18th Century Poet

Friedrich von Schiller
November 10 1759-May 9 1805

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German Philosopher, Playwright, Poet, Dramatist and Historian Schiller born Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller in Marbach, Wurttemberg. Schiller's father, a military officer, ordered him to attend military academy against his sons wishes of studying theology. After 7 years of attending the academy he was dismissed because of his submission of a controversial essay on religion. After Schiller left the academy he was then forced to join his father's military regiment. Against his father's wishes he continued to write. Schiller worked very closely with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and were very influential towards eachother. He wrote 10 dramatical playwrights and is considered to be Germany's most important classical playwright. His most famous playwright is the Wallenstein, which was based on the Thirty Years War. Schiller only wrote 8 poems and very few of these were set to music, including one to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian composer, based many of his operas on Schiller's playwrights, some of them even having the same name.

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All Quiet On The Western Front: Day 1

All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a novel about a man namel Paul and the struggles he faces throughout World War I and how his life is changed after. It is a book of survival; Remarque describes experiences of men on the frontline such as starvation, injury fatigue etc and how they make it through the day. One major event is when Paul goes home on leave to visit family and learns his mother has cancer and is now faced with not only losing his fellow soldiers but his mother due to a disease. He also describes how everything has changed in his hometown, how he is no longer a part of the community he was a part of once but is now a part of the military and has no civilian identity. In the end there are no survivors.

Hesse

LOCATION: Central Germany

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES:
Lower Saxony to the North
Thuringen to the East
Bavaria to the SouthEast
Baden-Wuertemberg to the South
Rhineland-Palentine to the SouthWest
North Rhineland-Westphalia to the NorthWest

CAPITAL: Wiesbaden

POPULATION( as of 12.31.2009): 6,061,951
About the population of Indiana

SIZE: 21,100 km squared
Bigger than Connecticut smaller than New Jersey

POPULATION DENSITY: 287.3/ km squared
About the same density as Connecticut

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Life In Germany Today

What are the two restaurants/bars in Germany where you can dine completely in the dark?
Unsicht-Bar in Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg
Nocti Vagus in Berlin

Germany is the second most populous country in Europe. Which is the first?
Russia

On Saturday, September 25th, Munich will be hosting a pop sensation. Who is it? Where are they from?
Kate Nash, Britain

German History
What German ruler backed Martin Luther from very early on, and ensured his safety after he was declared an outlaw?
The Duke of Saxony

What German state rapidly rose to a first-class miliary power between 1670 and 1740?
Prussia

Who is this?
Richard Wagner

German Media
Who is this?
Franka Potenta

What was the name of the movie where German actress Angelica Domröse plays the sister of a Man named Jens?
Die Legende von Paul und Paula

These three men founded a video game company located in Germany, what is the name of their company and who are they?
Crytek
Brothers: Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli

Bavaria
Who spoke at the Ingolstaedter Muenster church in Ingolstadt, Germany on 24.4.10?
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Defense Minister Karl-Theodore zu Guttenberg, in a service for four soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Why were King Ludwig the Second's castles opened up for tourism shortly after his death?
To pay for the cost of building them.

Which of King Ludwig the Second's castles in Bavaria was the only one to be finished before his death?
Linderhof

Lower Saxony
What is the oldest flowering plant in Germany?
A rosebush at St. Mary's Cathedral in Hildeshein

What are the 7 inhabited Frisian Islands?
Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeook, Spiekeroog, Wangerooge

This character from the Shrek movies is based off lore from Lower Saxony.
The Pied Piper

North Rhine-Westphalia
What do the colors of the NRW flag represent?
Green - the River Rhine; White - the White Horse; Red - the Red Rose

Which political party had the greatest percent of votes in the May 9th, 2010 election in NRW?
Christian Democratic Union, with 34.6%

What was the precursor to the treaty of Westphalia?
The Concordat of Worms
Berlin

What street is this building on?
It is the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, located on Werderscher Strasse in Berlin.

This structure is a key location in which German film?
Run, Lola, Run (in English) or Lola Rennt (in German).

Held in Berlin, what are the German equivalent to the British Pop Awards?
Echo Awards

Our Choice

What famous novel, anonymously written in the early 13th century, ends with the death of all key characters? Nibelungenlied

Where is this statue and what is it depicting?
It is in Bremen, Germany, and it is depicting the Bremen town musicians.

Which German car was the first one to be built solely outside of Germany?
The BMW Z3

German Media: Radio & Newspapers

# of Radio Stations in each German State (Most to Least)
Bayern - 79
Nordrhein-Westfalen - 74
Berlin - 40
Baden-Wuerttemberg - 33
Sachsen - 27
Hessen - 20
Niedersachsen - 19
Hamburg - 17
Rheinland-Pfalz - 13
Sachsen-Anhalt - 11
Brandenburg - 8
Saarland - 8
Thuringen - 8
Schleswig-Holstein - 7
Bremen - 6
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - 6

I would say the #1 most popular music station throughout the states is Mix followed by Schlager. Many of the states also have Rock stations and Dance or Pop but it isn't as widespread as the Mix music. Few states have News radio stations or Klassik or Oldies radio stations.


Germany focuses on the same things North America does in their newspapers; Politics, Current news events, Entertainment etc. They also have the same types of magazines that North America does such as Women's magazines, Outdoors magazines, Political magazines etc.

Bastei Rocks In The Elbe Valley

Located in the Saxon Switzerland National Park are the Bastei Rocks. They are steep fissured sandstone rocks, canyon-like ravines, caves and rock needles constitute, possibly, the most spectacular national park in all of Germany. Formed over hundreds of years by the Elbe washing away the rock face. The cliffs face directly over across the river. The cliffs rise 194 meters above the waterfront.

The landmarks have been a tourist attraction for over 200 years. In 1824 a wooden bridge was built which spanned the rocks, later to be replaced by the current sandstone bridge in 1851. Other attractions in the area include; hiking and rock climbing are two of the biggerst activities associated with the Bastei Rocks.

Sandstone Bridge

Boat tours are also popular with tourists visiting the area. You can ride the Elbe river on one of the world's oldest paddle-streamers. The tour takes you from the rocks of Elbesandsteingebrige through the Elbe valley to the historic city of Dresden, which is about 40 km away.

Boat Tour Along The Elbe

There popular stones within the Bastei Rocks. Such as, the ascent through the 'needle eye' to the stone Pfaffenstein. Fortress Koenigstein could never be conquered by enemies, as it sits within the Bastei Rocks. It is one of the largest castle plants of Europe. 

The "Needle-Eye"