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Landeskunde
allgemein [=in general]
- www.deutschland.de
The "official and independent" "Deutschland-Portal,"
commissioned by the "Presse- und Informationsdienst
der Bundesregierung." Well-organized site, but
its "official" nature does seem to limit
the range of links offered.
- swissworld.org Excellent multilingual, interactive multimedia site on Switzerland with all kinds of interesting information. Check out this excellent Video about Swiss customs. Choose a language, then a topic, then click on the "Video" icon [available for most, but not all topics].
- Ein
Handbuch für Deutschland Available in multiple
languages, this comprehensive online handbook is intended
for immigrants to Germany, and offers information
on German geography, culture etc. [click on "Landeskunde"],
everyday life [click on "Im Alltag"], politics,
etc.
- Statistisches
Bundesamt Fantastic site with all manner of information
on Germany's geography, economy, politics etc.
Das statistische Bundesamt is the official federal
statistics-keeping agency [ugh--there must be a better
word for this!] in Germany.
- The
German Way A plethora of information on all aspects
of everyday German culture. Perhaps sometimes
to be taken with a grain of salt, but overall a wonderful
resource.
- Goethe
Institut Inter Nationes
- germany-info.org
Website of the German Information Center in New York.
Offers all kinds of political and cultural information.
- American-German
Cross-Cultural Consulting Click on "Quellen"
in the German version, or "Resources" in
the English version, to see a list of downloadable
articles on topics such as "US-German Communication
Styles" etc. There are also articles on countries
other than Germany. Most are by the website's author,
Patrick Schmidt. You can also order his book, Die
amerikanische und die deutsche Wirtschaftskultur im
Vergleich (Understanding American and German
Business Cultures) in German or English from this
website.
- Gateway
to Germany A comprehensive site on student
life and studying in Germany produced by
Deutsche Welle, available in German, English, Russian,
Spanish and Portuguese. Main categories are:
Nachrichten/News, Studieren in Deutschland/Studying
in Germany, Leben in Deutschland/Life in Germany,
Studienorte/University Towns.
- www.schulweb.de
Alles über Schulen in Deutschland. Includes
in particular links to student newspapers and sample
asignments.
Politik
- www.bundestag.de
Live-Video der Debatten, Links zu den Parteien, Biographien
der Politiker, Informationen über aktuelle [=current]
Themen, Links...
- www.election.de
Tons of up-to-date info on most recent election and
opinion poll [Umfrage] results etc.; a more opinionated
site than bundestag.de.
- Election
posters and TV ads since 1949
- Election
results since 1949
- Fluter
Jugendmagazin der Bundeszentrale für politische
Bildung
- Politik
in Deutschland Sehr praktische Linksammlung.
- Die
Bundesregierung If you enter the site and then
click on "Themen
A-Z," you will see a list of the current hot topics
in german politics, and the government's positions
and press releases on these topics.
- Der
Bundeskanzler
- Der
Bundespräsident
- Ergebnis
der Bundestagswahl An interesting chart that analyzes
the results of the election by various demographic
criteria, and gives a better idea of the nature of
the voters for the right-wing radical parties by grouping
these parties together into one.
- Grundgesetz
für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland Contains
the text of the German constituion ("Basic Law"),
as well as info on the national anthem
- Bundesdance
Bizarre fun. Pick three of the prominent political
figures by clicking on them and then click on "los"
[=go!] to start the dance. You can then make
choices about how much their upper and lower bodies
will move, what they'll dance to, what music and figures
will appear in the background etc. You may not
learn anything, but you'll have a good time.
Ausländerrecht
- Das
deutsche Ausländerrecht - auf nur drei Seiten!
This site provides a summary with graphics of the
german Ausländerrecht.
- Ausländerrecht
This site collects and comments on information regarding
the laws concerning foreigners in Germany.
- Ausländerrecht
Another site on this topic; a little harder to understand,
but click on "Links" to get an excellent list of websites
related to this topic.
Homepages der politischen Parteien
im Deutschen Bundestag
- CDU
Christliche Demokratische Union Deutschlands
- SPD
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
- Bündnis
90 / Die Grünen
- FDP
Freie Demokratische Partei
- PDS
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
- CSU
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern
Homepages von einigen Parteien,
die im Moment nicht im Bundestag sind
- APPD
Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands :)
- APD
Autofahrer und Bürgerinteressenpartei
- DKP
Deutsche Kommunistische Partei
- DVU
Deutsche Volks Union. One of the main right-wing
radical parties.
- Graue
Die Grauen, Graue Panther. Party for senior
citizens.
- Republikaner
Right-wing radical party that had a surge of popularity
in the 80s, but is now generally out of the headlines.
Less radical than NPD and DVU; not related to the
U.S. Republican Party.
- DIE
FRAUEN Feministische Partei
- Future
Die Jugendpartei
- Tierschutz
Partei
- NPD
Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands. The
oldest of the right-wing radical parties.
- PBC
Partei Bilbeltreuer Christen
Homepages der politischen
Parteien in Österreich
Tourismus
& Geographie
Photos/Images
- StadtPanoramen
Great 360 degree panoramic views of more than 300
locations in 25 German cities!
- www.ausderluft.de
Great collection of areal fotos of German cities.
Includes the option to send them as electronic postcards.
- Österreichisches
Foto-Album 1500 Fotos aus ganz Österreich--total
schön!
- Deutschlands
Architektur Beautifully done site with pictures
of architectural points of interest, organized by
city. Most pictures are accompanied by explanatory
text in German and English intended to place the building
in its historical context.
- VR
Vienna Awesome collection of 360° panoramas of Vienna
Maps
- Stadtplan.net
Cool site that lets you print out colored maps of
any German city you choose
- map24
Sort of a German map-quest site. Does not look
very good in my browser, but potentially offers lots
of useful info.
- Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection Only a couple of small
maps of Austria and Switzerland, but a number of maps
of Germany (and, incidentally, of most other places
you might want to see), including some historical
maps. Furthermore, the link to Germany
Maps includes a list of other sites where you
can find more city and country maps of places worldwide.
City
Homepages
Geschichte
DDR-Links
Dialekte
- Deutsche
Dialekte (USF) A list of links for each dialect
(if a target link is broken, just scroll down the
page, most of which lead to written information,and
some of which are broken, but a great starting point
for exploring the various German dialects.
- LeMO
Dialect Samples Look for titles beginning with
"Dialekt" in the category "Audios." Note that
in general you can pick all kinds of audio files and
video files on various historical topics on this page
(to see the "video" tab, scroll all the way over to
the right of the page).
- "Deutschsprachige
Wörterbücher" List of German-language
dictionaries on various specialized topics--primarily
dialects.
- Sprechen
Sie Wienerisch? A small online dictionary of Viennese
expressions ("aber kein Dialektwörterbuch,"
it says), including a special "Kulinarisches
Wörterbuch."
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