GERMANY CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES

GERMANY CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE

GERMANY CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE

Introduction

From early times, Germany is in close contact to the European states. German colonists settled in the course of centuries in the far east of Europe down to. Through the turmoil of the wars of the last century, the boundaries were constantly moved within Europe. So fused elements of various cultures with the German traditions, until now. Today, however, no longer dominate the neighboring countries, but also immigrants from all over the world to live in Germany only.

Modern Times

In modern times, the food and drinks were not only in the numerous German monasteries developed, but also in the grand kitchens. The cooks had the option of setting with the existing exotic ingredients to experiment and develop new recipes for the mastery of our culinary delights. The country kitchen was against it simply, strong and no frills. You had the available ingredients from field and garden work with and was the hard work of farmers to vote on. Only with increasing urbanization and prosperity developed the everyday cuisine of the people further. (David, 2009).

Influences of neighbouring countries

In northern Germany, is predominantly black and grog (rum and hot ingredients) drunk, a quality that comes from the English. The Dutch, it's the usual egg-butter sauce (hollandaise sauce) for fresh asparagus. The many sweets in the south are from the Austrians, pasta from Italy, stew and dumplings from Hungary and the Czech Republic, chocolate and cheese from Switzerland, quiche and quiche from France.

Germany has 16 federal states (Länder) are responsible for central administrative areas such as education, strengthening of law, culture and environment. Federation is largely responsible for legislation, lands of the implementation of federal laws on behalf of the Federation or its authority. the federal government bears full responsibility for the defense and foreign policy. lands as a direct state planning in an attempt to ensure equal conditions of life for all, that is, each will use the schools, doctors and pharmacies, for example. It is also a prerequisite for attracting business and industry. federal lands to identify environmental planning, ie protection of natural and economic use of natural resources.

With about 82.6 million people, including 7.3 million foreigners, Germany is the most populous nation in Europe. The multi-cultural influences and the cosmopolitan German society and shape permitting a wide range of life styles with great individual design open spaces. Traditional role assignments were broken, the Basic Law guarantees freedom of thought, conscience and religion, self-expression plays an important role for the Germans. In addition, the education and living standards are very high by international standards. Despite these social changes, the family, albeit in increasingly diverse forms, remains an important priority and is therefore - and particularly against the background of the population development of an increasingly older society - supported by the newly introduced family allowance and the expansion of child care and state. More socially relevant themes are environmental challenges such as climate change and nature protection, the design ...