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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.

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.

Abitur after twelve years

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

Adolf Wissel

Adolf Wissel (19 April 1894 – 17 November 1973) was a German painter.

Akaflieg Berlin B13

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

Alpen

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

Altenhagen

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

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.

Armenia Fund

All-Armenian Fund through its 25 affiliate organizations has presence in 22 countries around the world: United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, and Australia.

Aull

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

Basedow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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

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.

Bocholt Disaster

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

Bodenrode-Westhausen

Bodenrode-Westhausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Borgdorf-Seedorf

Borgdorf-Seedorf is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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.

Diana Sorbello

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

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).

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

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.

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.

Grischow

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

Groß Miltzow

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

Heiligenmoschel

Heiligenmoschel is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Heinz Kluncker

He was a member of the SPD (Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands Social-democratic party of Germany) since 1946.

Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar

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

Hohen Wangelin

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

Hohenbollentin

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

Hohenzieritz

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

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.

Joldelund

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

Kabelhorst

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

Karlum

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

Kirchweiler

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

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.

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.

Kriesow

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

Kronsmoor

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

Landscheide

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

Liber glossarum

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

Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba

Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba (3 June 1736 – 3 May 1804) was a German theologian and entomologist.

Ludwig Thienemann

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

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.

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).

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.

Niederbreitbach

Niederbreitbach is a municipality and officially recognised climatic health-resort in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, 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.

Operation Plunder

Beginning on the night of 23 March 1945, Operation Plunder was the crossing of the River Rhine at Rees, Wesel, and south of the Lippe River by the British 2nd Army, under Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey (Operations Turnscrew, Widgeon, and Torchlight), and the U.S. Ninth Army (Operation Flashpoint), under Lieutenant General William Simpson.

Ostenfeld, Nordfriesland

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

Oststeinbek

Oststeinbek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, 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.

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.

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.

Rudolf Lindau

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

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.

Schwarz, Germany

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

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.

Spall, Germany

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

Verchen

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

Wallhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate

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

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.

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.

Zirzow

Zirzow is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, 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.

Arkebek

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

Cörmigk

Cörmigk is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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.

E53

European route E53, a road connecting Plzeň, Czech Republic and München, Germany

Ectaco

Within the next 2 years offices were opened in Germany (Berlin), Great Britain (London), the Czech Republic (Prague), Canada (Toronto), Poland (Warsaw) and Ukraine (Kiev).

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 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.

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.

Haff

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

Herbert Westfaling

Westfaling was born in London, England, the son of Harbert Westphaling, whose family originated in Westphalia (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.

Hüttingen an der Kyll

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

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.

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.

Konstanz

Konstanz station is served by the Upper Rhine Railway running west to Singen with connections to all parts of Germany, and the Etzwilen–Konstanz line running south into Switzerland, connecting to major routes at Weinfelden.

Krumhermersdorf

Krumhermersdorf is a village in the large county borough of Zschopau in the district Erzgebirgskreis in East Germany.

Lisel Haas

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

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.

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.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 1901 to the German physiologist Emil Adolf von Behring, for his work on serum therapy and the development of a vaccine against diphtheria.

Nutteln

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

Oeschebüttel

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

Paul Sarvela

With more than 130 conference papers to his credit, his work has been presented nationwide in the United States, as well as in parts of Europe, where he has been a visiting professor at the University of Cologne (Germany) and lectured in Finland.

Penkow

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

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.

Royal Air Force Germany

RAF Germany was disbanded as a separate command in 1993 as part of the reduction of British Armed Forces presence in Europe at the cessation of the Cold War.

Spirit Zone Records

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

Süderau

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

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 Fatherland

Having been born in Munich, Germany, and moved to New York City in 1896, Viereck graduated from the College of the City of New York and directly entered the world of publishing.

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.

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.

Werner Heldt

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

Wredenhagen

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