The population of Germany is the second major of Europe (after European Russia), and is the seventh country by surface. Its territory includes 357,021 km ², that consists of 349,223 km ² of land and 7,798 km ² of water. Extending from the high tips of the Alps (higher point: the Zugspitze to 2,962 ms of height) in the south to the coasts of the Baltic Sea and the North. In center of the country are the forest high earth and to the southwest the Black Forest. It does not own overseas territories. Some of their more important rivers are: the Rhine, the Elbe, the Danube and the Meno. Between the Lagos they emphasize the one of Constanza and the Müritz.

The country counts several orchestras of international repute, the first of which Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin, Staatskapelle of Dresden, Orchestrates of Gewandhaus of Leipzig, Symphony orchestra of Bavarian Broadcasting and l' Philharmonic orchestra of Munich. Germany knows also the practice of traditional musics, in particular still known Yodel nowadays in the alpine areas of Bavaria. Popular German popular music call Schlager. The country gave rise to several rock groups German of international repute, in particular with Scorpions as from the years 1980, Rammstein in the years 1990 and Scooter (group) of 1994 with aujourd' today, the LaFee singer as from the years 2000 and aujourd' today the group Tokio Hotel. In a less contemporary kind one can retain Johann Sebastian Bach (in French Jean-Sebastien Bach) type-setter of time baroque or Ludwig van Beethoven inter alia