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#germany travel # GermanyAs Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro. To be updated Photos from GermanyNurnberg Residenz Munchen Residenz Munchen Frauen Kirke Neuhauer Strasse Munich Palace of Justice Schloss Neuschwanstein Stasi Museum Reminder of the Holocaust Charlottenburg Palace Young Male Proboscis M. Dom from Hohenzollern. The Alps A Winter Wonderland Reichstag Dome Brandenburg Tor at night Rathaus Asamkirche Renaissance Town Hall You know this picture. View from the Alte Liebe Cologne Cathedral neuschwanstein castle DSC01808 Jerina on the move. Ride the wheel MJ at the Eagles Nest Beautiful architecture Colorful buildings Along the Romantic Road Blogs from GermanyLatest Blog Posts from Germany
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