30 interesting facts about Germany
You probably don't know the following surprising and somewhat strange about the culture of Germany!
1. In Bavaria, beer is officially considered food.
2. In Germany there are about 300 types of bread.
3. There are also museums of bread.
4. Hugo Boss created the uniforms of the official for the Nazi Party and for the Organisation of the Hitler Youth.
5. Although everyone knows the beer festival as Oktoberfest, it actually starts in September.
6. The first Oktoberfest took place with the celebration of the wedding of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria.
7. Germany has the most zoos in the world (over 400).
8. With an area of 891 km2, Berlin is nine times bigger than Paris.
9. In Munich you can find over 60 beer gardens.
10. Albert Einstein, the most recognized scientist in the world was of German nationality and was born at Ulm. He was married to his cousin.
11. In Germany are most of the fan clubs of football in the world.
12. The player of the national football team of Germany, Mesut Ozil (of Turkish nationality) recites passages from the Koran before the beginning of the match.
13. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895.
14. Among other inventions of the German notable lists: the phone, the diesel engine, aspirin, flashlight, fluorescent, and pregnancy test.
15. Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany.
16. In Germany there are over 1000 types of sausage.
17. Berlin has the largest train station in Europe.
18. German is the third most taught language around the world.
19. In Germany there is a Barbie doll inspired by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
20. Germany has the strongest economy in Europe.
21. The German language is spoken by over 100 million people from around the world.
22. On 65% of the “Autobahn” (in translation from German “the Highway”) there is no speed limit.
23. Karl Marx, the author of “the Communist Manifesto” was born in Germany, in the region of the Rhineland, Trier city and was a member supporter of the Club Trier Tavern Club drinking society.
24. The american author Mark Twain recognized for the fact that he was a fan of the German language, he said: “I never knew for what there is of eternity. This was created to give us a chance to learn the German language.”
25. The term “ecology” was coined for the first time by the german biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866.
26. All the cities listed were at one time capitals of Germany: Aachen, Regensburg, Frankfurt-am-Main, Nuremberg, Berlin, Weimar, Bonn (and East Berlin), and in 1990, Berlin again became capital of Germany.
27. In Berlin there is a museum dedicated to the “currywurst” (in translation sausages with curry), a culinary specialty very appreciated and popular brewed from pieces of pork sausage seasoned with a sauce of spicy ketchup. Currywurst is a symbol of Berlin, a national dish, but nicărieri so appreciated as in Berlin.
28. The museum of the Currywurst opened in 2009, the year in which the berliners have two reasons to celebrate: the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and the 60th anniversary of the invention of this goodies. The museum is an interactive exhibition that incite all the senses.
29. The opening of the new international airport than expected has been delayed four times and is still not very clear when it will be fully functional. What happened with the efficiency of the teutonic?!
30. Germany has a total of 81 holders of the Nobel prize.
