Germany-By Calum.

The country I have chosen to do my homework on is Germany.

Flag of Germany

Germany is a Western European country which has a estimated population of 82 Million.

Official Language: German

The name for Germany in the German language is Deutschland

The largest city and Capital is Berlin which has more bridges than Venice, but is much bigger than the tiny Italian island.  There are over 180 kilometres of  waterways within the Berlin city limits. This makes it possible to explore Berlin by boat. It is Germanys most multi-cultural city with People from over 184 nations living there. One of its most famous landmarks the Berlin Wall was built on the 13th August 1961 and split the country into two states, East Germany and West Germany.  The wall was torn down on 9th November 1989 and thus it was no longer East and West just one state Germany.

Football is the most popular sport in Germany and they are one of the most successfully national teams having one a total of 4 World Cups and 3 European championships. Its is also the only nation to have one both the men’s and woman’s world cups.

In club football Bayer Munich are the most dominate team in the country, having won a record 27 league titles and 18 national.  They are currently ranked second in UEFA Club rankings. Here are  a few  Bayern Munich players – Robert Lewandowski , Manuel Neuer , Thomas Muller, Philipp Labh and Xabi Alonso.

Countries that border Germany include Belgian, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg, Poland and Switzerland.

Landmark

Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water.

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The  Rhine, called the Seer Hein. The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps. The lake has frozen many times over the years.

Each German region has its own specialty dishes plus regional variations of top German cuisine recipes. Here are 3 popular German foods: Bratwurst, Pretzels, Black Forest Gateau

I hope you found my facts interesting!

 Auf Wiedersehen

Café 5b Success!

We decided to open a café for our business topic called Café 5b.  We applied for jobs in the company and we all helped to organise the business.  We held the café on Wednesday in the school dining hall and lots of our parents and grandparents came along to support us.  We all chose jobs in the café and we were all very busy!  We raised the grand total of £167.41 which we are going to use to have a day out and to help some charities.  Thank you very much to everyone who came and who helped us on the day!

What mysteries lie in Neidpath Castle?

We had quite an adventure today as we walked on our trip to Neidpath castle.

Inside the castle we were amazed to find a deep well, a dungeon, a prison, a friendly skeleton and even a toilet in the wall !

The castle was so amazing and we were all very excited to see what it would really have been like to live in a castle. Tapestries kept the rooms cosy along with huge fireplaces.

Did anyone smell a rat?

  • Thank you so much to all the parent helpers for supporting us on our castle tour – we could not have done it without you !