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Presentation by Sarita Jenkins
THE CULTURE OF GERMANY
35% Roman Catholic 36% Protestant (mostly Lutheran)2% Muslim25% no official religionCatholics are mostly located in the southern
and the western parts of Germany Protestants are mostly located in the northern
and the eastern parts of Germany
RELIGION
Martin Luther
Declared his intolerance for the Roman Church’s corruption on Halloween in 1517, by nailing his 95 Theses of Contention to the Wittenberg Church door
Exiled following the Diet of Worms Council in 1521 that was designed to martyr him
Translated the New Testament (NT) into German for the first time from the 1516 Greek-Latin New Testament of Erasmus
Published NT September of 1522Published a German Pentateuch in 1523, and another
edition of the German New Testament in 1529 Published the entire Bible in German in the 1530’s
RELIGION
Borders of the
States of
Germany
Saar-land
German National Anthem “Lied der Deutschen”
Rock Music
Folk musicHerr Zahns Liederbuch
Classical music and composersLudwig van Beethoven Johannes Brahms Johann Sebastian BachRichard Wagner
Music
Oktoberfest
Cannstatter Volksfest
Hanover Schutzenfest
Freimarkt in Bremen
Hamburger Dom
Festivals “Volksfest”
Internationally recognized sport including live music, beer, and food
Born in the 1960’s to incorporate fitness at all levels
Vary in length from 5km to 50km
Earn souvenir stamp for walking booklet, pins, patches and misc souvenirs
Volksmarches
Grimm BrothersHeinr Hoffmann
Fairytales
NeuschwansteinLinderhofWartburg
Castles
flood of immigrants
guest workers
international students
Cultural Challenges
economic woes of the former Communist countries
economic and political refugees since 1989
highly-organized criminal network involved in promoting the entry of illegal immigrants from all over the world
Cultural Challenges
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/02_03/Cul/Germany/germany.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanyhttp://www.operationworld.org/country/germ/
owtext.htmlhttp://german.about.com/od/music/German_M
usic_and_Songs.htmhttp://
www.bellaonline.com/articles/art41980.asphttp://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-
bible-history/martin-luther.html
Sources
Music provided by Beethoven FIDELIONBC Symphony Orchestra
