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100 unusual facts about Germany


1913 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1913 German Ice Hockey Championship was the second season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

1927 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1927 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 11th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

1947 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1947 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 29th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

49th Royal Tank Regiment

The operation was carried out under 'artificial moonlight' (searchlights shining onto the cloud cover) and during the assault on Rees by the 51st (Highland) Division the Grants both illuminated the crossing and engaged the enemy on the far bank with their 75mm guns.

Akaflieg Berlin B13

The Akaflieg Berlin B13 is a two-seat motor-glider designed and built in Germany.

Alexander Spengler

Alexander Spengler (March 20, 1827 – November 1, 1901) was a German physician and the first physician specializing in tuberculosis in Davos.

Alpen

Alpen, Germany, a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Altenhagen

Altenhagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Ammersbek

Ammersbek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Aull

Aull, Germany, municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Bassturk

Bassturk is a Turkish-German band best known for their song Yana Yana which sold 20,000 copies in Germany and 500,000 downloads in the internet, which was just an introductory single of the Bassturk album.

Benjamin Ide Wheeler

In the spring of 1885, he received on examination at Heidelberg the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, summa cum laude, presenting a thesis entitled Der griechische Nominalaccent, afterwards published at Strasburg as a separate book.

Bocholt Disaster

The Bocholt Disaster refers to the collapse of Spinnerei Beckmann cotton mill, in Bocholt, Germany, shortly before its completion in 1895.

Bordelum

Bordelum (North Frisian: Boorlem) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Borrentin

Borrentin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

Bröbberow

Bröbberow is a municipality in the district of Rostock, in Mecklenburg, Germany, consisting of the three villages Bröbberow, Klein Grenz and Groß Grenz.

Burkhard Christoph von Münnich

Münnich was born at Neuenhuntorf in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg in the military family of Anton Günther Mönnich (since 1688 von Münnich, an east-Frisian nobility).

Censorship in the Federal Republic of Germany

This concept of "streitbare Demokratie" (self-defending democracy) was developed as a late response especially to the rise of the NSDAP, but also KPD, that turned the democratic Weimar Republic into the Nazi regime.

Conrad II of Teck

Conrad was buried in Saint Martin's Church in the town of Owen, near the Teck castle.

Dissen

Dissen am Teutoburger Wald is an old charactered town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Einhausen, Thuringia

Einhausen is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Eric of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

However, Eric died unexpectedly on 14 May 1532, during a banquet in Fürstenau to celebrate his election in Osnabrück with his noble friends.

Ferréol Cannard

He also got a bronze medal with the French team at the World Championships 2004 in Oberhof

Fischbach-Oberraden

Fischbach-Oberraden is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Fleming of Louhisaari

He was probably son of a Claus Fleming who between 1331 and 1354 is mentioned as bailiff of Barth in the Pomeranian principality of Rügen (a Danish fief) and had in principle the same Coat of Arms.

Garstedt

Garstedt is a municipality in the districty of Harburg in Lower Saxony in Germany

Gettorf

Gettorf (Danish: Gettorp) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Gornsdorf

Gornsdorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Gotthun

Gotthun is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Grischow

Grischow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Groß Teetzleben

Groß Teetzleben is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Gustav Otto Ludolf Heine

He was born near Boizenburg in the German grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on January 7, 1868.

Halsbrücke

Halsbrücke is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Hedersleben, Harz

Hedersleben is a municipality in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Heinz Reinefarth

After the war Reinefarth became the mayor of the town of Westerland and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag.

Helga Eng

After a stay in Halle under the auspices of Ernst Meumann from 1909 to 1910, she began on a doctorate thesis, finishing it in 1912.

International Socialist Congress, Stuttgart 1907

The gathering was held in Stuttgart, Germany from 18 to 24 August 1907 and was attended by nearly 900 delegates from around the globe.

Itzstedt

Itzstedt is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Jan Jesenský

He was the founder and head of the Prague Stomatology Clinic until the German occupation in 1939, a member of the Bohemian Academy, a member of International Association for Dental Research (IADR), whose Honorary Vice-President he became 1933–1935), and co-founder of its Prague Section in 1932.

Jochen Bleicken

Jochen Bleicken (3 September 1926 in Westerland, Sylt – 24 February 2005 in Hamburg) was a German professor of ancient history.

Johann Franz Ermels

Johann Franz Ermels (1641-1693), a German painter and engraver, a pupil of Holtzman, was born in Reilkirch.

Johann Joachim Spalding

In 1755 he became a pastor in Lassan, then two years later served as a minister in the town of Barth.

Kaplan International Colleges

KIC also offers short, medium and long-term residential foreign language courses in China, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Russia and Spain through partner schools.

Karl Fleschen

Karl Fleschen (born 28 June 1955 in Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.

Karl Müllenhoff

He was born at Marne, Holstein, and after studying at Kiel, Leipzig, and Berlin, was professor at Kiel (1846–58) and at Berlin (1858-84).

Klaus Zmorek

Klaus Zmorek (born 4 December 1957 in Lemberg, Germany) is a German actor.

Kolkerheide

Kolkerheide is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kollmoor

Kollmoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Krempermoor

Krempermoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kurt Emmerich

Kurt Emmerich (January 31, 1930 - February 3, 2006) was a German radio reporter.

Langenberg

Langenberg (Rhineland), an independent town until 1975, now a borough of Velbert, Germany.

Lauterecken-Grumbach station

270 (Kusel–Rammelsbach–Altenglan–Patersbach–Bedesbach–Erdesbach–Ulmet–Rathsweiler–Niederalben–Eschenau–Sankt Julian–Glanbrücken–Offenbach am Glan–Wiesweiler–Lauterecken),

Lundenberg Hundred

Today, remnants of the old hundred are now part of the island-turned-peninsula of Nordstrand, as well as the site of the town of Simonsberg, Germany, located southwest of Husum.

Manhagen

Manhagen is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Massow

Massow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Master Gerhard

Meister or Master Gerhard (* c 1210/1215 allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in Cologne) was the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral.

Matthei

Matthei is a surname of German origin.

Meddewade

Meddewade is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Meir Bar-Ilan

Gaining Semicha in 1902, he travelled to Germany where he became acquainted with a more modern form of Orthodox Judaism that had a more tolerant attitude to secular education and to political Zionism (although such attitudes were also present in the Lithuania of his youth, and in his grandfather).

Michael Müller

Müller ("Mueller" in English spelling) was born on December 18, 1825, in the village Brück in the German Eifel region.

Mönkhagen

Mönkhagen is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Neu Darchau

Neu Darchau is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Neundorf bei Schleiz

Neundorf (bei Schleiz) is a municipality in the district of Saale-Orla, Thuringia, Germany.

Ostenfeld, Nordfriesland

Ostenfeld is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Pahlen, Germany

Pahlen is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Plötzkau

Plötzkau is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Rantrum

Rantrum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ravenstein

Ravenstein, Germany in the district Neckar-Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg

Riepsdorf

Riepsdorf is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Rodenbach bei Puderbach

Rodenbach bei Puderbach is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Rudolf Lindau

Rudolf Lindau (10 October 1829 – 14 October 1910), was a German

Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia

Sankt Bernhard is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar was a County of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany.

Schrum

Schrum is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schülp, Dithmarschen

Schülp is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schwarz, Germany

Schwarz is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Schweinschied

Schweinschied is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Schwentinental

Schwentinental is a town in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Stapelfeld

Stapelfeld is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Süderau

Süderau is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Uri Avnery

Avnery was born in Beckum, Germany as Helmut Ostermann, to a well-established German Jewish family.

Verchen

Verchen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Vicki Genfan Live

The album was recorded during the Open Strings Festival on September 21, 2002, in Osnabrück, Germany.

Vierhöfen

Vierhöfen is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Vipperow

Vipperow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Waddeweitz

Waddeweitz is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Waldburg-Wolfegg

Waldburg-Wolfegg was a County located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Wallhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Wallhausen is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Walow

Walow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Weißenborn, Saxony

Weißenborn is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Westerland

Westerland, Germany, a town on the island Sylt, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wiehltal bridge

The Wiehltal Bridge is a highway bridge on the A 4 motorway between Cologne and Olpe over the Wiehltal valley at Engelskirchen (Oberbergischer Kreis), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wildberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Wildberg is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Wilhelm Holtz

Wilhelm Holtz (15 October 1836 – 27 September 1913) was a German physicist who was a native of Saatel bei Barth, Mecklenburg.

Windberg Abbey

Windberg Abbey was founded by Count Albert I of Bogen with the assistance of Bishop Otto of Bamberg on the site of the original seat of the Counts of Bogen.

Windesheim, Germany

Windesheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Woggersin

Woggersin is a municipality in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Wolperath

Wolperath is the third largest urban subdivision (Ortsteil) of the Neunkirchen-Seelscheid municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhein-Sieg, Germany.

Yitzkhok Yoel Linetzky

Attempting to leave for Germany to continue his education, he was stopped at the border and brought back, a virtual prisoner, to Vinitza.


Abitur after twelve years

The principal argument for the reduction are the comparatively long times for vocational education in Germany.

Ammeldingen an der Our

Ammeldingen an der Our is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Anton Thraen

Anton Karl Thraen (17 January 1843 in Holungen – 18 February 1902 in Dingelstädt) was a German astronomer and named two minor planets, 442 Eichsfeldia and 443 Photographica.

Arkebek

Arkebek is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Banz Abbey

Banz Abbey (German: Kloster Banz), now known as Banz Castle (German: Schloss Banz), is a former Benedictine monastery, since 1978 a part of the town of Bad Staffelstein north of Bamberg, Bavaria, southern Germany.

Blankenhof

Blankenhof is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Borstendorf

Borstendorf is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany.

Bubble car

Most bubble cars were manufactered in Germany, including by the former German military aircraft manufacturers, Messerschmitt and Heinkel.

Bunsenite

It was first described in 1868 for a sample from a hydrothermal nickel-uranium vein from Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany and named for German chemist Robert William Eberhard Bunsen (1811–1899).

Charles H. Wacker

His father was Frederick Wacker, a brewer, who was born in Württemberg Germany.

Detachment R

Detachment R (also known as the U.S. Army Russian Area School) was a special U.S. Army School initially located in a former Wehrmacht garrison in Oberammergau and later moved to Regensburg, Germany, where it remained from 1950 to 1954, when it was moved back to Oberammergau.

Donald S. Kellermann

He was a radio broadcaster while serving with the United States Army in Germany during World War II and went to work for the Brooklyn Eagle after leaving Hofstra University.

Ferdinand Gregorovius

He eventually returned to Germany, where he died in Munich.

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was born in Osnabrück, Germany and studied architecture, interior design and sculpture at Hanover School of Art and the Technical College, Hanover.

Galenbeck

Galenbeck is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

George J. Walker

He served tours in France, Germany, Korea and Vietnam as well as stateside assignments at Seneca Army Depot, Romulus, New York; Fort Holabird, Maryland; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Hood, Texas; Washington, DC; and Fort McPherson, Georgia.

Götschetal

Götschetal is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Grenzlandring

The Grenzlandring (German for "border-region ring"), sometimes Grenzland-Ring written, is a former high-speed race track oval in the Lower Rhine area of Germany, around the town of Wegberg, located close to Mönchengladbach and the Dutch town of Roermond.

Groupon MyCityDeal

MyCityDeal is backed by two key investors, Germany's Holtzbrinck Ventures and Rocket Internet.

Haff

Am Stettiner Haff, Amt in the district of Uecker-Randow, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

History of the violin

In the 19th and 20th centuries numerous violins were produced in France, in Saxony and the Mittenwald in what is now Germany, in the Tyrol, now parts of Austria and Italy, and in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.

Imusicapella

He was the winner of the Conductor's Prize for Outstanding Artistic Performance at the 6th Harmonie Festival 2011 in Lindenholzhausen, Germany, and the "Pro Musica Viva Maria Strecker Daelen Preis" Conductor's Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Contemporary Choral Work at the 10th International Chamber Choir Competition 2007 in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

Joshua Kadison

It peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and Filipino actor/singer Jericho Rosales recorded and released a version of it on his own 2009 album Change. Painted Desert Serenade went platinum in the US and Germany, and went multi-platinum in Australia and New Zealand.

Kultur- und Sozialstiftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie

Since 1994, the foundation presents, annually at Easter, charity concerts within the Bayreuther Osterfestival, the Osterfestival Nördliche Oberpfalz and tour concerts in Selb and Bielefeld (Germany) for the benefit of children suffering from cancer.

Libertas Germany

In March 2009 the foundation of Libertas Germany was disclosed at a press conference in Berlin.

Lisel Haas

Following Kristallnacht in November 1938 she abandoned her studio and left Germany with her father.

Mittelrhein

Middle Rhine (German: Mittelrhein), the Rhine River between Bingen and Bonn, Germany

New Bedford Highway Killer

Guedes could still be prosecuted for the 2000 murder of a prostitute in Aveiro, Portugal and similar murders in Germany (or neighboring countries) where Guedes resided in the 1990s.

OTE

In 2007 Marfin Investment Group acquired 20% of the company, and in March 2008 sold it to Germany's Deutsche Telekom which later increased its stake to 25% plus one vote, matching that of the state.

Rainer Kuhlmey

He has won several national titles (including the 1968 German Team Championships with Eintracht Frankfurt), took part in several international tournaments, such as Beaulieu and Cannes Championships, and represented Germany in the main draw of the 1971 French Open – Men's Singles competition at Roland Garros, Paris.

Ritzerow

Ritzerow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Rolf-Göran Bengtsson

Since 2003 Bengtsson lives in Breitenburg in Northern Germany where he runs his own stable together with Bo Kristoffersen.

Spirit Zone Records

Spirit Zone Recordings was an electronic music record label from Germany which started in 1994.

SS Westfalen

SS Westfalen (1912) was built as the 170 ton minesweeper FM-29 in 1919, by Nobiskrug in Rendsburg, Germany.

Stephan Breuing

Stephan Breuing (born September 21, 1985 in Bochum) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.

Tannöd

A film adaptation of the novel with the same title Tannöd was released in cinemas in Germany on 19 November 2009, directed by Bettina Oberli, (Wüste-Film West) and starring Julia Jentsch, Monica Bleibtreu and Volker Bruch.

The Little Drummer Girl

The story follows the manipulations of Martin Kurtz, an Israeli spymaster who is trying to kill a Palestinian terrorist named Khalil, who is bombing Jewish-related targets in Europe, particularly Germany, and the English actress Charlie, who becomes a double agent working on behalf of the Israelis.

Thomas D

Outside Germany, he is probably best known for Wish (Komm zu mir) which he performed with Franka Potente on the soundtrack of the movie Run Lola Run.

Tredegar House

After the King's arrest and execution, he fled to the continent and married Anna Petronilla the daughter of Baron von Pöllnitz from Westphalia (Governor of Lippstadt, 20 miles east of Dortmund in Germany).

UDC Finance Limited

(Heidelberg), a German banker who came to New Zealand at the age of 50 after fleeing Nazi Germany.

Wallstawe

Wallstawe is a municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Walter Arendt

Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Werner Heldt

Werner Heldt (1904–54) was a German painter.

Wewelsfleth

Wewelsfleth is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Windischleuba

Windischleuba is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.