Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western and Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north with the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituent states have a total population of over 83 million, making it the most populous member state of the European Union (EU). Germany borders Denmark to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; Austria and Switzerland to the south; and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED
These are English demonyms for people from Germany. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.
Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS
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Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.
Includes only parts of some modern states: much of Britain south of Scotland, and areas west of the Rhine or south of the Danube in Germany.
The aquila was a legion's eagle standard, not a national flag. No original legionary eagle is known to survive.
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A predecessor state whose borders differed from modern Germany.
Black, white and red horizontal bands; distinct from the modern black, red and gold.
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A few starting points, not a complete history.
German unification creates the German Empire.
Nazi dictatorship, the Holocaust and the Second World War reshape Europe.
Two German states are established.
German reunification ends the division into East and West.
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An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.
No state church; recognized religious communities can have public-law status.
Status referenceCatholic and Protestant traditions have shaped the country. Church membership and self-reported belief are different measures, so no population ranking is inferred here.
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Places and things the general-knowledge library connects to Germany. Open one to follow its connections, then practise them with typed recall.
Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.
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| Berlin capital | 3,426,354 |
| Hamburg | 1,973,896 |
| Munich | 1,505,005 |
| Köln | 1,024,621 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 650,000 |
Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.
Federal parliamentary republic.
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
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Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, famous, languages.
