Country guide
Germany
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Germany.
Key facts
- Capital
- Berlin
- Region
- Europe
- Area
- 357,114 km²
- Population
- 83,491,249
Neighboring countries
Germany has 9 land neighbors in the country data.
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Denmark
- France
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Switzerland
Learn Germany
Berlin is the capital of Germany. Germany shares land borders with nine countries, more than almost any other country in Europe.
Germany covers 357,114 square kilometers, and France is its largest neighbor by area. The Zugspitze, rising 2,962 metres on the Austria-Germany border, is the highest mountain in Germany.
Germany is the only country in the world with stretches of motorway that have no general legal speed limit for cars.
Trivia
- Germany's Aachen Cathedral includes the first vaulted structure built north of the Alps since Antiquity.
- The Zugspitze, rising 2,962 metres on the Austria-Germany border, is the highest mountain in Germany.
- Cologne Cathedral has the largest facade of any church in the world.
- Germany is the only country in the world with stretches of motorway that have no general legal speed limit for cars.
- Germany shares land borders with nine countries, giving it more neighbors than almost any other country in Europe.
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