Germany
Throughout history Germany has been known for many things. For being a power house country during the first and second World Wars, for Adolf Hitler and killing 6 million Jews, then for laying low for a while, and then, again, becoming a strong, powerful country. Germany has been known for many things, but in this blog I will tell you some things that you might not have known about Germany, some cool things to do, and some interesting facts.
There are 81,799,600 people living in Germany, which is the 16th most in the world. The capital of the country is Berlin, Germany. GDP per capita is $41,168 and the country’s total is a little over 3 trillion. There are some basic facts about Germany.
Here are some fun facts for you… Some of the people in Germany claim that the Holocaust never happened, which is actually illegal in the country. The Volkswagen beetle was made in Germany and Adolf Hitler helped create it. In Germany there are over 150 castles, only a few of them contain aristocrats but most of them are restaurants, hotels, and ruins. 31% of Germany is covered in woodlands and forest, which is one of the reasons Germany is such a beautiful country.
Most Germans do not travel very far. Germans think that a 50 mile car ride is way too long… That is like from here to Omaha. They stay close to home and don’t travel often. Even though Germany has one of the best transportation systems in the world, many of them own their own vehicles. And their vehicles are like their prized possessions. I have cousins that live in Germany, and when they come back to the states we try and take them down to Omaha to go to a nice restaurant, but they hate going because they think that it costs us too much money to drive there, and it takes way to long.
There are a lot of interesting, historical places you can go in Germany. One of those places would be the reminisce of Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was wall built by the Germany Democratic Republic that cut off West Berlin from East Berlin and Eastern Germany. The Berlin Wall fell on November 9th, 1989. My Uncle was in the United States Air Force and he was actually there when the wall fell.
Another tourist attraction is the Neuschwastein Castle. Construction started on September 5th, 1869, and it was completed sometime in 1892. The castle now serves as part museum, but some parts still remain off limits to the public.
I wanted to do my blog on Germany because that is where my family and ancestors are from. I have cousins that live over there and I’ve always wanted to go there. Something I learned while doing this assigned blog was that one of the main architectures of the Neuschwastein Castle name was Julius Hofmann. I thought it was really cool that one of the most beautiful castles in the world could have be built by one of my ancestors.
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Comments
That is very cool! Hopefully you can visit it some day! Well done!