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Germany
Foundation of German Empire in 1871
1971 G Silver 5 Mark 29mm (11.21 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
the Germanic tribes expanded
southward. Beginning 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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