Germany

Key Facts About Germany

• •Germany has the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.
• •The country invented the automobile: Karl Benz patented the first petrol-powered car in 1886.
• •Germany reunified in 1990 after 45 years of division between East and West.
• •German universities have produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other country except the US.
• •Oktoberfest in Munich is the world's largest annual public festival.

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