GLCPP Collaboration: Germany, a (very) short history and cultural overview

We had a collaboration with GLCPP, and this is the information from our presentation.

First, we asked the members what they knew about Germany, and then we went into the presentation.

Important Dates in German History

962: Formation of Holy Roman Empire (1st Reich)
1525: Formation of the Kingdom of Prussia
1806: Dissolution of Holy Roman Empire
1848: Attempted Revolution
1870: Franco-Prussian War
1871: German Unification; Formation of the German Empire
1919: Formation of the Weimar Republic
1933: Hitler appointed Chancellor; beginning of Third Reich
1945: End of WWII; Division of Germany
1949: Formation of GDR & FRG
1953: Strikes & Revolt in East Germany
1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall
1990: German Reunification

German Federal States:

Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia

Image: A collage of German cities.

Top row: Berlin (Alexanderplatz), Leipzig (Plagwitz), Leipzig (Innenstadt, Kaufhaus Bruehl), Frankfurt an der Oder

Middle row: Frankfurt am Main (Roemer), Tuebingen, Kassel, Duisburg

Bottom row: Potsdam (Neues Palais), Wernigerode (Markt), Magdeburg, Dresden

But it's not just pretty places...

Image: A collage of students hanging out and having fun in Germany. In the background are such places as La Porta Nigra in Trier, the Zwinger in Dresden, the Landschaftspark in Duisburg, Das Kleinste Haus in Wernigerode, and the oldest Church in Germany in Trier.

Slide with the title: "German Culture"

Images include a Hertha BSC Soccer game, a student club, a Babelsberg 03 soccer game, a pro-democracy street festival in Magdeburg, and the Berlinale, the international film festival in Berlin.

Afterward, we discussed what we were eating, and talked about further German Club meetings during the semester.