Germany History

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As you want to know the History of Germany

The Celts are believed to have been the first inhabitants of Germany.

They were followed by German tribes at the end of the 2nd century B.C. German invasions destroyed the declining Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th centuries A.D. One of the tribes, the Franks, attained supremacy in western Europe under Charlemagne, who was coroneted Holy Roman Emperor in 800.

By the Treaty of Verdun (843), Charlemagne's lands east of the Rhine were yieldd to the German Prince Louis.

Additional territory acquired by the Treaty of Mersen (870) gave Germany approximately the area it maintained throughout the middle Ages.

For more than a few centuries after Otto the Great was crowned king in 936, German rulers were also usually heads of the Holy Roman Empire.

Geography-

Located in central Europe, Germany is made up of the North German Plain, the Central German Uplands (Mittelgebirge), and the Southern German Highlands.

The Bavarian plateau in the southwest averages 1,600 ft (488 m) above sea level, but it reaches 9,721 ft (2,962 m) in the Zugspitze Mountains, the highest point in the country.

Germany's major rivers are the Danube, the Elbe, the Oder, the Weser, and the Rhine.
Germany is about the size of Montana.

Some other info pertaining the same-

President: Joachim Gauck (2012)

Chancellor: Angela Merkel (2005)

Land area: 135,236 sq mi (350,261 sq km); total area: 137,846 sq mi (357,021 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 80,996,685 (growth rate: –0.18%); birth rate: 8.42/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.46/1000; life expectancy: 80.44

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Berlin (capital since Oct. 3, 1990), 3.462

Other large cities: Hamburg, 1.796 million; Munich, 1.364; Cologne, 1.006 million

Monetary unit: Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)