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100 unusual facts about Germany


1921 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1921 German Ice Hockey Championship was the fifth season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

1926 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1926 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 10th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

Abitur after twelve years

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

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.

Angeln Saddleback

The Angeln Saddleback, also known as the Angler Sattelschwein (Danish: Angler sadelsvin), is a rare breed of domestic pig grown mainly in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

August Miete

Thereafter, Miete worked in the family's farming/milling business until 1950, and then as Managing Director of the Savings and Loan Association in Lotte.

Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

August also increased his incomes by taking over the administration of the County of Barby during the minority of Count August Ludwig.

Aull

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

Batenburgers

In August 1536, the leaders of the various Anabaptist groups met in Bocholt in a final attempt to maintain the unity of Anabaptism.

Battle of Stellau

The Battle of Stellau was a battle that took place in the year 1201 near the village of Stellau, now part of Barsbüttel, near Wrist, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Becherbach

Becherbach refers to two villages in the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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.

Blankenberg, Thuringia

Blankenberg is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Blankenhof

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

Bordelum

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

Bunde

Bunde, Germany, a town in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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 Germany

When the official government, the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) took over, these limits were relaxed.

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.

Diana Sorbello

Diana Sorbello (born June 27, 1979 in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German schlager singer.

Egestorf

Egestorf is a municipality in the district of Harburg, 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.

Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

In Fürstenau on 19 June 1726 Ernst Frederick married Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau (d. July 1745).

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

Georg Ludwig Spalding

Georg Ludwig Spalding (April 8, 1762 – June 7, 1811) was a German philologist born in Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

German town law

Town laws were more or less entirely copied from neighboring towns, such as the Westphalian towns of Soest, Dortmund, Minden, and Münster.

Giersleben

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

Gorleben salt dome

Of these 140 salt domes only four were proposed: Lichtenhorst, Wahn, Maria Glück (Höfer) and Gorleben.

Gornsdorf

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

Groß Miltzow

Groß Miltzow is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, 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.

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.

Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar

Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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.

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.

Kabelhorst

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

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).

Kirchweiler

In 1201, Kirchweiler had its first documentary mention when a nobleman from Berlingen, then held by Himmerod Abbey, bequeathed an estate near Kirchweiler.

Kolkerheide

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

Kollegstufe

The regulations for the Kollegstufe and also for the Abitur are different in the different "Länder" (federal states) of Germany.

Krempermoor

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

Kronsmoor

Kronsmoor 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.

Lauterecken-Grumbach station

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

Liber glossarum

Known copies of the Liber glossarum are mostly scattered throughout France and Germany.

Lichtenberg, Mittelsachsen

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

Ludwig Thienemann

Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann ( 25 December 1793, Freyburg – 24 June 1858, Dresden) was a German physician and naturalist.

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.

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.

Mehlbek

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

Minuscule 92

In 1485 the manuscript belongs to John Camerarius, bishop of Worms.

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.

Northern Epirus Liberation Front

In September 1943 Italy surrendered to the Allies and her place in Albania was taken by German troops.

Nossentiner Hütte

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

Oelixdorf

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

Poyenberg

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

Rantrum

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

Riepsdorf

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

Ritzerow

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

Rodenbach bei Puderbach

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

Roe Green Park

In May 1929, two 25 metre high masts were erected, and the first international moving picture transmissions, from Berlin in Germany to England, were received here.

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar

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

Schülp, Dithmarschen

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

Siegen station

The station was opened on 10 January 1861 simultaneously with the opening of the branch line from Siegen to Betzdorf, now part of the Sieg Railway.

Simmertal

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

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover

In 1696, she had the Charlottenburg Palace (originally Lützenburg Palace) constructed at Lützow by Arnold Nehring: here, she lived independently from her spouse and had her own court.

Stapelfeld

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

Stockholm University School of Business

The school also offers one of the most international classrooms in Sweden, with students and faculty from the U.S., China, Germany, and other countries.

Stuer

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

Süderau

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

Teach First Deutschland

Teach First Deutschland is a German non-profit organization started in 2008 and adapted from Teach For America and Teach First.

Uri Avnery

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

Vipperow

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

Waldburg-Wolfegg

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

Walow

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

Westerland

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

Wewelsfleth

Wewelsfleth is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, 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.

Windbergen

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

Zschaitz-Ottewig

Zschaitz-Ottewig is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.


Adolf von Brauchitsch

Adolf von Brauchitsch died in Chemnitz, Germany on the 21 January 1935 at age 58 and was given a military funeral.

Alois Dessauer

Alois Joseph Dessauer (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; February 21, 1763, Gochsheim - April 11, 1850, Aschaffenburg) was a famous German court banker (Court Jew).

Altenhagen

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

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.

BBV Hagen

The name "Brandt Hagen", for the new club, originated from the main sponsor Brandt Zwieback, a well known producer of zwieback in Germany.

Borstendorf

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

Botanischer Garten in Bad Langensalza

The Botanischer Garten in Bad Langensalza is a botanical garden located at Kurpromenade 5b, Bad Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany.

Christian Quadflieg

Christian Urs Quadflieg (born April 11, 1945 in Växjö, Sweden) is a German television actor and director.

F.P.1

The German version was the last German film that either Siodmak or Peter Lorre, who played a secondary character, would make in Germany before the war.

François Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier

In September 1791, after the dissolution of the Assembly, Montlosier fled to Germany where he tried to join the counter-revolutionary Army of Condé at Coblenz.

Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn

Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (born November 14, 1811 in Elbing, † April 30, 1886 in Berlin) was a 19th-century German conductor, composer and music writer who worked mainly in Berlin, Danzig, Elbing and Riga.

Galenbeck

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

Götschetal

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

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

Hammoor

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

Henk van den Breemen

The “Gang of five”, as they were called when the pamphlet was presented in Washington DC (January 2008), consisted of General (ret.) John Shalikashvili (USA), General (ret.) Dr. Klaus Naumann (Germany), Admiral (ret.) Jacques Lanxade and Field Marshal the Lord Inge (UK).

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.

Hüttingen an der Kyll

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

Jervis B. Webb Company

The company headquarters is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices and manufacturing plants internationally including Carlisle, South Carolina; Harbor Springs, Michigan; Boyne City, Michigan; Hamilton, Ontario; Northampton, England; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Palaiseau, France; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.

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.

Journal of Contemporary History

The winner of the first George L. Mosse Prize in 2006 was the British historian of Nazi Germany Alex J. Kay, who won for his article Germany’s Staatssekretäre, Mass Starvation and the Meeting of 2 May 1941.

Luise von Ploennies

Luise von Ploennies (7 November 1803 – 22 January 1872) was a German poet born at Hanau, the daughter of the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler.

Oeschebüttel

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

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.

PIKO

PIKO manufactures its own products, at its headquarters factory in Sonneberg (Thüringen) Germany, and at its own factory, PIKO China, in Guangdong, PRC.

Plötzkau

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

Propaganda during the Reformation

Propaganda during the Reformation, helped by the spread of the printing press throughout Europe, and in particular within Germany, caused new ideas, thoughts, and doctrine to be made available to the public in ways that had never been seen before the sixteenth century.

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.

Spirit Zone Records

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

STN Atlas

STN ATLAS Elektronik GmbH was a German defence company, producing sensors and other electronic or computer components such as Radar, Sonar, fire-control systems, simulations.

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.

Thanks to My Mother

Two days after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, when Suzanne was eight years old, Germans occupied Vilnius and Suzanne’s father, Isak Weksler was arrested as a Jew and was eventually sent to his death at Paneriai - Ponary.

The Colditz Story

It is based on the book written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle.

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.

Windischleuba

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

Woggersin

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

Wredenhagen

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

Wulfsen

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

Wustrow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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