Facts About Eagles Nest Germany

Eagle's Nest or Kehlsteinhaus (in German) is a mountain top chalet style building that was built by the Nazis as a Teahouse for the Third Reich. Eagle's Nest was designed and built by the personal secretary (and Head of the Nazi Party) of Hitler for his 50th birthday present and as a retreat for Hitler and entertaining the visiting dignitaries. Eagles Nest is situated on a ridge atop Mountain Kehlstein at an elevation of about 6000 feet.




The last 124 meter (400 feet) to Eagles Nest can be reached by an elevator bored straight through the mountain and linked via a tunnel, the elevator being still in daily use. Although designed as Teahouse for Hitler but Hitler visited Eagles Nest for not more than 10 times and the most significant reference to the Eagles Nest is the Wedding Reception of Eva Braun's sister. Todays Eagles Nest, owned by a Trust, is a restaurant with an indoor dining area and outdoor beer garden and it is a popular tourist place for the Britons, Canadian and American tourist who are attracted by historical sight seeings. Local guides offer tours to Eagles Nest for the visiting foreigners.

Facts About Germany Phone Numbers

Federal Network Agency, a government agency responsible for telecommunication and its infrastructure, regulates the Telephone Numbering Plan in Germany. Country Calling of Germany is '+49' and Trunk prefix is '0'. In Germany Phone Numbers, there are no standard numbers of digits for area codes or subscribers telephone numbers, that is some of the subscribers may have phone number as small as three digits.





There are over 5200 geographical area codes with lengths varying from two to five digits (excluding the Trunk prefix '0'). Some of the prefix for major area codes: 02 for the area surrounding Dusseldorf, 03 for the area surrounding Berlin, 04 for the area surrounding Hamburg, 05 for the area surrounding Hanover, 06 for the area surrounding Frankfurt, 07 for the area surrounding Stuttgart, 08 for the area surrounding Munich, and 09 for the area surrounding Nuremberg. 01 is the prefix for non-geographic area codes. Cellular phones are allotted the area codes starting with 015, 016 and 017. Like in many countries, the emergency services are assigned fixed three to five digit numbers without any area codes or prefixes. For instance, 110 is the phone number for Police Emergencies and 112 for other emergencies.

Facts About East and West Germany

Germany or federal Republic of Germany as you know today was divided into two separate two nations East Germany and West Germany after World War II in 1949 and the demarcation was along the line of Allied Occupation. However, in 1990, both the nations East Germany (earlier known as German Democratic Republic - GDR) and West Germany were unified again into one Nation. The reunification arose due to the popular uprising that overthrew the communists and since the Soviet Union also did not intervene.





East Germany was the Socialist State in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany with East Berlin as its capital city. The geographical area of East Germany consisted of northeastern Germany rather than the all of the eastern regions. West Germany was established in 1949 with eleven states that were formed in the three Allied Zones Occupation held by the United States and with Bonn as its provisional capital city. When one discusses about East and West Germany, a mention must be made about the Berlin Wall, which was a barrier constructed by the East Germany in August 1961 completely cutting off West Berlin from the surrounding East Berlin and East Germany.

Facts About Germany Mercedes Benz Germany

Mercedes Benz is an internationally renowned automobile giant from Germany, which is a division of Daimler AG that was previously owned by Daimler Benz. Mercedes Benz and its pioneer founder Karl Benz, who created the world's first petrol driven car, do not need any introductions to the people of the world. Mercedes Benz marketed its first automobile in 1901 and its first automobile under the brand name Mercedes Benz was launched in 1926. Over the years, Mercedes Benz has introduced several technological innovations and safety features that have become some of the most common features in today's automobile industry.





Mercedes Benz, one of the most well-known automobile brand and the oldest automobile company of the world, has maintained its quality and durability rankings right from its inception. Apart from the home state Germany, Mercedes Benz has manufacturing and assembling facilities across the world in many countries including Austria, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, India, Nigeria, Spain, South Korea, South Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, USA, UK, Thailand, and Vietnam, to name the few. Mercedes Benz manufactures a full range of light, medium and heavy passenger and commercial automobiles. Some of its top brands in passenger cars include A Class, B Class, C Class, E Class, and SLK Class, among many others.