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Caption: An image of Germany's shape.

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Germany: Location (Where Germany is Located)

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Germany: Location (Where Germany is Located)

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Germany is located in central Europe. It borders nine countries: Denmark, Poland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Germany also touches the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The country is 134,838 square miles in area, or 349,223 square kilometers. Some major rivers of germany include the Danube, Elb, Main, and Rhine rivers. Germany’s coordinates are 51 degrees north by 9 degrees east, according to the Book Germany, Land of Enchantment. Our group thinks that this gives Germany a strategical positional advantage in war.

Caption: Germany's Location in Europe

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Germany is located in the Northcentral part of Europe in the Northeastern hemisphere on Earth in the Solar System in the Milky Way Galaxy in the Universe. Germany is south of Denmark, east of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and France, northwest of Switzerland, north and northeast of Austria as well as west of the Czech Republic and Poland. Northern Germany also borders the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The coordinates of Germany are 52.5167° North and 13.3833° East. It is also 137,903 square miles.

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Germany is bordered by nine countries, including Denmark in the North, Poland and the Czech Republic in the East, on the South and Southeastern side by Austria, in the south by Switzerland, and in the west by France, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands.

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Germany: Place (Physical Characteristics of Germany)

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Germany: Place (Physical Characteristics of Germany)

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According to Atlas of the World, though Germany is a much industrialized country it consists of scenic views of snow-peaked mountains, forests, lakes and plains.In the southwest it is covered by Black Forest as well as the southeast Bohemian Woodlands.The Bavarian Alps form a natural border between Germany and its southern, neighboring countries. The peak of the mountain Zugspitze, measures 9,718 feet above sea level and is the highest mountain in the Wetterstein range of the Northern Limestone Alps making it the tallest summit in Germany. In the north the nation is bordered by both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.In the center of Germany are the Harz Mountains and the Swabian Jura, which becomes the Great Plain that stretches eastward, towards Asia.The rivers Oder and Neisse border Germany’s sides on the east. Germany is the seventh largest country in Europe which covers 134,838 square miles or 349,223 square kilometers. There are many major rivers in Germany which include the Danube, Elbe, Main, and Rhine rivers. I find this interesting since I thought that Germany only included forests and mountains yet it also includes a stretch of plains.

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Germany: Place (Landmarks and Monuments in Germany)

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Germany: Place (Landmarks and Monuments in Germany)

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There are many various landmarks and monument that have been built and rebuilt over time in Germany. For example, Neuschwanstein Castle was built in Bavaria by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, also known as the “Fairytale King.” Moreover, the fairytale Cinderella was based on the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. You can visit http://www.neuschwansteincastle.net/, for more information. The Reichstag Building in Berlin, Germany plays an important part in monuments built through Germany. It is the parliament building in Germany which was bombed in both World Wars and was rebuilt. This is an important command center in Berlin and is a very important building in the world. Therefore, Germany has many important landmarks as well as monuments that have been built for various reasons. I think that the castles that were built in Germany were used as military bases and defence centers. Also, it was key during the World Wars for the opponents of Germany to bomb the parliament building in order to damage their military systems and to destroy a center of command in Germany.

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There are many different types of wildlife in Germany including, the Alpine Ibexes, badgers, buzzards, deer, chamois, foxes, greylag geese, harbor seals, hares, hedgehogs, herons, martens, moose, muskrats, owls as well as wild boars, brown bears, adders (snake), Eurasian lynxes, raccoon dogs and pheasants.

There are also many animals at risk of being extinct in Germany which include: the Bank vole, Basking shark, Beluga whale, Eurasian otter, European beaver, European mink, Geoffroy's bat, Harbor porpoise, Minke whale, and Red-breasted goose. Since hunting is a common practice in Germany, we think that many hunters and poachers may have contributed to the dwindling numbers of each species.

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According to http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/germany/deweather.htm, spring throughout Germany is chilly yet summer is a relatively warm season with mostly sunny skies. As fall approaches the temperature drops and there is much more rainfall. In the west there is a mild winter while in Eastern Germany the winter are harsh and fierce. In the North there is heavy snowfalls while throughout the rest of Germany there are considerable amounts of snow yet melt rather quickly. I find this fascinating since I though that winters throughout Germany were harsh yet in the western part of Germany there are mild winters. Presented with this information it is now easy to understand that since the nation extends over a large area of latitude in the northern part there is a more brutal winter yet a mild summer. At first, we had thought that Germany had much colder weather, but it is actually more mild.

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Overall, Germany includes many descriptive features which include the human as well as the natural characteristics found, built or changed in Germany.

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Question: What makes this place different from other places?

Answer: The Commerzbank Tower has been built and is an important center of command in Berlin, Germany. Also the Zugspitze is in Germany and is 9,718 feet high. Also the start of the Great Plain starts in central Germany and extends eastward towards Asia. The climate of Germany varies very tremendously since it has cold winters and mild summers in the north while in the west, there are mild winters and hotter summers. Moreover, there are many animals that live in Germany. There are four species of whitefish which are native to only German: Coregonus bavaricus, Coregonus hoferi, Coregonus lucinensis and Coregonus fontanae.

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There are many high-rise buildings that have been built in Germany over the past fifty years. They are very industrialized centers in Germany. The tallest building in Germany is located in Frankfort and is the Commerzbank Tower. I have noticed that most of the highest skyscrapers found in Germany are in Frankfort, Germany instead of Berlin which I find interesting. Please view http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings-germany on more about the high-rise buildings found in the nation.

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Germany: Human-Environment Interaction (Pollution in Germany

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Germany: Human-Environment Interaction (Pollution in Germany

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The pollution that occurs in Germany is very slight. According to http://www.numbeo.com/pollution/country_result.jsp?country=Germany, the air pollution in Germany is 29%, the water pollution is 24% while the noise and light pollution in Germany is more severe, 42%. I noticed that if certain issues were fixed in various cities in Germany, then it would have redced the pollution rates of Germany. Also Mannheim Germany has the highest pollution rate of 79.81. Therefore, Germany only has some minor pollution issues. We thought they would have had more pollution because they have many manufacturing plants.

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According to Atlas of the World, although the major cities of Germany mostly consist of buildings there is much lush, green country side and steep mountains as well as forests. Germany has a variation in scenery which makes it such an extraordinary country. There are farms as well as industrialized companies in Germany making the nation have different functions in various places with different equipment suited to those tasks. The Germans built roads as well as bridges in order to travel faster and easier which carved a path of destruction through forests, plains and mountains destroying trees as well as parts of ecosystems. When they built cities they destroyed ecosystems and trees which depleted their air supply yet allowed them to build buildings that became businesses, factories or centers of command. They changed that part of the environment in order to make it easier to get information and goods. In the countryside, the Germans built farms in order to raise livestock and grow plants to sell to other German citizens. It must have been amazing for the Germans to create their own tools in order to do these things to change their environment to better fit their needs. It must have been hard to be a newly developing country and start out with nothing but people. Germany must have overcome a deep change by its citizens to make it the way it is now.

Caption: An image of the countryside of Germany.

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Caption: A photograph of Berlin representing an idustrialized area in Germany.

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During the first and second world wars, the land of Germany was bombarded with bombs, bullets, cannons, tanks, and other heavy artillery that fired ammunition which destroyed the land. However, now the people of Germany since they are at peace, live calm and happy lives and use the land for their advantage yet do not cause as much destruction as wars are able to do. The Germans cut down trees to build homes, make fires, make paper, use as lumber for other contraction which destroys the terrain and if the deforestations in Germany had continued they would be depleting their air supply. People have built farms to grow crops for food as well as to raise livestock for meat and other products such as milk, hide or wool. Industrialized cities were built to develop businesses as well as factories, place centers of command and build homes for everyone in the community. Germans hunt which is a very popular pastime for sport or for food, fur and other supplies animals provide. This cuts down on the number of animals in the area and excessive hunting can cause many species to be threatened, endangered or even extinct. Overall, there are many ways the humans interact with the environment and vice versa.

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Germany also has many ways of spreading information. According to clicktop10.com, Germany had 25.2 facebook users in 2013. Facebook is a way of spreading ideas. Germany also has many major newspapers. According to onlinenewspapers.com, Berlin has 3 major newspapers. One major news tv station is Deutsche Welle, which broadcasts in 30 different languages according to their website, dw.de. This shows that this station is used by many in the country.

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Germany also imports and exports many goods. The main goods Germany exports  are cars, machinery, chemical products, computer products, metals, and food. Germany imports 866 billion euros of goods every year, according to Destatis. This makes us think that Germany has a very good economy because of its imports and exports.

Caption: Mercedes Benz is a German car company.

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Germany has many examples of movement as a country. Many people immigrate to Germany every year. According to Destatis (Germany’s statistics office), 797,000 people left Germany for other countries in 2013. On the flip side, 1,226,000 people immigrated to Germany in 2013.

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Many people immigrate to Germany for better jobs, schooling and other things that Germany provides and some Germans emigrate to other countries for various reasons such financial problems and retirement. There are many goods that Germany exports including cars such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz, machinery, chemical products, computer products as well as metals and food. Germany also has many facebook users (over one million) who receive online news from pages. There are also many newspapers in Germany, three major ones are headquartered in Berlin according to onlinenewspapers.com. Also there is one major news station on television that broadcasts in thirty languages to reach various people in Germany. In this way, Germany exports many products and broadcast information in various ways. There are also many new immigrants who come to Germany every year.

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There are many regions, known as states, in Germany. These include Bavaria, Hesse, Thuringia, Saarla globabnd, Bremen, Hamburg, Baden-Württemburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin (the capital), Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Saxony-anhalt, Lower Saxony, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. These are the political regions, which were found on the world atlas. There are also physical regions, which include the Northeast German Plain, Northwest German Plain, Western Central Uplands, Eastern Central Uplands, South German Scarplands, Alpine Foreland and Alps, and the North and Baltic Sea. These were found on maps of the world. A common skill for people in Germany is planning ahead, because it is part of culture/tradition, Which we learned on kwintessential. As Berlin is the capital, there are many touristy things like monuments, such as the Victory Column in Tiergarten. An interesting fact about Hamburg that we found on globalblue is that it has more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined! (and remember that Venice has canals instead of roads!). Sausages originated in Germany, as wursts, and there are many cakes known as black forest cakes, and meat-and-potato dumplings. There are also many breweries, one being the oldest in the world. On kwintessential, it states that Germany is 34% Protestant, 34% Roman Catholic, 3.7% Muslim, and 28.3% other.

Caption: Shown below is the Victory Column found in Berlin, Germany.

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Germany has many regions within itself including economic development, language, religions, political divisions, land, and transportation routes. Germany has the world’s fifth largest economy alone at $3.4 trillion while the European Union is the world’s first largest economy according to http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/GDP. The reason Germany has such a high economic value is because it exports more that it receives in imports which boosts the economy because of the profits made. There are many different religions in Germany since many people immigrate to Germany. According to Discover Germany by Camilla De La Bedoyere, 36% of the population is Protestant, 34% is Roman Catholic, 18.5% is not religious, 5% is other types of Christian, 4.4% is Muslim, 1% is Orthodox, 1% is Independent Christian, and 0.1% is Jewish. Germany has 16 states which include Bavaria, Hesse, Thuringia, Saarla globabnd, Bremen, Hamburg, Baden-Württemburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin (the capital), Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Saxony-anhalt, Lower Saxony, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. These states have their own governmental systems with elected officials. According to Atlas of the World, though Germany is a much industrialized country it consists of scenic views of snow-peaked mountains, forests, lakes and plains.In the southwest it is covered by Black Forest as well as the southeast Bohemian Woodlands.The Bavarian Alps form a natural border between Germany and its southern, neighboring countries. The peak of the mountain Zugspitze, measures 9,718 feet above sea level and is the highest mountain in the Wetterstein range of the Northern Limestone Alps making it the tallest summit in Germany. In the north the nation is bordered by both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.In the center of Germany are the Harz Mountains and the Swabian Jura, which becomes the Great Plain that stretches eastward, towards Asia.The rivers Oder and Neisse border Germany’s sides on the east. Germany is the seventh largest country in Europe which covers 134,838 square miles or 349,223 square kilometers. There are many major rivers in Germany which include the Danube, Elbe, Main, and Rhine rivers. According to Discover Germany, there are 143,847 miles of paved roads, 29,959 miles of railroad tracks, 66 major airports and 8 major ports (harbors, bays and coves with docks with ships that have imports and exports). Therefore, Germany has many different regions.

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Humanities Unit 1 Final Project Bibliography 

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Humanities Unit 1 Final Project Bibliography 

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1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Germany/@51.1642292,10.4541194,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x479a721ec2b1be6b:0x75e85d6b8e91e55b

2. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/germany/deland.htm

3. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/germany/deweather.htm

4. http://www.neuschwansteincastle.net/

5. http://www.berlin.de/berlin-im-ueberblick/politik/reichstagsgebaeude.en.html

6. http://www.numbeo.com/pollution/country_result.jsp?country=Germany

7. http://livingingermany.geekymoms.com/must-knows/wildlife-in-germany-2/

8. Atlas Of The World (reference/encyclopedia book) by Keith Lye and Philip Steele

9. https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/NationalEconomyEnvironment/ForeignTrade/ForeignTradeIndicators/ForeignTradeIndicators.html;jsessionid=1D5D64C8B3DCCF6EE04C62A319DB1119.cae4

10. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html

11. Germany, Enchantment of the World by Jean F. Blashfield

12. Major European Union Nations: Germany by Ida Walker and Shaina Carmel Indovino

13. http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/germany-country-profile.html