Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00.It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels …

East Central German or East Middle German (German: Ostmitteldeutsch) is the eastern non-Franconian Central German language and is part of High German. Present-day Standard German as a High German variant, [1] has actually developed from a compromise of East Central (especially Upper Saxon that was promoted by Johann Christoph Gottsched ) and ...

The German Bundesrat (lit. Federal Council; pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁaːt]) is a legislative body that represents the sixteen Länder (federated states) of Germany at the federal level (German: Bundesebene).The Bundesrat meets at the former Prussian House of Lords in Berlin.Its second seat is located in the former West German capital of Bonn.. The Bundesrat participates in …

Formation. The German Central Uplands, like the Scandinavian and British mountain ranges and the Urals, belong to the oldest mountains of Europe, even if their present-day appearance has only developed relatively recently.In the Carboniferous, i.e. about 350 million years ago, Variscan mountain ranges were formed in central Europe by the uplifting caused by tectonic …

Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States.In absolute numbers, the United States has a larger immigrant population than any other country in the world, with 47 million immigrants as of 2015. This represents 19.1% of the 244 million international migrants worldwide, and 14.4% of the United …

Unit designations. The German Army uses Jäger to denote its infantry formations. Mountain infantry is designated as Gebirgsjäger, while Paratroopers are designated as Fallschirmjäger.Armoured units equipped with main battle tanks are designated as Panzer formations, while mechanized infantry units equipped with tracked infantry fighting vehicles are …

The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany.She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the Kriegsmarine ' s attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of …

The Deutsche Bundesbank (pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈbʊndəsˌbaŋk]), literally "German Federal Bank", is the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany and as such part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Due to its strength and former size, the Bundesbank is the most influential member of the ESCB. Both the Bundesbank and the European Central Bank …

The president of the European Central Bank is the head of the European Central Bank (ECB), the main institution responsible for the management of the euro and monetary policy in the Eurozone of the European Union (EU).. The president of the European Central Bank is currently a convicted criminal, Christine Lagarde, previously the chair and managing director of …

Berlin German, or Berlin dialect (High German: Berliner Dialekt, Berliner Mundart, Berlinerisch or Berlinisch; derogative: Berliner Schnauze, German pronunciation: [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈʃnaʊ̯t͡sə] ()), is the dialect spoken in the city of Berlin as well as its surrounding metropolitan area.It originates from a Brandenburgisch dialect.However, several phrases in Berlin German are typical of ...