Germany

Jena

• Jena (pronounced yeah-na) is the closest city to Stadtroda.
• Population: 105,463 (Dec. 31, 2011)
• Jena is a university city.
• Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena. The school was founded in 1558 and now has over 20,000 students, which makes it the largest university in Thuringia.

View of Jena's city center

Christmas Market in Jena

Famous People from Germany

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Famous Products from Germany

Albert Einstein

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven

Heidi Klum

Brothers Grimm

Porsche

Mercedes

Audi

BMW

VW

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Where is Germany located?

Germany

About Germany

Germany is an European country.

Population: 81,726,000 (2011)

Capital: Berlin

Leader: Chancellor Angela Merkel

Learn Some German

Hello - Hallo

Bye - Tschüs (choos)

Thank you - Danke (dAHNK-Uh)

Please - Bitte (bit-ta)

My name is... - Ich heiße... (Ish hi-sa)

Other Famous Sights

of Germany

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

Reichstag in Berlin

More About Germany

Castles

Opera House in Hamburg

This castle was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Germany has many old cities, towns, and villages. Some of them are older than 1,000 years old.

Trier is the oldest city in Germany. It was founded in or before 16 BC.

Germany has many castles. Some of the most famous are:

Neuschwanstein Schloss

Heidelberger Schloss

Sanssouci Schloss

Thüringen

Thüringen

We have other letters in German besides the 26 letters that are in the English alphabet. They are:

Population: 2.29 million people

Nickname: "the green heart of Germany" because of the dense forest

Located: in the former Eastern Germany

Famous for: the Thüringen bratwurst

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The Holocaust - Continued

• Germans learn about the Holocaust in many of their classes: They learn about the history of it in history class. They learn about National Socialist literature in German class (their version of our English class). They discuss the religious aspects of it in religion class. Finally, they learn about banned art in art class.
• Examination: Germans are not only expected to recall the events that happened during the Holocaust when they take tests over it. They also have to answer short answer questions or essay questions that cause the students to think critically about different events.

Stadtroda

Our school is located in Stadtroda. Stadtroda (known as Roda until 1925) is a town of 6,041 people (2011). The town was first mentioned in 1210.

The Holocaust - What German students learn about it

Our School - Fachschule für Agrarwirtschaft

92 years old

We are an agricultural college. Our students learn about farming.

We are the biggest and really the only farming school in Thuringia.

Students go to school here for 4 years.

• German students also learn about how terrible the Holocaust was.
• They read about the events of the Holocaust in textbooks and watch videos on it, going through the events chronologically.
• They discuss the events and think about them critically. For example, they discuss what might lead someone to join the Nazi party.

Germany is made up of 16 federal states. Our school is in Thüringen (known as Thuringia in English).