Deutschland
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- A building site that stayed open for 632 years.
On 15 August 1248 Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden laid the foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral. Work stopped around …
- A football match that felt like a fresh start to many Germans.
On 4 July 1954 in Bern's Wankdorf Stadium, West Germany won the World Cup final 3–2 against Hungary, unbeaten for four …
- A radio whose model number was a date.
The Volksempfänger VE 301 went on sale in August 1933 for 76 Reichsmark, about two weeks' wages. The 301 stood for 30 …
- Cologne is really just the word 'colony'.
In AD 50, Emperor Claudius raised the settlement on the Rhine to city status: 'Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium' …
- Germany's first railway ran just six kilometres.
On 7 December 1835, the locomotive "Adler" pulled the first train from Nuremberg to Fürth: about 6 kilometres in …
- How Germany ordered workers by treaty from 1955.
West Germany signed recruitment agreements with Italy in 1955, Spain and Greece in 1960, Turkey in 1961, later Morocco …
- In 1923 a loaf cost billions. More in the afternoon than the morning.
In November 1923 one US dollar cost 4.2 trillion marks. Wages were paid daily because money lost value by evening. The …
- Munich means 'by the monks'.
In 1158, a charter of Emperor Barbarossa mentions the place as 'Munichen', Old High German for 'by the monks'. A …
- No European country has as many names as Germany.
'Deutschland' comes from Old High German 'diutisc', 'of the people'. English says Germany after Latin Germania, French …
- Overnight, the shop windows were full again.
On 20 June 1948, the Deutsche Mark replaced the Reichsmark in the western zones. Every citizen received 40 DM in cash …
- The Wall fell because of a badly prepared note.
The Berlin Wall stood from 13 August 1961 to 9 November 1989, just over 28 years. That evening, Günter Schabowski read …