{"id":767,"date":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=767"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:54:23","slug":"country-fact-file-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/geography\/countries\/country-fact-file-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forested <strong>mountainsides<\/strong>, an abundance of <strong>wildlife<\/strong> and the home of 18th century composer, <strong>Beethoven<\/strong> &#8211; check out these fascinating <strong>Germany facts<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lightslider-gallery\"><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/germany-facts-8-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/germany-facts-8.jpg\"><\/li><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-sausages-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-sausages.jpg\"><\/li><li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-munich-150x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-munich.jpg\"><\/li><\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nFacts about Germany<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>OFFICIAL NAME<\/strong>: Federal Republic of Germany<br \/>\n<strong>FORM OF GOVERNMENT<\/strong>: Federal republic<br \/>\n<strong>CAPITAL<\/strong>: Berlin<br \/>\n<strong>POPULATION<\/strong>: 82,422,299<br \/>\n<strong>OFFICIAL LANGUAGE<\/strong>: German<br \/>\n<strong>MONEY<\/strong>: Euro<br \/>\n<strong>AREA<\/strong>: 349,223 square kilometers<br \/>\n<strong>MAJOR RIVERS<\/strong>: Rhine, Elbe, Main, Danube<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nGerman flag:<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-flag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-flag.jpg\" alt=\"facts about germany\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-flag.jpg 420w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-flag-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Map:<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-map.jpg\" alt=\"facts about germany\" width=\"550\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-map.jpg 550w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-map-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Germany: geography and landscape<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany&#8217;s central and southern regions have forested hills and mountains cut through by the <strong>Danube<\/strong>, <strong>Main<\/strong> and <strong>Rhine<\/strong> river valleys. In the north, the landscape flattens out to a wide plain that stretches to the <strong>North Sea<\/strong>. Between these extremes, Germany is a country of incredible variety.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.natgeokids.co.uk\/product\/ngk-the-worlds-most-amazing-places\/?article_link=NGKwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-308895\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Worlds-Most-Amazing-Places.jpg\" alt=\"If you love learning about our world, you'll love The World's Most Amazing Places! is written on the post, which shows a Nat Geo Kids book called The World's Most Amazing Places\" width=\"1042\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Worlds-Most-Amazing-Places.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Worlds-Most-Amazing-Places-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Worlds-Most-Amazing-Places-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Worlds-Most-Amazing-Places-768x626.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany shares borders with nine countries &#8211; <strong>France<\/strong>, <strong>Luxembourg<\/strong>, <strong>Denmark<\/strong>, <strong>Belgium<\/strong>, <strong>Switzerland<\/strong>, <strong>Austria<\/strong>, <strong>Czech Republic<\/strong>, the <strong>Netherlands<\/strong> and <strong>Poland<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s largest wooded area, and its most famous, is in the southwest near the Swiss border. This is the <strong>Black Forest<\/strong>, a mountainous region full of pines and fir trees. This forest contains the source of the Danube, one of Europe&#8217;s longest rivers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4517\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-countryside.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-countryside.jpg\" alt=\"facts about germany\" width=\"635\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-countryside.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-countryside-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Germany is home to lots of beautiful countryside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nGerman people and culture<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today almost one in every ten Germans comes from a foreign country &#8211; more than at any time in Germany&#8217;s history. The largest minority are Turkish, who started to come to Germany in the 1950s to work. About two-thirds of Germans are Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Germany has been called the &#8220;<strong>Land of Poets and Thinkers<\/strong>.&#8221; Germans are famous in all forms of art, but particularly classical music. Germany&#8217;s famous composers include <strong>Bach<\/strong>, <strong>Brahms<\/strong>, <strong>Schumann<\/strong>, <strong>Wagner<\/strong> and <strong>Beethoven<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4516\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-beethoven.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-beethoven.jpg\" alt=\"facts about germany\" width=\"635\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-beethoven.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-beethoven-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ludwig van Beethoven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nGermany&#8217;s wildlife and nature<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The German government works hard to protect the country&#8217;s wildlife. There are <strong>97 nature reserves in Germany<\/strong>, the biggest of which is the Black Forest. Despite these efforts, however, many species are at risk of extinction, including\u00a0<strong>beavers<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>minks\u00a0<\/strong>and, off the coast, certain species of <strong>whales<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s major unspoiled habitats are in two main regions. The flat northern coast is home to sea life and wading birds, while the forested hills and mountains in the south are the best place to find <strong>wildcats<\/strong>, <strong>boar<\/strong>, <strong>ibex<\/strong> and other large mammals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4523\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-lynx.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4523\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-lynx.jpg\" alt=\"facts about germany\" width=\"635\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-lynx.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-lynx-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Germany&#8217;s thick forests are home to lots of amazing wildlife, including the Eurasian lynx<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nGermany&#8217;s government and economy<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After losing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/general-history\/world-war-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>World War II<\/strong><\/a>, Germany was in ruins. In <strong>1949<\/strong> (four years after the war had ended) the country divided into the <strong>Federal Republic of Germany<\/strong>, in the west, and the <strong>Communist German Democratic Republic<\/strong>, in the east. Over time, West Germany recovered to become Europe&#8217;s richest country, but East Germany fell far behind. After the two sides reunified in <strong>1989<\/strong>, Germany spent billions of pounds to modernise the East.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4525\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany.jpg\" alt=\"facts about germany\" width=\"635\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/02\/facts-about-germany-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berlin is the capital city of Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\nGerman history<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Humans settled in northern Europe about 10,000 years ago, after the end of the last <strong>Ice Age<\/strong>. The first people to speak a language similar to modern German probably lived in the area about 5,000 years ago. It was still thousands of years, though, before Germany was created.<\/p>\n<p>Early Germany was a patchwork of small states ruled by dukes and kings. But in <strong>1871<\/strong>, the country was united by a politician named <strong>Otto von Bismarck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the late 19th century Germany began competing with other European countries to set up colonies in Africa and Asia. These tensions led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/general-history\/first-world-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>World War I<\/strong><\/a> in <strong>1914<\/strong>, the worst conflict the world had ever seen. Germany and its allies lost the war to <strong>Britain<\/strong>, <strong>France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan<\/strong>\u00a0and later, the <strong>United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adolf Hitler<\/strong> and his <strong>Nazi Party<\/strong> came to power in <strong>1933<\/strong> promising to make Germany great again. In <strong>1939<\/strong>, Hitler invaded Poland, starting World War II. During the war, Hitler created camps where millions of Jewish people and other groups of people were killed. The war ended in <strong>1945<\/strong> with the Germans&#8217; defeat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4571\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/facts-about-germany-history.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/facts-about-germany-history.jpg\" alt=\"facts about germany\" width=\"635\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/facts-about-germany-history.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2016\/11\/facts-about-germany-history-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, and Benito Mussolini, leader of Italy&#8217;s National Fascist Party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After World War II, Germany was divided into West and East, and the country became the centre of a standoff between the <strong>Soviet Union<\/strong>* and <strong>Western powers<\/strong>. This confrontation, which lasted 44 years, was called the <strong>Cold War<\/strong>. In <strong>1989<\/strong>, East Germany opened its borders and the Cold War came to an end.<\/p>\n<h6>*USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the Soviet Union) was a former country which included modern-day Russia, Ukraine and Estonia, as well as other socialist states.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forested mountainsides, an abundance of wildlife and the home of 18th century composer, Beethoven &#8211; check out these fascinating Germany facts&#8230; Facts about Germany OFFICIAL NAME: Federal Republic of Germany FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal republic CAPITAL: Berlin POPULATION: 82,422,299 OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: German MONEY: Euro AREA: 349,223 square kilometers MAJOR RIVERS: Rhine, Elbe, Main, Danube German &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/geography\/countries\/country-fact-file-germany\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Germany Facts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[309,187,233,696],"christmas-category":[],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","tag-country-facts","tag-country-profile","tag-facts","tag-germany","countries-australia","countries-ireland","countries-new-zealand","countries-south-africa","countries-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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