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One major reason for Germany's leading role in renewable energies is the country's Renewable Energies Act (EEG in German). The law requires energy companies to purchase power generated from renewable sources at a price that is set above the market price. For example, photovoltaic (PV) facilities coming into service in 2007 receive a "feed-in-tariff" of 38-54EURct/KWh over twenty years. This law has spawned major interest in the purchase of renewable energy products and therefore sparked a ready-made market in Germany that is well positioned for future investments.
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Germany is one of the biggest countries in Europe. It goes from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 metres (9,717.85 feet) in the south, to the North Sea and Baltic Sea in the north. Between the mountains and the sea are the large forests of the middle part of Germany, and the very low and flat parts of northern Germany (lowest point: Neuendorfer/ Wilstermarsch at -3.54 metres (-11.61 feet). Germany ... has parts of Europe's biggest and most important rivers, such as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe.
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Due to the country's federal and decentralised structure Germany has a number of larger cities. The most populous cities of Germany are Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and Dortmund. By far the largest conurbation is the Rhine-Ruhr region, including the Düsseldorf-Cologne district and the cities of Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg and Bochum. The federal structure has kept the population oriented towards a number of large cities, and has precluded the growth of any single city that would rival such European capitals as London, Paris or Moscow for size.
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Europe's strongest economic and industrial power, Germany is ... the most populous European country outside Russia. Fertile northern plains stretch south from the North and Baltic Seas changing to central highlands and then rising to the rugged Schwarzwald (Black Forest) in the southwest and to the Alps in the far south. Germans are highly urbanized; about 86 percent live in cities and towns. With one of the world's lowest birthrates, Germany is a magnet for foreign workers—some 7.3 million immigrants live here. Some German industry is well known (Daimler Chrysler, Siemens, and Volkswagen); some, like Transrapid (the maglev railway) and Nordex wind turbines represent new environment-friendly technology.
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Nazi Germany refers to Germany from the start of Adolf Hitler's government in 1933 to the beginning of denazification in 1945. In this period, the country was governed by the National Socialist German Workers Party, or "Nazi Party" (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), led by Adolf Hitler as chancellor in 1933, and, from 1934, as Führer (Leader).[3] In Germany, the common term is the Third Reich (Drittes Reich). Nazi Germany is perceived as a depreciative expression to denominate this period, which is officially the German Reich ("Deutsches Reich"), and later the "Great German Reich" (Großdeutsches Reich).
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Germany ist ein Federalidascheinkraborg, conzisting of 16 Laundries("Länder") und headed by der annually elected Führer. The 26th Holder of der Führerstadthaus is Borat Sadgiyev. It's inhabited by tall blue eyed blondes that feed on beer, sauerkraut, and smaller nations. Names of foreign countries outside Germany often bewilder the homeland population, because they are clearly inferior. This has often sparked embarrassing international parking and population shift problems (see World War one/two/three). Germany is located in the middle of Europe and borders many countries, including France.
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