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Football is the most popular sport in Germany. [1] The German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB) is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members (roughly eight percent of the population) organized in over 31,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the Bundesliga, 2.
University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Wittenberg) University of Hamburg. HafenCity University Hamburg. Hamburg University of Technology. Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg) Hertie School of Governance (private institution with university status, awards PhD) Leibniz University Hannover.
Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states ( Länder ), with the federal government only playing a minor role. While kindergarten (nursery school) is optional, formal education is compulsory for all children ages 6 to 18. [1] Students can complete three types of school leaving qualifications, ranging from ...
Germans ( German: Deutsche, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə] ⓘ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. [18] [19] The constitution of Germany, implemented in 1949 following the end of World War II, defines a German as a German citizen. [20]
Nazi Germany, [h] officially known as the German Reich [i] and later the Greater German Reich, [j] is a term used to describe the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, [k] meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire ...
t. e. The Weimar Republic, [c] officially known as the German Reich, [d] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has 16 states ( German: Bundesländer singular: Bundesland ). The biggest is Bavaria and the smallest is Bremen. Most of them were created after the Second World War. Some states have historical roots from the early Middle Ages . State creation since 1949: 1952: Three small states (Baden, Württemberg-Baden ...
