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Information About Germany

Germany has got 16 federal states here are names of them:

Baden Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine -Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringenia

The Story of The Berlin Wall:

The Berlin wall was a concrete barrier built by the German Democratic Republic(GDR) in 1961 that completely enclosed the city of West Berlin,separating it from East Berlin. The wall included watch towers along large a concrete wall which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the “death strip”)that contained anti vehicle trenches,”fakir beds” and other defences. The separate and much longer inner German border (IGB) demarcated the border of east and west Germany. Both border became symbolize the Iron Curtain between Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc. Before the Wall's erection,3.5 million East Germans had avoided the Eastern bloc emigration restrictions and defected from the GDR, many crossing over the border from East Berlin to West Berlin. From West Berlin, emigrants could travel to west Germany and other western European countries. During its exsistance from 1961 to 1989 the Wall stopped almost emigration and separated the GDR from west Berlin for more than a quarter of a century. After its erection around 5,000 people attempted to escape the Wall,with the estimate of the death toll varying between 100 and 200 people. The Berlin Wall was officially referred to as the “anti fascist protection wall” by the communists GDR authorities,implying the neighbouring West Germany had not been de-Nazified. The West Berlin city government sometimes referred to it as the “Wall of shame”-a term coined by mayor Willi Brandt-while the wall's restriction on freedom of movement. In 1989,there were a radical series of Eastern Bloc political changes assosiated with the liberalization of the Bloc´s authoritarian systems. After several weeks of local civil unrest following the erosion political of the pro soviet governments in near by Poland and Hungary, the East German government announced 9th November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit west Germany and west Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed over the wall,joined by west Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. Over the next few weeks, a euphoric public and souvenir hunters chipped away parts of the wall, the government later used industrial to remove most of the rest. The fall of the Berlin wall paved the way of the German reunification. It was formly concluded October 3rd 1990.

The National Anthem The national anthem of Germany is called “Das lied der Deutschen” which means The song of the Germans. Here are the lyrics in German. Einigkeit und Recht und Friehiet, Für das Deutsche Vaterland, Danch lasst uns alle streben, Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand! Einigkiet und Recht und Freiheit, sind des Glükes Unterpfand, Blü im Glanze dieses Glükes, Blühe,Deutches Vaterland.