏥ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᎠᏛᏥ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%2527ev%25C3%25A9%2527ho%2527%25C3%25A9no" title="Ma'evé'ho'éno – Cheyenne" lang="chy" hreflang="chy" data-title="Ma'evé'ho'éno" data-language-autonym="Tsetsêhestâhese" data-language-local-name="Cheyenne" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tsetsêhestâhese</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tcy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E0%25B2%259C%25E0%25B2%25B0%25E0%25B3%258D%25E0%25B2%25AE%25E0%25B2%25A8%25E0%25B2%25BF" title="ಜರ್ಮನಿ – Tulu" lang="tcy" hreflang="tcy" data-title="ಜರ್ಮನಿ" data-language-autonym="ತುಳು" data-language-local-name="Tulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ತುಳು</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanya" title="Almanya – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Almanya" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germani%25C3%25BDa" title="Germaniýa – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Germaniýa" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Germany" data-language-autonym="Twi" data-language-local-name="Twi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Twi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jami%25CC%25B1ni" title="Jami̱ni – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Jami̱ni" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tyv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tyv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Tuvinian" lang="tyv" hreflang="tyv" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Тыва дыл" data-language-local-name="Tuvinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тыва дыл</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%258F" title="Германия – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Германия" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bug mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E1%25A8%258D%25E1%25A8%2599%25E1%25A8%2591%25E1%25A8%2586%25E1%25A8%258A" title="ᨍᨙᨑᨆᨊ – Buginese" lang="bug" hreflang="bug" data-title="ᨍᨙᨑᨆᨊ" data-language-autonym="Basa Ugi" data-language-local-name="Buginese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Ugi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D1%2596%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B5%25D1%2587%25D1%2587%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0" title="Німеччина – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Німеччина" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25AC%25D8%25B1%25D9%2585%25D9%2586%25DB%258C" title="جرمنی – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="جرمنی" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25DA%25AF%25DB%2590%25D8%25B1%25D9%2585%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%2589%25D9%258A%25DB%2595" title="گېرمانىيە – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="گېرمانىيە" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwzgoz" title="Dwzgoz – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Dwzgoz" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerm%25C3%25A0nia" title="Zermània – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Zermània" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksanma" title="Saksanma – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Saksanma" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25C4%2590%25E1%25BB%25A9c" title="Đức – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Đức" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deut%25C3%25A4n" title="Deutän – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Deutän" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%2527aksamaa" title="S'aksamaa – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="S'aksamaa" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almagne" title="Almagne – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Almagne" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E5%25BE%25B7%25E5%259C%258B" title="德國 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="德國" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duutsland" title="Duutsland – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="Duutsland" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanya" title="Alemanya – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://wo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaa%25C3%25B1" title="Almaañ – Wolof" lang="wo" hreflang="wo" data-title="Almaañ" data-language-autonym="Wolof" data-language-local-name="Wolof" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Wolof</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E5%25BE%25B7%25E5%259B%25BD" title="德国 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="德国" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ts mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarimani" title="Jarimani – Tsonga" lang="ts" hreflang="ts" data-title="Jarimani" data-language-autonym="Xitsonga" data-language-local-name="Tsonga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Xitsonga</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D7%2593%25D7%2599%25D7%2599%25D7%2598%25D7%25A9%25D7%259C%25D7%2590%25D7%25A0%25D7%2593" title="דייטשלאנד – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="דייטשלאנד" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%25E1%25BA%25B9%25CC%2581m%25C3%25A1n%25C3%25AC" title="Jẹ́mánì – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Jẹ́mánì" data-language-autonym="Yorùbá" data-language-local-name="Yoruba" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Yorùbá</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E5%25BE%25B7%25E5%259C%258B" title="德國 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="德國" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanya" title="Almanya – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Almanya" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duutsland" title="Duutsland – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="Duutsland" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zeêuws</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuok%25C4%25ABt%25C4%2597j%25C4%2597" title="Vuokītėjė – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Vuokītėjė" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" data-language-local-name="Samogitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Žemaitėška</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E5%25BE%25B7%25E5%259B%25BD" title="德国 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="德国" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ann mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ann.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameni" title="Jameni – Obolo" lang="ann" hreflang="ann" data-title="Jameni" data-language-autonym="Obolo" data-language-local-name="Obolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Obolo</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bew mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://bew.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%25C3%25A8tslan" title="Dètslan – Betawi" lang="bew" hreflang="bew" data-title="Dètslan" data-language-autonym="Betawi" data-language-local-name="Betawi" 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