Germany
Of Europe, European country, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Europe. May also be referred to as Deutschland, FRG and Federal Republic of Germany.
A republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990.
This concept's ID is @1~46762
City
- Aachen
A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's...
- Bremen
A city of northwestern Germany linked by the Weser River to the port of Bremerhaven and the...
- Bremerhaven
A port city in northwestern Germany at the mouth of the Weser River on the North Sea;...
- Chemnitz
A city in east central Germany; formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt until 1990; noted for textile...
- Dortmund
An industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from the 13th to 17th century as...
- Dresden
A city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British...
- Leipzig
A city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center.
- Solingen
A city in west central Germany noted for cutlery.
- Weimar
A German city near Leipzig; scene of the adoption in 1919 of the constitution of the Weimar...
- Bonn
A city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949...
- Cologne
A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during...
- Braunschweig
A city in central Germany.
- Dusseldorf
An industrial city in western Germany on the Rhine.
- Essen
A city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr.
- Frankfurt on the Main
A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center.
- Halle
A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River; a member of the Hanseatic League...
- Hamburg
A port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the...
- Hanover
A port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League.
- Lubeck
A city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic...
- Mannheim
A city in southwestern Germany at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers.
- Nuremberg
A city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46).
- Potsdam
A city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945.
- Rostock
A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic...
- Stuttgart
A city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture.
- Wurzburg
A city of south central Germany.
River
- Danube
The 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the...
- Neckar
A river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine.
- Oder
A European river; flows into the Baltic Sea.
- Rhine
A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into...
Geographical Area
- Prussia
A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern...
- Rhineland
A picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river.
- Ruhr
A major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern ...
- Thuringia
A historical region of southern Germany.
State
- Bavaria
A state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory.
- Lower Saxony
A state in northwestern Germany.
Also contains
- Norse mythology
The mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment...
- German
The standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic.
- Berlin
Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany.
- Weissbier
A general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy...
- Frisian Islands
A chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending...
- panzer
An armored vehicle or tank.
- liebfraumilch
A sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany).
- Black Forest
A hilly forest region in southwestern Germany.
- Palatinate
A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
- Pietism
17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and...
- Oktoberfest
An autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer.
- Hameln
A town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of...
- Schadenfreude
Delight in another person's misfortune.
- swastika
The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at...
- Constance
A lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the Swiss Alps; forms part of the...