German fashion all over the world

When you think about germany the first thing you think about is definitly not fashion. But there are many german fashion designers who are popular and loved all over the world.

Examples:

Wunderkind-Wolfgang Joop
Wunderkind is Wolfgang Joop's personal vison of what a contemporary, sophisticated and independent woman wants in her wardrobe. It is an intimate and emotional expression of the designers taste, one that explores the contradictions and dualities inherent in each woman. - http://wunderkind.de/flash.htm


Rena Lange
The brand 'Rena Lange' was run by Renate Guenthert for about 25 years until she killed herself and gave the business to her son. -http://www.renalange.com/



Felder Felder
Felder Felder is run by the two identical twin sisters Anette and Daniela Felder. The two are german, studied
London and their clothes sell all over the world
-http://www.felderfelder.com/collections/spring_summer_2012.html

German language

German is spoken in: Germany of course, Austria, Liechtenstein, the german part of Switzerland, Luxembourg, Namibia, South Tirol, and the german-speaking community of Belgium. Most people in germany speak the standart german, but in germany there are parts where you dont speak standart german, i will show you which.

German accents



German Brands



Haribo is a german confectioner with its place of business in bonn. It was established in 1920 by Hans Riegel. The name is deduced from his name and the place of business ( Hans Riegel Bonn).
Haribo

Haribo factories in Europe (marked red)

Did you know...? - Interesting facts about haribo

...that, if you would make a chain out of all the Goldbaeren of an annual output it would surround the globe four times with a length of 120,225 km.

...that, if you would roll up all the black licorice wheels of an annual producition and string them together, they would reach from earth to moon and back. That would be 468,000 km.

...that the advertising partnership Thomas Gottschalk persists since 1991 and it is the longest in the world.

...that the Haribo-Ad is with a publicity of 98% the highest.

...that Haribo produces 100,000,000 Goldbaeren worldwide per day.





The carpenter Kaspar Faber (1730-1784). First he only worked for other firms, then he started making pens at his own charge. He became really popular and got to work independent. Now his company has a worldwide reputation. In 1978 Anton Wolfgang Graf of Faber-Castell is at the top management and begins, in the same year, with the production of wooden-calm pencils for the decorative cosmetics (Private label). In the following two decades a row of new foreign establishments and foreign works is founded, including the biggest rubber factory in ther whole world (Malaysia, 1980)

Oktoberfest

The 178 Oktoberfest was this year. It was celebrated from the 17th September until the 3rd October. Oktoberfest is a german tradition and many people visit germany at this time to come and celebrate this festival! It is one of the biggest public festivals in the world. It is celebrated annual since 1810. In this year about seven million people visited the festival.The festival takes place in Munich which is in a part of germany called Bavaria. For the festival the brewerys in munich brew a special beer which is called Wiesn-Märzen, with more original wort but with a higher alcohol concentration aswell.

The women normally wear a Dirndl which is a special type of dress and the men wear a costume and leather pants. For women it is really important on which side they wear their bow: Left means you are single, right means you are married, in front means youre a virgin and in the back means you are either a waitress or a widow woman. So be careful!

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information from: http://www.oktoberfest.de/de

German map



germany's position in europe (orange)



German map

photos from: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html
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West Germanic languages

   Dutch (Low Franconian, West Germanic)

   Low German (West Germanic)

   Central German (High German, West Germanic)

   Upper German (High German, West Germanic)

   English (Anglo-Frisian, West Germanic)

   Frisian (Anglo-Frisian, West Germanic)

North Germanic languages

   East Scandinavian

   West Scandinavian

   Line dividing the North and West Germanic languages

information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_germanic-languages_2.PNG

basics about germany

 Germany is in central europe, bordered between the North Sea and the baltic sea between the Netherlands, Poland and the south of Denmark. Germanys total area is 356,910 km squared and the land area is 349,520 km squared. Compared to other countrys, germany is slightly smaller than Montana, a part of the USA. Germany has boundaries to Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. Germany is in the temperate zone which means cool and cloudy weather, wet winters and warm summers. Germany terrain is described as lowlands in north, uplands in the center and the Bavarian Alps in the south. The land is mostly arable land (34 per cent)and forest and woodland (30 per cent) Some of Germanys natural resources are iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt and nickel.

informations from this page: http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/brd-fact.html#area