Germany (1871-)
Germany (1871-) is a West European country.
- AKA: Deutchland.
- Context:
- It can (typically) have a German Population, of German Citizens (typically) living in German Households.
- It can (typically) have a German Economy, with German Businesses and German Labor Market.
- it can (typically) have a German Government.
- It can (typically) be an EU Member State.
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- Example(s):
- Weimar Republic (1919-1933), the democratic government that preceded Nazi Germany.
- Nazi Germany (1933-1945), a period under Adolf Hitler's dictatorship, marked by totalitarian rule and the perpetration of the Holocaust.
- Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (1949-1990) and German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (1949-1990), the division of Germany during the Cold War.
- Federal Republic of Germany, the contemporary unified state post-1990, known for its strong economy and democratic governance.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Berlin, Bavaria, Rhine River, German Engineering, German Literature, European Union, NATO, World War II, Holocaust.
References
2016
- http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21699407-fritz-stern-german-born-american-historian-died-may-18th-aged-90-another-german?frsc=dg%7Cd
- QUOTE: Fritz Stern made his name with a book on cultural despair, published in 1961, which traced the Nazis’ roots to a 19th-century German revulsion against modernity and liberalism. The trauma of defeat in the first world war turned fashionable cultural malcontents into a political force that ultimately became a murderous ideology. Hitler’s rise, he argued, owed less to the Austrian corporal’s personality, his thuggish supporters and brutish ideas, than to his opponents’ cowardice and the weakness of Germany’s “gatekeepers” — the guardians of its cultural and moral standards.
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Retrieved:2014-9-28.
- Germany officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe consisting of 16 constituent states, which retain limited sovereignty. Its capital city and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 80.6 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state in the European Union. Germany is a major economic and political power of the European continent and a historic leader in many cultural, theoretical and technical fields. After the USA, Germany is the second most popular migration destination in the world. Various Germanic tribes have occupied what is now northern Germany and southern Scandinavia since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented by the Romans before AD 100. During the Migration Period that coincided with the decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes expanded southward and established kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. [1] During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states in 1871 into the German Empire, which was dominated by Prussia.
After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic in 1918 and lost some of its territory in the Treaty of Versailles. Despite its lead in many scientific and cultural fields at this time, Germany experienced significant economic and political instability which intensified during the Great Depression. The establishment of the Third Reich or Nazi Regime in 1933 eventually led to World War II and the Holocaust. After 1945, Germany was divided by Allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990, the country was reunified.
Germany has the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the fifth-largest by purchasing power parity. As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world's third-largest exporter and third-largest importer of goods. It is a developed country with a very high standard of living, featuring comprehensive social security that includes the world's oldest universal health care system. Known for its rich cultural and political history, Germany has been the home of many influential philosophers, artists, musicians, cineasts, entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors. Germany was a founding member of the European Community in 1957, which became the EU in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area, and has been a member of the eurozone since 1999. Germany is a great power, and a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G8, the G20, the OECD and the Council of Europe.
- Germany officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe consisting of 16 constituent states, which retain limited sovereignty. Its capital city and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 80.6 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state in the European Union. Germany is a major economic and political power of the European continent and a historic leader in many cultural, theoretical and technical fields. After the USA, Germany is the second most popular migration destination in the world. Various Germanic tribes have occupied what is now northern Germany and southern Scandinavia since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented by the Romans before AD 100. During the Migration Period that coincided with the decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes expanded southward and established kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. [1] During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states in 1871 into the German Empire, which was dominated by Prussia.
- ↑ The Latin name Sacrum Imperium (Holy Empire) is documented as far back as 1157. The Latin name Sacrum Romanum Imperium (Holy Roman Empire) was first documented in 1254. The full name "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" (Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation) dates back to the 15th century.