Tag: facts about germany

Germany. The land of sausages, great cars and lederhosen. These are just a few of the things that come into your head when I say 'Germany' to you. But these are not the only amazing facts about German culture. Germany, just like Spain, is not as old as you may have thought. Yes, there was the Holy Roman Empire before that and the German Confederation, but no 'Germany' per se. Germany was only founded in 1871, fast forward 120 years, two world wars, the Berlin wall, everything. Some even argue that Germany itself was only truly founded in 1990, when the reunification between east and west happened, but I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. Thanks to Germany's presence abroad in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, German culture is quite prevalent, especially in ...