February 3, 2025 • 885 words

German Culture and Media

Facts about Germany

German Social Media

No large German-dominant social media

Companies

  • AG: German public stock corporation (€50k minimum capital)
  • GmbH: Private limited company (€25k minimum)
  • SE: EU-wide corporation

German Companies

  • Auto: Volkswagen AG, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, BMW AG
  • Insurance: Allianz SE, Munich Re
  • Industrial: Siemens AG, Bosch GmbH, ThyssenKrupp AG, Continental AG, Infineon AG, SAP SE
  • Chemicals: BASF SE, Bayer AG
  • Daily in Germany: Aldi/Schwarz Group, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Telekom AG, Zalando SE
  • Other: Bertelsmann SE (Penguin Random House), Metro AG, DeepL GmbH, Adidas AG

Swiss Companies

  • Banking: UBS Group AG, Julius Baer Group AG
  • Insurance: Zurich Insurance Group AG, Swiss Re AG
  • Industrial: ABB Ltd, Schindler Holding AG
  • Pharma/Healthcare: Novartis AG, Roche Holding AG, Lonza Group AG
  • Other: Nestle SA, Rolex SA, Glencore AG

Austrian Companies

  • Banking: Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Erste Group Bank AG
  • Insurance: Vienna Insurance Group AG
  • Industrial: Andritz AG, Voestalpine AG
  • Energy/Resources: OMV AG (oil & gas), Verbund AG (electricity)
  • Other: Red Bull GmbH

Other Facts

  • German v is like "ф", w is like "в", j is like "й", "ja" is like "я". Doesn't pitch up and down like Russian
  • Place Names: "Bayerisch", "Französisch", "Russisch", "Berliner", "Hamburger". German does not decline people's names.
  • In the 1930s, Germany dominates in math and science in Gottigen. You can still find them on the genealogy project.
  • Germany has many classical music composers, including Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Strauss, Brahms, Mozart(Austrian) etc.
  • Germany has many philosophers including Kant, Marx, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, etc.

Music

Classical Music

Channels

Singers

Lifestyle & Entertainment

Lifestyle & Vlog

Before 2000

2000+

LGBT

Commentators

Tiktok

Entertainment Influencers

Entertainment Shows

Other Channels

History

DDR

West Germany

WW2

Warning: historical propaganda/awareness, not endorsing any ideology

Philosophy

Geography, Different Places

Travel Channels

Regional Channels

East Germany (Former DDR)

  • Berlin (city-state) - capital
  • Saxony - Dresden (capital), Leipzig
  • Brandenburg - surrounds Berlin, low population density
  • Saxony-Anhalt: Magdeburg, Halle, low population density
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Rostock, low population density
  • Generally less wealthy relatively

North-West Germany

  • Hamburg (city-state, wealthy port)
  • Bremen (city-state)
  • Lower Saxony - Hannover (capital), Wolfsburg (VW headquarters, very rich)
  • Mix of rich industrial areas

West Germany

  • North Rhine-Westphalia (most populous state)
    • Cities: Düsseldorf (capital), Cologne, Bonn, Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg
    • Mixed: Industrial Ruhr region (historically rich, some decline)
  • Rhineland-Palatinate - Mainz (capital), Koblenz, Trier
  • Saarland - Saarbrücken (capital): Borders France/Luxembourg

Central Uplands

  • Hesse - Frankfurt (financial hub, very rich)
  • Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart (capital), Mannheim, Freiburg, Black Forest
  • Bavaria (northern) - Nuremberg
  • Generally wealthy (except Thuringia)

Southern Alps

  • Bavaria (southern) - Munich (very rich). Alpine regions sparsely populated
  • Very wealthy region

News & TV

News

Dokus

Bundestag

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