by courtney and maddie

By Courtney and Maddie

In 1918 Germany was declared a republic. because the assembly that adopted its constitution met at Weimar in 1919. In its early years, the Weimar Republic was troubled by postwar economic and financial problems and political instability, but it had recovered considerably by the late 1920s. Its major political leaders included presidents

In 1961 the Berlin wall was built. When the Berlin wall was built the people living in that area could not go outside of the wall.

In 1989 the Berlin wall was demolished. Then when they demolished the wall communist east could go west and communist west could go east.

Germany was the birth place of Christianity. That is the birth place of Christ.

Under two-thirds of Germans consider themselves Christians. So under two-thirds of Germans believe in Christ.

The offial language of Germany is German over 95% of the population steaks German as their first language.

The black forest (German schwa Wald) is a wooded mountain range.

The area for Germany is 357,021 km2.

Forest cover most of the wilder uplands, growing almost to the summits of the black forest named after its lofty dark firs and as high as 1500m (9720ft).

Since 1990 increased the amount done with machines has boosted output, but agriculture stays second to industry in economic importance.

In Germany there are 21 nuclear and hydroelectric plants.

Germany is the worlds 4th largest economy and the largest in Europe.

The federal parliamentary representatives set a democratic republic governmentgovernment in Germany.Germany. The Federal Chancellor is the supreme power in Germany. The Government of GermanyGovernment of Germany holds executive powers. The two sections of Parliament which are the Bundestag and Bundesrat exercise federal powers. The Social Democratic Party and Christian Democratic Union has held enormous power since 1949.

The Bundestag consist of 598 members. It is elected every 4 years. The single seat constituency ( one who may vote for a representative) hold 299 members and the other 299 belong to the state constuency.

. Bundesrat represents the state government on the federal rank. It consist of 69 members. The state Government sends the voting orders to the members of the Bundesrat

The life expectancy at birth for a female is 80.9 years and for a male is 74.5 years.

The main exports for Germany are machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals, textiles.

The armed forces for army is 228,300; navy 30,000 and air force 76,400.

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