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Germany (German: Deutschland) is a country in Central and Western Europe [3] that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia , and is seventh-largest country by area in the continent.
The Verkehrsclub Deutschland e. V. (VCD) advocates the introduction of a generally applicable maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour on autobahns and expects this measure to provide more climate protection, higher traffic safety, fewer traffic jams due to lower speed differences and better efficiency for new vehicles, since a speed limit ...
The sixteen constituent states of Germany are divided into a total of 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts [1] (German: Landkreise or Kreise – the latter in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein only), and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte or, in Baden-Württemberg only, Stadtkreise – cities that constitute districts in ...
Also Netinera (previously Arriva Deutschland) operates several railway lines in Germany. In 2018, public sector funding accounted for 25.6% of the cost of short-distance passenger transport including all rail and bus services. [9] The long-distance market generally does not require government funding. [10]
Geograph Deutschland is a web-based project, initiated in July 2008, [1] to create a freely accessible archive of geographically located photographs of Germany. [2] Photographs in the Geograph Deutschland collection are chosen to illustrate geographical features all parts of Germany.
The 2009 Trans Europe Foot Race was also organized by Ingo Schultze. The route started in Bari, Italy and finished in North Cape, Norway.It mostly avoided big cities and passed for example Foggia, Fano, Schlanders, Seeg, Waldkappel before using the ferry Kiel-Gothenburg, and then passing for example Kristinehamn, Sveg, Storuman, Jokkmokk, Enontekiö, and Alta.
Flak tower during construction (1942) A 12.8 cm FlaK 40, the main guns of the Flak-towers, and its crew After the RAF's raid on Berlin in 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered the construction of three massive flak towers to defend the capital from air attack.
Geilenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˈɡaɪlənkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ, Ripuarian: Jellekerke [ˈjæləˌkæʀ˦(ə)kə]) is a town in the district Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.