A total of nearly 8.2 million people holding only foreign citizenship were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) at the end of 2014. This was the highest number of foreigners ever registered in Germany since the AZR was established in 1967. Compared with 2013, the number of foreigners rose by roughly 519,300 or 6.8% in 2014. This … [Read more...]
Immigration In Germany
Immigration has been a primary force shaping demographic developments in the two Germanys in the postwar period. After the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the immigration flow, first into West Germany and later into united Germany, consisted mainly of workers from southern Europe. In addition, the immigrants included several other groups: a … [Read more...]
German Population
The German population has reached a new record. In 2018, the population grew by 227,000 people, or 0.3 percent, as the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced in Wiesbaden. This is the first time in history that over 83 million people live in Germany. The exact figure at the end of the year was given by the Federal Office at 83.0192 … [Read more...]
German Society
Nationality: noun: German(s) adjective: German Ethnic groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish) Languages: German (official) note: Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romany are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower … [Read more...]
German Geography
Germany is located in the Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. Roughly the size of Montana and situated even farther north, unified Germany has an area of 356,959 square kilometers. Extending 853 kilometers from its northern border with Denmark to the Alps in the south, it … [Read more...]
German Nationality Law
On January 1, 2000 a new nationality law came into force in Germany. This law will help foreigners living in Germany to become German citizens. According to the new law, "At the heart of the reform is the supplementing of the traditional principle of descent (jus sanguinis) by the acquisition of nationality by birth. For children born in Germany of … [Read more...]
Intrigue and Mystery of the Amber Room
In the pantheon of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries, few capture the imagination quite like the Amber Room - that legendary chamber whose walls literally glowed with the warm, honeyed light of six tons of amber panels, gold leaf, and precious mirrors. Often called the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this masterpiece of baroque artistry … [Read more...]
Degenerate Art – “Entartete Kunst”
In 1937 in Munich the Nazis held an art exhibition of what they called Entartete Kunst, or Degenerate Art. The purpose of the exhibition was to let the Germans know that some forms and pieces of art were not accepted by the "highest race", and this art is "degenerate", also called as Jewish or Bolshevistic. During the "Entartete Kunst" campaign … [Read more...]
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