The World Factbook. Location: This entry identifies the country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the centroid or center point of a country expressed in degrees and minutes; it is based on the locations provided in the Geographic Names Server (GNS), maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on behalf of the US Board on Geographic Names. Map references: This entry includes the name of the Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. Note that boundary representations on these maps are not necessarily authoritative. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. This is the population pyramid for Germany. Frankfurt Auto Show News & Photos. Wiesbaden Military Community | Your home in Germany!
RSO Religious Holiday Celebrations Religious Support Operations celebrates religious holidays in the spring of 2015 with a variety of services and gatherings. Click here to see details. Update to driver license policy From USAREUR Public Affairs: The issue concerning the validity of expired U.S. drivers' licenses has been resolved at the diplomatic level. Traffic Advisory: Schiersteiner Bridge Closure The dreaded mega chaos during rush hour on autobahns and roads around Wiesbaden and Mainz came true Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Off-post housing survey U.S. “Army in Europe Regulation 190-16: Installation Access Control” requires sponsors to ensure any individuals they sign in are physically escorted at all times. Transformation Update: Movie theater, Clay Kaserne ACP and PX Due to renovation of the Taunus Movie Theater starting Jan. 12, the last movie showing at Taunus will be Jan. 11. Recognize, report suspicious activity New Policy: Remote-Controlled Aircraft New DPW Customer Service number. Frankfurt: museum of truth, beauty and virtue. Tourism in Germany – travel, breaks, holidays. Germany. Germany ( i/ˈdʒɜrməni/; German: Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant]),[7] is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe.
It consists of 16 constituent states, which retain limited sovereignty, and covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi) with a largely temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany is a major economic and political power and traditionally a leader in many cultural, theoretical and technical fields. §Etymology §History §Prehistory §Germanic tribes and Frankish Empire Second- to fifth-century migrations in Europe In the 3rd century a number of large West Germanic tribes emerged: Alemanni, Franks, Chatti, Saxons, Frisii, Sicambri, and Thuringii.
§Holy Roman Empire Martin Luther publicised The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 in Wittenberg, challenging the Roman Catholic Church and initiating the Protestant Reformation.