Country Profiles: Germany

Federal Republic of Germany -- Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Germany Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Germany: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Berlin
• Embassy of Germany in Washington, D.C.
• German Federal Government German Federal Government homepage in four languages
• German Consulate General in Los Angeles

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Germany Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• Germany and the IMF The IMF's Germany Country Page with links to articles

Internet: General Resources

• Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• History of Germany: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• German Studies: UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources
• Medieval and Renaisance: UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library
• Germanic Resources hosted by the University of Wisconsin
• Travel Information The Lonely Planet guide to travel in Germany

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• Deutsches Historisches Museum, German Historical Museum Exhibitions on German and European history
• German Literature on the Internet Collection of literary texts in German hosted by the University of Virginia
• Goethe Institute For promoting the study of the German language abroad and for international cultural cooperation
• WebMuseen An extensive guide to museums, literary museums and exhibits in Germany
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Online News Sites and Servers

• Die ZEIT German daily newspaper online, with archived editions
• Die Süddeutsche Zeitung Daily newspaper online in German
• Deutsche Welle Online Online radio and news in many different languages including German
• Der Spiegel Online Germany's most popular news and analysis magazine (in German)
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

German Language Study

• German-English-German An online dictionary
• German online dictionaries
• The UCLA Department of Germanic Languages
• Goethe Institut Los Angeles
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Freie Universität Berlin Homepage of the Freie Universität Berlin with an English edition
• DAAD Grants available for short-term study in Germany or the US. Also grants for 1-6 months for dissertation or postdoctoral research in Germany
• Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowships for postdoctoral study in Germany
• Fulbright Fellowships for dissertation and postdoctoral research
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies Information on fellowships for Ph.D. students in humanities and social sciences
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social science
• UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies Fellowships for dissertation research, predissertation research travel, and UC faculty research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Federal Republic of Germany is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in central Europe. Germany is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland, and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Transversed by the Rhine, Danube, and Elbe rivers, Germany has sat at the crossroads of European trade and cultural routes.