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German in Brief

Population: 82,057,000 Size: 357,021 km²
Adjacent countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
Geography: Germany is located in the centre of Europe. It forms a bridge between maritime West of Europe and the continental East, between the warmer South and the cool North. Germany is a triad of mountain ranges, uplands and low-land plains – the Bavarian Alps in the South, the pleasant wooded mountains of the Mittelgebirge in the centre of the country and the low country along the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts in the North
Highest point: Zugspitze (2,962 m) - 31% of the country is covered with forests Coastal line: 2,389 km
Climate: Germany’s climate is temperate. The average temperatures are around 20-30°C in the summer (June/July – August/September) dropping around 0°C in the winter months (November/December – February/March)
Life expectancy: 77 years (Men - 73 years; Women - 80 years)
System of government: The Federal Republic of Germany is a democracy with a liberal free-market economy, freedom of religion and freedom of the press. Germany is a member of the European Union (EU).
Railway system: 43,966 km Freeways and roads: 633,000 km Cycle tracks: 40,000 km Federal and national water ways: 10,000 km
Sea water routes: 23,000 km² Time zone: In Germany, clocks are set to Central European time. From the end of March to the end of October (summertime) they are put forward one hour.
Electicity: The voltage is 230V.

 
Capital: Berlin (3.47 million inhabitants) States in the Federal Republic: 16
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

To visit any of the states of Germany
simply click on area on the map below.