Germany
- Names
Deutschland
Germany
Allemagne
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
République fédérale d'Allemagne
República Federal de Alemania
Alemania
Alemanha
Duitsland
Germania
German
Deutschland, Bundesrepublik
Duitschland
Germany, Federal Republic of
ISO276
GM
GM00
DEU
DE
BRD
Deutsches Reich
ISO280
- Place Type
- nation
- Description
- The area of north-central Europe occupied by what is now modern Germany measures some 137,828 square miles in size. Teutons, Celts, Slavs, and Balts inhabited it by the first century BCE. Part of the area was ruled by Romans, then Carolingians. Through the centuries, it was often broken into various states based on ethnic groups including the Alemanni, Bavarians, Upper and Lower Franks, Thuringians, and Frisians. It undertook expansion during the 19th to mid-20th centuries. The official language is German, although Low German is still spoken in the rural North. The 2004 estimated population was 82,633,200.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Engels Woordenboek (1987); Facts About Germany (1992); Germany in Transition, Dædalus (1994); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Newsletter (1990); LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999)...
- Active
Frederick Bunsen (American, active Germany, born 1952)
Drake Deknatel (American, 1943-2005)
Hubert Gerhard (Dutch, active Germany, ca. 1545-before 1621)