GermanyGermanyNorth-Rhine WestfaliaNorth-Rhine Westfalia

GueterslohGuetersloh

Germany Germany GeographyGeography

• Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, South of Denmark

• Area – compare to Montana: slightly smaller than Montana 357021 sq km

• Border countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland

• Germany is devided into 16 states (Bundesländer)

GermanyGermanyGeographyGeography

• Climate: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasionally warm winds

• Terrain: lowlands in the north, uplands in the centre, Bavarian Alps in the south

Germany Germany HistoryHistory

• Beginning of the German history: 911-919

• Wall-fall: 09.11.1989

• Union of the German Democratic Republic and of the German Federal Republic: 03.10.1990

• Capital: Berlin since 1990

GermanyGermanyGovernmentGovernment

• Government type: Federal Republic• chief of state: President Johannes Rauh

(since 1 July 1999; five-year-term)• head of government: Chancellor Gerhard

Schroeder (since 27 October 1998;four-year-term)

• Biggest parties: SPD, CDU/CSU, Gruene, FDP, PDS

Germany Germany PeoplePeople

• Population: 82.797.408• Life expectancy:77,44 years• Ethnic Groups: German:91,5% ;

Turkish:2,4%; other 6,1%• Religion: Protestant:38%; Roman Catholic

34%; Muslim 1,7%, unaffiliated or other 26,3%

• Language: German

GermanyGermanySights/Famous cities,placesSights/Famous cities,places• Berlin (biggest city, 3,4

Mil.inhabitants): Brandenburger Tor, Kurfürsten Damm, Palast der Republik, Staatsoper, The Wall, Alexanderplatz mit der Weltzeituhr

GermanyGermanySights/Famous cities,placesSights/Famous cities,places• Dresden: is in the East of Germany,

one of the most beautiful cities in Europe with sights like Semper Oper and the Frauenkirche

GermanyGermanySights/Famous cities,placesSights/Famous cities,places• Cologne: Cathedral of Cologne,

Chocolate museum

• Munich: capital of Bavaria, Oktoberfest, Industry (BMW)

• Bavarian Alps, North Sea and Baltic Sea

GermanyGermanyEconomyEconomy

• World`s third most technologically powerful economy after the US and Japan

• Industries: world`s largest and technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles

• Agriculture-Products: potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar, beets, fruit, cabbages, cattle, pigs, poultry

GermanyGermanyEconomyEconomy

• Natural resources: iron ore, coal potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land

• Export-commodities: machinery, vehicles, chemicals,mtals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles

• Import-commodities: machinery vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals

• Exprt-partners: EU 56,4%, US 9,4%, Japan 1,9%• Import-Partners:EU 53,7% US 8,3%, Japan 5,9%

GermanyGermanyFamous companiesFamous companies

Siemens

Brandt

Herlitz

Joop

Lagerfeld

VW

Nivea

ThyssenKrupp Storck

Mannesmann

North- Rhine –WestfaliaNorth- Rhine –WestfaliaGeographyGeography

• Location: Is a land in the north-west of Germany

• Capital: Capital of NRW is Duesseldorf

• Population: It the most populated land in Germany (17,97 Mil.)

• Area: 34068 sq km

North-Rhine-WestfaliaNorth-Rhine-Westfaliacharacteristic in NRWcharacteristic in NRW

• NRW is famous for it`s „Ruhrgebiet“

• Extraction of coal and steel

• A lot of big cities in a small area

Rhein

Lippe

Westfalen

North-Rhine-WestafaliaNorth-Rhine-WestafaliaEconomyEconomy

• NRW is the industrial heart of Germany• 20 of the 40 biggest companies of Germany

and 19 of 100 biggest in Europe are in NRW • In NRW are the primary(agriculture),

secondary(production) and the territory (services) industry

• The primary and the secondary industries go down and the territory industry grows

North-Rhine-WestfaliaNorth-Rhine-WestfaliaTourismTourism

Beutifull cities like Duesseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund, Muenster and Detmold

A lot of tourists visit places like Teutoburger Wald, Sauerland, Münsterland and the Eifel

GueterslohGuetersloh(Location)(Location)

Germany

NRW

Guetersloh

GueterslohGueterslohabout the townabout the town

• Area: 111 sq km• Population: 95000 inhabitants • Economic and culture centre in district of

Guetersloh• History: Guetersloh is over 800 years old• Leisure activity:events in the City hall,

Theater or in the parks, cafes, shops, lakes in the surrounding places and nice forests

GueterslohGueterslohEconomyEconomy

• A lot of companies have their headquarters in Guetersloh and surroundings places

• Famous companies: Bertelsmann, Miele, Pfleiderer, Claas, Nobilia, Storck,Marc Aurel, Drahtwolf, Marten

We hope that you could get a better impression of

Germany, the state NRW and the town Guetersloh

Celina P. & Katrin H.