Interesting facts about Germany that you're surprised

• Interesting facts about Germany that you're surprised the

Germany - not just a Central European country, and one of the world's major leaders of our time. The last century, this country is constantly asserting itself. Let us remember the two world wars. And, despite the defeat (twice) and complete devastation, it is like a phoenix rising from the ashes, and takes on universal respect.

Below are amazing interesting facts about Germany that you're surprised.

Germany with a population of 81 million people is the most populated state of the European Union. (Thisisbossi)

hamburger takes its name from the German city of Hamburg. (Kurman Communications, Inc)

The total or partial denial of the Holocaust is illegal in 17 countries, including Germany and Austria. (Thomas Hawk)

the world's first magazine was released in Germany. The first issue of the periodical Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen came out in 1663. (Sean Winters)

The descendants of the wife of Joseph Goebbels are the richest family in modern Germany. (Unknown)

demographic decline observed in Germany. Over the last decade the population has decreased by 2 million. (Christian Dembowski)

In Germany, there is no punishment for a prisoner who tries to escape from prison. Such actions are considered as the main human instinct to be free. (Martin)

In the period from 1989 to 2009. About 200 schools due to lack of children was closed in Germany. (Christian Dembowski)

At various times, the capital of Germany were Aachen, Regensburg, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Weimar, Berlin and Bonn. (Hendrik Terbeck)

Berlin 9 times greater Paris; here it built more bridges than Venice. (Sarah Jane)

In Germany, a stop on the highway due to exhaustion of stocks of fuel is an administrative offense punishable by a fine. (Andreas Levers)

In 2014, Germany formally abolished tuition fees in colleges, even for foreign students. (CollegeDegrees360)

Chinese Checkers were invented in Germany. (Wulf Willis)

60% of the 1,000 most popular videos on YouTube are not available to view in Germany. (Rego Korosi)

2 million German women aged between 13 and 70 years were raped by soldiers of the Red Army during the Second World War. (MarLeah Cole)

Deutsche Bundesbank made a final payment of reparations from the First World War as part of the Treaty of Versailles in 2010. (Bullion Vault)

5500 bombs from the Second World War and are detoxified in Germany each year - an average of 15 per day. (Greg Bishop)

In 1960, two members of The Beatles, Paul McCartney and Pete Best were deported from Germany for the ignition of a condom. (Roger)

Dachau - concentration camp in Germany, opened six years before the Second World War. (Michael Orth)

The Russian Emperor Nicholas II, who Britain's King George V and the German Kaiser Wilhelm II of, who ruled during the First World War, were cousins.

German footballer Mesut Ozil donated € 300 thousand., Received for winning the 2014 World Cup, to operations to 23 Brazilian children. (Brian Sikorski)

Russian killed more Germans during the Battle of Stalingrad, than Americans for the entire Second World War. (Unknown)

The drink "Fanta" was invented in Germany during World War II. Creating a product is associated with difficulties syrup imported for the production of "Coca-Cola" in the country. (Coca Cola Enterprises Sverige AB)