Germany's capital city, Berlin, is located in the northeastern part of the country. Germany's boundary length totals 6,010 km (3,734 mi), of which 2,389 km (1,484 mi) is coastline. Germany shares boundaries with Denmark and the Baltic Sea on the n, Poland and the Czech Republic to the e, Austria to the se, Switzerland to the s, France to the sw, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the w, and the North Sea to the nw. Germany is slightly smaller than the state of Montana, with a total area of 357,021 km sq (137,847 mi sq).

Germany is located in western Europe, bordering the North Sea between France and Poland. In addition, the movable Carnival/Rose Monday holiday and various provincial holidays also are celebrated. Movable religious holidays include Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension, and Whitmonday. HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January Labor Day, 1 May German Unity Day, 3 October Repentance Day, Wednesday before the 3rd Sunday in November (except Bavaria) Christmas, 25 –26 December. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is the legal standard.

There are coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents and 1 euro and 2 euros. MONETARY UNIT: The euro replaced the deutsche mark as the official currency in 2002. OL161723W Page_number_confidence 83.99 Pages 358 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20191206182641 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 539 Scandate 20191205084026 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780826406019 Tts_version 3.FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of black, red, and gold horizontal stripes -the flag of the German (Weimar) Republic from 1919 until 1933.ĪNTHEM: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (Unity and Justice and Liberty). Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 01:46:46 Associated-names Hoffmeister, Gerhart Tubach, Frederic C Boxid IA1728610 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Germany 2000 Years by Kurt F. Reinhardt