German Geography

Friday 18 November 2011

German cars

Audi
The history of the brand Audi started after August Horch was retired from his company "August Horch &Cie Motorwagenwerke Zwickau" and as he established the "August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH Zwickau" on the 16 of July 1909 with Zwickauer business people. The Company 'Horch' didnt want him to keep using that name for his company so on the 25 of April 1910 he changed the name into "Audi Automobilwerke GmbH Zwickau"

audi typ C (1913)

Logo bis 2009

VW

The Volkswagen AG (VW AG) with its office in Wolfsburg is the is the parent company of the marques Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghine, MAN, Porsche, Scania, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen Pkw and Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge. It is the biggest automaker in europe and the thirdbiggest in the world.

VW Kaefer ovali (1947)

BMW

The Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG) is the parent company of the BMW Group with the marques BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce and BMW M and BMW i. The main office is in Munich, Bavaria. The companys share is in the german share index, aswell as in Frankfurts security exchange

BMW 328

Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz is the name for the vehiculars of the Daimler AG. From 1907 Daimler Motor Company made their vehicles in Coventry until Jaguar Carsbought the company in 1960. At the end of 1989 Jaguar and Daimler Ag both went in posession of the brand Ford. Since Ford sold the two copmanys again, the companys namin rights belong to the indian company Tata Motors (2008).

Mercedes Double Phaeton (1905)

Porsche

The Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG is a producer of vehicles with its office in Stuttgart, Germany. The origin of the was in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche. The co-owner of the Porsche AG is with 49.9% the Volkswagen AG since 2009.

Auto Union Typ D (1938)

Opel

The Adam Opel AG is a german vehicular producer which belongs to the american company General Motors (GM). With 25,103 employers, Opel is one of the biggest german automakers.

Opel Lutzmann (1899-1901)

every information from: http://www.wikipedia.com/

Monday 14 November 2011

Germany and the euro crisis

Germany makes lots of profit out of the crisis. While european countrys like Italy and Greece are in a crisis, german firms and even the state still makes lots of profit. And thats because now people and the banks dont put their money in countrys like Spain or Greece, Germany became a safe place to put money in. In the picture you can see the euro sign in front of the european central bank in frankfurt.

German import and export:

As you can see on the graph, the blue one is for the import and the green one is for the export which means, because the green one is bigger than the blue one, Germany is making profit because they sell more things to other countrys than they have to buy.

Friday 28 October 2011

German fashion all over the world

When you think about germany the first thing you think about is definitly not fashion. But there are many german fashion designers who are popular and loved all over the world.

Examples:

Wunderkind-Wolfgang Joop
Wunderkind is Wolfgang Joop's personal vison of what a contemporary, sophisticated and independent woman wants in her wardrobe. It is an intimate and emotional expression of the designers taste, one that explores the contradictions and dualities inherent in each woman. - http://wunderkind.de/flash.htm

Rena Lange
The brand 'Rena Lange' was run by Renate Guenthert for about 25 years until she killed herself and gave the business to her son. -http://www.renalange.com/

Felder Felder
Felder Felder is run by the two identical twin sisters Anette and Daniela Felder. The two are german, studied
London and their clothes sell all over the world
-http://www.felderfelder.com/collections/spring_summer_2012.html

German language

German is spoken in: Germany of course, Austria, Liechtenstein, the german part of Switzerland, Luxembourg, Namibia, South Tirol, and the german-speaking community of Belgium. Most people in germany speak the standart german, but in germany there are parts where you dont speak standart german, i will show you which.

German accents

Thursday 20 October 2011

German Brands

Haribo is a german confectioner with its place of business in bonn. It was established in 1920 by Hans Riegel. The name is deduced from his name and the place of business ( Hans Riegel Bonn).
Haribo

Haribo factories in Europe (marked red)

Did you know...? - Interesting facts about haribo

...that, if you would make a chain out of all the Goldbaeren of an annual output it would surround the globe four times with a length of 120,225 km.

...that, if you would roll up all the black licorice wheels of an annual producition and string them together, they would reach from earth to moon and back. That would be 468,000 km.

...that the advertising partnership Thomas Gottschalk persists since 1991 and it is the longest in the world.

...that the Haribo-Ad is with a publicity of 98% the highest.

...that Haribo produces 100,000,000 Goldbaeren worldwide per day.

The carpenter Kaspar Faber (1730-1784). First he only worked for other firms, then he started making pens at his own charge. He became really popular and got to work independent. Now his company has a worldwide reputation. In 1978 Anton Wolfgang Graf of Faber-Castell is at the top management and begins, in the same year, with the production of wooden-calm pencils for the decorative cosmetics (Private label). In the following two decades a row of new foreign establishments and foreign works is founded, including the biggest rubber factory in ther whole world (Malaysia, 1980)

Friday 14 October 2011

Oktoberfest

The 178 Oktoberfest was this year. It was celebrated from the 17th September until the 3rd October. Oktoberfest is a german tradition and many people visit germany at this time to come and celebrate this festival! It is one of the biggest public festivals in the world. It is celebrated annual since 1810. In this year about seven million people visited the festival.The festival takes place in Munich which is in a part of germany called Bavaria. For the festival the brewerys in munich brew a special beer which is called Wiesn-Märzen, with more original wort but with a higher alcohol concentration aswell.

The women normally wear a Dirndl which is a special type of dress and the men wear a costume and leather pants. For women it is really important on which side they wear their bow: Left means you are single, right means you are married, in front means youre a virgin and in the back means you are either a waitress or a widow woman. So be careful!