Chapter  5

The guys are killing lice one by one by scraping them off their skin and putting them into an empty boot polishing tin can heated up. Himmelstoss has arrived in camp, proving the rumor was true (tormenting recruits). So he was sent to the front line. Then they all start talking about what they’re going to do when they get back home. Which the younger ones mentioned drinking and women, While Kropp says it won’t end and  Tjaden wants to get revenge on Himmelstross. Paul has no clue what to do. That’s all the young men know there is war.

Himmelstross walks up to the group of man and orders Tjaden to stand, but Tjaden does not. Himmelstross gets all pissy and threatens to report him if he doesn’t and he won’t stand. So Himmelstross storms off and gets a major. Then he asks where he is, the guys says they don’t know  So, the major says to tell him he has 10 min to report to the orderly room. Himmelstross returns and Kropp insults him he walks away pissed.

Tjaden and Kropp have to go on trial for insubordination and paul and the others stick up for Tjaden saying how cruel he was in training. So Tjaden gets 3 days open arrest and Kropp gets 1 day, Paul and the others visit them in “jail”.

Paul and Kat give two cigarettes to a wagon driver to take them to the place where they thought they heard geese.  Paul climbs over the fence and finds 2 geese he trys to kill them fast but he fails and a dog runs up to him and he pulls out his knife and kills the dog, then he kills the geese and they cook it. Paul feels really close with Kat at this moment.

All Quiet on the Western Front

I think that “All Quiet On The Western Front” by Erich Maria is a good book. Paul in the beginning is blame the war on them and thinking “they” are the bad guys. Slowly he starts to question who started it, who is wrong and when he stabbed the other man who jumped in his whole he realized the man he killed was just like him. With a family a home and people that cared about him. Which I think was one of the best parts of the book. Also his loyalty to the army being termed a quitter or not loyal was worth more then his life to him. I think the meaning is that war is never good and both sides suffer equity and that the wrong people end up in war as they said in the book. Its the young new recruits not the war driven generals. Also the difficulty in soldiers returning to home after they went into war and all the training the mental and physical effects; how it just changes there whole life. Lastly I he talks a good deal about how these soldiers go though this trouble some things and do something bad “ like the guy running away” get charged and labeled as a distorter. This is the best book I have read

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Geography

Schleswig-Holstein lies on the base of Jutland Peninsula between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. , "Schleswig" refers to the German Southern Schleswig, whereas Northern Schleswig is in Denmark. The state of Schleswig-Holstein further consists of Holstein as well as Lauenburg, and the formerly independent city of Lübeck. Schleswig-Holstein borders Denmark (Region Syddanmark) to the north, the North Sea to the west, the Baltic Sea to the east, and the German states of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the south.
In the western part of the state, there are lowlands with virtually no hills. The North Frisian Islands, as well as almost all of Schleswig-Holstein's North Sea coast, form the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (National park Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer) which is the largest national park in Central Europe. Germany's only high-sea island, Heligoland, is situated in the North Sea. The Baltic Sea coast in the east of Schleswig-Holstein is marked by bays, fjords and cliff lines. There are rolling hills and many lakes, especially in the eastern part of Holstein, called the Holsteinische Schweiz and the former Duchy of Lauenburg. Fehmarn is the only island off the eastern coast. The longest river besides the Elbe is the Eider; the most important waterway is the Kiel Canal which connects the North Sea and Baltic Sea.

History

The conflict over the two duchies Schleswig and Holstein is a central part of Denmark’s history. It all started in 1232 when king Valdemar Sejr granted his younger son Abel the hereditary duchy of Sønderjylland (later called Schleswig). The Schauenburgers took control over Schleswig 1375 when the last duke from Abel’s line died. Denmark tried taking over several times without success during the 15th Century to return Schleswig to the Danish crown. The conflict was only solved when duke Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein died without sons 1459. This would have resulted in the return of Schleswig to the Danish crown and that Holstein would have been inherited by a different branch of the house of Schauenburg.

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck, Flensburg and Neumünster. Population is 2,834,259 and the GDP is 69 Billion euros

The term "Holstein" derives from Old Saxon, Holseta Land, meaning "the land of those who dwell in the wood"

Saxon Holstein became a part of the Holy Roman Empire after Charlemagne's Saxon campaigns in the late eighth century. Since 811 the northern frontier of Holstein (and thus the Empire) was marked by the river Eider.

The term Schleswig takes its name from the city of Schleswig. The name derives from the Schlei inlet in the east and vik meaning inlet or settlement in Old Saxon and Old Norse. The name is similar to the place-names ending in the "-wick" or "-wich" element along the coast in the United Kingdom.

Schleswig and Holstein have at different times belonged in part or completely to either Denmark or Germany, or have been virtually independent of both nations.

Fun Fact

Evangelical Church in Germany 54.3%,[7] Catholic Church 6%

The most important festivals are the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, an annual classic music festival all over the state, The annual Wacken Open Air festival is considered to be the largest heavy metal rock festival in the world.

The state's most important museum of cultural history is in Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig.

The old city of Lübeck is a world heritage site.

Its a big tourism site

Schleswig-Holstein is divided into 11 (districts) Furthermore, there are four separate urban districts

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Brandenburg, Hessen, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

BrandenburgLocation, Number of Inhabitants, Size:

Economy, Main Industries, Trade Partners, and Income per Capita: Investitionsband des landes brandenburg and Brandenburg Economic Development Board are main banks in Brandenburg.
Energy, Steel, Mechanical Engineering, biotechnology, tourism, and Rolls Royce are all main industries in Brandenburg. New Hampshire is a main trade partner with Brandenburg.
GDP per capita is Euro 50 billion total.

Large Cities, Small Cities, and Countryside:

Brandenburg is divided into 14 rural districts (Landkreise) and 4 urban districts (kreisfreie Städte)

Brandenburg is known for its well-preserved natural environment and its ambitious natural protection policies which began in the 1990s. 15 large protected areas were designated following Germany's reunification. Each of them is provided with state-financed administration and a park ranger staff, who guide visitors and work to ensure nature conservation. Most protected areas have visitor centers.
Potsdam is the capital.

 

History, Cultural and Interesting Information:

Brandenburg in the medieval and early modern times was one of seven electoral states of the Holy Roman Empire. With Prussia it became the original core of the German Empire. It was governed by the Hohenzollern dynasty from 1415 to the end of WW I. In 1618 Brandenburg was combined with Prussia to make Brandenburg-Prussia, and in 1701 the state was the Kingdom of Prussia. In the early middle ages Slavic people were said to live there, but later was driven out by the Huns and Avars. Emperor Otto I was trying to establish margraves to have control over the Oder river. In the 12^th century the German crusade against the Wends was starting to happen, Albert the Bear took over Brandenburg and made it his own. Brandenburg converted to Protestantism in 1539, when this religion was on the up rise. Way later, after WWII, Neumark became part of Poland.

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Location, Number of Inhabitants, and Size:
Economy, Main Industries, Trade Partners, Income Per Capita: Agriculture, fishery, fish processing, food industry, ship building, and tourism are main industries. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern trades with France and the United States. Their Economy includes inovation, quality and tradition which are the three main pillars of Economy to them. Three-Forth of the people work in the service sector. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the top three destinations within Germany. Income per capita is 32.6 billion euros total.

Big Cities, Small Cities, and Countryside:
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern it is located in northern Germany has a population of 1.6 million and its 8,947.5 square miles. the gdp is € 31 billion 2005 survey The capital is Schwerin, its called the “state of a thousand lakes” has 3 out Germany’s 14 national parks.Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is among the top three destinations for inner-German tourism. Mecklenburg was a constituent state of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) upon its formation in 1949. In 1952, the East Berlin government abandoned "states" in favor of districts. The largest city “Rostock” has about 200k people. Significant industries in MV include lumber, logistics, agriculture, food processing, and the service sector.

Sixth-largest in area but only fourteenth in overall population among Germany's sixteen Bundesländer, it is bounded to the north by the Baltic Sea,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's state capital is Schwerin. The largest city is Rostock with approximately 200,000 people. Other major cities include Greifswald, Güstrow, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund and Wismar.
Germany's two largest islands, Rügen and Usedom, are part of the state as well as many smaller islands such as Hiddensee or Poel. Due to its clean air and it idyllic setting, medical tourism has become a notable tourism sector in the region

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since September 4 2011 divided into six rural Kreise (districts) and two independent urban districts
1. Landkreis Rostock
2. Ludwigslust-Parchim
3. Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
4. Nordwestmecklenburg
5. Vorpommern-Greifswald
6. Vorpommern-Rügen
...And 2 Urban are
1. Rostock (HRO)
2. Schwerin (SN)
History and Other Cultural Information:
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern had human settlement after the ice age in 10,000 BC. 2,000 years ago Germanic people were recorded in the area. First off, Mecklenburg and Vorpommern use to be two separate states. Mecklenburg became duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1348. In the middle ages it was ruled by Pomeranian dukes. In Vorpommern, it was under the Swedish rule from 1648-1815, until it became a part of Prussia. This area remained Prussian Province until 1947. In 1945 the two places were united as one under the Soviet Union, after the Potsdam agreement was made and western allies handed Mecklenburg over.

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Hessen
Location, Number of Inhabitants, and Size:
Economy, Main Industries, Trade Partners, Income Per Capita:
Hessen's Economy is one of the highest and largest. It's main industries are textile, machinery, chemicals, metal goods, electrical products, transport and development.  About 30,000 people work in research projects.  The income per capita is 209 billion euros total.

Big Cities, Small Cities, and Countryside:

 Hessen, it is located in Germany and it has an area of 8150 square miles and  just over six million inhabitants.Hesse is one of the largest and healthiest economies in Germany. Its GDP in 2009  about 300 billon US$.This makes Hesse itself one of the largest economies in Europe and the 31st largest in the world. Some large companies headquarters in Hesse inc. After figures among the GDP per capita, Hesse is the wealthiest State in Germany. The principal cities of Hessen include Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach, Hanau, Gießen, Wetzlar, and Limburg in the greater Rhine Main Area, Fulda in the east, and Kassel and Marburg an der Lahn in the north. The most important rivers in Hesse are the Fulda and Eder rivers in the north, the Lahn in the central part of Hesse, and the Main and Rhine in the south. The countryside is hilly and there are numerous mountain ranges, including the Rhön, the Westerwald, the Taunus, the Vogelsberg, the Knüll and the Spessart.
Most of the population of Hesse is in the southern part of Hesse in the Rhine Main Area. The Rhine borders Hesse on the southwest without running through the state, only one old arm – the so-called Alt-Rhein – runs through Hesse.

Hessen is the greenest state 42% covered in forest. Population 6,067,021

Hesse has one of the best transportation networks in Europe. It has motorways, high-speed train, and waterways lines cross Hesse. Frankfurt International Airport  is Germany's largest and Europe's third largest airport. Death penalty in Hesse is still present in Hessian constitution but it's not applied at all.

Hesse is divided into 21 districts and 5 independent cities (with their abbreviations, as used on vehicle number plates):
1.    Bergstraße (Heppenheim) (HP)
2.    Darmstadt-Dieburg (Darmstadt) (DA)
3.    Groß-Gerau (Groß-Gerau) (GG)
4.    Hochtaunuskreis (Bad Homburg) (HG)
5.    Main-Kinzig-Kreis (Gelnhausen) (MKK)
6.    Main-Taunus-Kreis (Hofheim am Taunus) (MTK)
7.    Odenwaldkreis (Erbach) (ERB)
8.    Offenbach (Dietzenbach) (OF)
9.    Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis (Bad Schwalbach) (RÜD)
10. Wetteraukreis (Friedberg) (FB)
11.  Gießen (Gießen) (GI)
12. Lahn-Dill-Kreis (Wetzlar) (LDK)
13.  Limburg-Weilburg (Limburg) (LM)
14.  Marburg-Biedenkopf (Marburg) (MR)
15. Vogelsbergkreis (Lauterbach) (VB)
16.  Fulda (Fulda) (FD)
17.  Hersfeld-Rotenburg (Bad Hersfeld) (HEF)
18. Kassel (Kassel) (KS)
19. Schwalm-Eder-Kreis (Homberg (Efze)) (HR)
20. Werra-Meißner-Kreis (Eschwege) (ESW)
21. Waldeck-Frankenberg (Korbach) (KB)
Independent cities:
1.    Darmstadt (DA)

2.    Frankfurt am Main (F)

3.    Kassel (KS)

4.    Offenbach am Main (OF)

5.    Wiesbaden (WI)

Rhenish Hesse refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river and now part of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a hilly countryside largely devoted to vineyards; therefore, it is also called the "land of the thousand hills." Its larger towns include Mainz, Worms, Bingen, Alzey, Nieder-Olm and Ingelheim. Many inhabitants commute to work in Mainz, Wiesbaden, or Frankfurt.


 History and Other Cultural Information:

Hessen emerged as a Landgraviate in 1247. After the death of Phillip of Hesse in 1567, the state was then divided in 4 sections to his 4 sons: Kassel, Marburg, Rheinfels, and Dormstadt. In WWII all major cities in Hessen suffered severe damage. Some interesting facts are that Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe was born in Frankfurt, and he was a very well known German Writer, Biologist, and Theoretical Physicist. Also, the Brothers Grimm was born in Hanau.

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