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Germany
Foundation of German Empire in 1871
1971 G Silver 5 Mark 28mm (11.10 grams) 0.625 silver (0.2236 oz. ASW) Karlsruhe mint
Reference: KM# 128.1
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 5 DEUTSCHE MARK, Eagle of Germany, 1971 below wings, G at bottom; .
DEM DEUTSCHEN VOLKE 1871 1971 *, Reichstag building in Berlin.
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The Reichstag building (German: Reichstagsgebäude; officially: Deutscher Bundestag – Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude) is a historical edifice in Berlin , Germany , constructed to house the Imperial Diet (German: Reichstag ), of the German Empire . It was opened in 1894 and housed the Diet until 1933, when it was severely damaged after it was set on fire . After World War II , the building fell into disuse; the parliament of the German Democratic Republic (the Volkskammer ) met in the Palast der Republik in East Berlin , while the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany (the Bundestag ) met in the Bundeshaus in Bonn .
The ruined building was made safe against the elements and partially refurbished in the 1960s, but no attempt at full restoration was made until after German reunification on 3 October 1990, when it underwent a reconstruction led by architect Norman Foster . After its completion in 1999, it once again became the meeting place of the German parliament: the modern Bundestag .
The term Reichstag, when used to connote a diet , dates back to the Holy Roman Empire . The building was built for the Diet of the German Empire , which was succeeded by the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic . The latter would become the Reichstag of Nazi Germany , which left the building (and ceased to act as a parliament) after the 1933 fire and never returned ; the term Reichstag has not been used by German parliaments since World War II. In today’s usage, the German word Reichstag (Imperial Diet Building) refers mainly to the building, while Bundestag (Federal Diet) refers to the institution.
 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in western –central Europe. It includes 16 constituent states and covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi) with a largely temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Berlin . With 81 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state in the European Union . After the United States, it is the second most popular migration destination in the world.
 Various Germanic tribes have occupied northern Germany since classical antiquity . A region named Germania was documented before 100 CE. During the Migration Period inning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire . During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation .
The rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states in 1871 into the Prussian -dominated German Empire . After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–1919 , the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic . The establishment of the Third Reich in 1933 led to World War II and the Holocaust . After 1945, Germany split into two states, East Germany and West Germany . In 1990 , the country was reunified .
In the 21st century, Germany is a great power and has the world’s fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP , as well as the fifth-largest by PPP . As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world’s third-largest exporter and importer of goods. Germany is a developed country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled and productive society. It upholds a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection and a tuition free university education.
Germany was a founding member of the European Union in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area , and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Germany is a member of the United Nations , NATO, the G8 , the G20 , and the OECD . The national military expenditure is the 9th highest in the world. Known for its rich cultural history, Germany has been continuously the home of influential artists , philosophers , musicians , sportsmen , entrepreneurs , scientists and inventors .
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