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 +[[Image:Wanderer.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Wanderer above the Sea of Fog]]'' ([[1818]]) by [[Caspar David Friedrich]]]]
 +[[Image:German Autobahn 1936 1939.jpg|thumb|200px|A [[German]] [[autobahn]] in the [[1930s]]]]
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:''[[European culture]]'' :''[[European culture]]''
-'''German culture''' may refer to:+'''German culture''' began long before the rise of [[Germany]] as a [[nation state]]. Due to its rich culture, Germany is often known as ''[[das Land der Dichter und Denker]]'' (the land of poets and thinkers).
-* used more narrowly, the [[Culture of Germany]], including+
-**culture of Bavaria, see [[Bavaria#Culture]]+
-**culture of Saxony, see [[Saxony#Culture]]+
-* used more widely [[Culture of German-speaking Europe]], including+
-**[[German language literature]]+
-**[[Austrian culture]]+
-**[[Swiss culture]] (Alemannic)+
 +Germany, over the centuries, has produced a great number of polymaths, geniuses and notable people, such as [[Albert Einstein]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], [[Johannes Kepler]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], [[Immanuel Kant]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[Karl Marx]], [[Richard Wagner]], [[Martin Luther]], [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], [[Karl Benz]], [[Georg Ohm]], [[Rudolf Diesel]], [[Johannes Gutenberg]], [[Richard Strauss]] among others.
==See also== ==See also==
*[[German art]] *[[German art]]
*[[German cinema]] *[[German cinema]]
*[[German exploitation]] *[[German exploitation]]
 +*[[German stereotype]]s
*[[German folklore]] *[[German folklore]]
*[[German horror]] *[[German horror]]

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German culture began long before the rise of Germany as a nation state. Due to its rich culture, Germany is often known as das Land der Dichter und Denker (the land of poets and thinkers).

Germany, over the centuries, has produced a great number of polymaths, geniuses and notable people, such as Albert Einstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Kepler, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Immanuel Kant, Johann Sebastian Bach, Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, Martin Luther, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Georg Ohm, Rudolf Diesel, Johannes Gutenberg, Richard Strauss among others.

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