Welcome
to the German Embassy
and the German Information Center! Start here for
basic information on Germany, and find tons of links to even more
information. This site is in English.
Find
scads of info about Germany at WorldSkip!
(But it's not just limited to Germany - choose any country around
the world!)
Quick
Facts about Germany: a good place to start finding out
about Germany as a country.
Länder
der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : quick & concise
entries about each of Germany's Länder. Entries include
location on a map, information about populations, and a link to
that Länder's capital city.
Information
about the Bundesländer:
This
site has pictures of all the official
coats of arms for the German states. Each "Wappen" is also
a link to that state!
InterNationes:
Landeskunde Online: dozens of up-to-date Landeskunde
topics
Deutschland:
An Interactive Map
Can
you locate all 16 German states? Click
here for a practice map!
Find
out about Germany's
government!. There's information here about organization,
legislation, membership, and about the move from Bonn to
Berlin.
Visit
this site to find out about the current Bundespräsident
and his predecessors. There's a picture of the current president
and his wife, information and photos of past presidents, the text
of various speeches, information about the German president
abroad, and tours through Schloß Bellevue and Villa
Hammerschmidt.
A
Cultural History of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, with
links to over 750 Biographies, clickable historic calendar, and a
section on Important Women. Page by Paul Schons of St. Thomas
University.
Information
about one of the most famous WWII German resistance groups:
Die Weiße
Rose..
The White Rose homepage Outstanding resource in English language. Find out about college students Hans und Sophie Scholl (and other members of the famous group), see photographs and look at the contents of the leaflets they courageously distributed. There are also links to more information about Die Weiße Rose, in both German and English
Ed
Weintraut's collection of links for "Germany
1949: Fifty Years Ago" and "Germany
1989: Ten Years Ago"
A
Concrete Curtain: The Life & Death of the Berlin
Wall
Statistisches
Bundesamt Deutschland: Zahlen & Fakten (The "Zahl der
Woche" is pretty fun!)
Listen
to the German National Anthem, and find out more about its
origins.
here to visit Horst Kurz' page of national anthems.
The
history of the German
flag (in English). here
to see pictures of the various German flags (the text at
this site is all German.)
German-American
History & Heritage
