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List of cultural icons of Germany 
Summary
This article covers significant cultural icons from Germany.
A scene of the Nibelungenlied
AnimalsEdit
ArtEdit
ArtistsEdit
- Reinhold Begas (1831-1911), Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)
- Otto Dix (1891-1969), Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)
- Max Ernst (1891-1976)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543)
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)
- Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808-1880)
- Franz Marc (1880-1916), Adolph Menzel (1815-1905)
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), Andreas Schlüter (1659-1714)
- Anton von Werner (1843-1915)
Architecture styles originated in GermanyEdit
Buildings and structuresEdit
- Aachen cathedral, Aachen Rathaus, Albrechtsburg, Alte Pinakothek, Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces
- Bastei Bridge, Bebelplatz, Befreiungshalle, Berlin Cathedral, Berlin Palace, Berlin Victory Column, Berlin Wall, BMW Vierzylinder and BMW Welt, Brandenburg Gate
- Castles and Palaces by the thousand, Charlottenburg Palace, Cologne Cathedral
- Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm , Deutsches Eck, Deutsches Museum
- Englischer Garten
- Fernsehturm Berlin, Festung Ehrenbreitstein, St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main, Dresden Frauenkirche, Friedensengel
- Glauberg, Göltzschtal and Elstertal bridges, Goseck circle
- Hambach Castle, Hamburg Rathaus, Heidelberg Castle, Hermannsdenkmal, Herrenhausen Gardens, Heuneburg, Hohenzollern Castle
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Kiel Canal, Königsplatz, Munich, Kurfürstendamm
- Landungsbrücken, Limburg Cathedral, Limes Germanicus, Ludwigsburg Palace
- Magdeburger Kanalbrücke, Maulbronn Abbey, Mespelbrunn Castle, Munich Frauenkirche, Munich Synagogue
- National Theatre Munich, Neue Nationalgalerie, Neuschwanstein castle, New Town Hall (Munich), Nördlingen (amidst the Nördlinger Ries], Nordkirchen Palace, Nuremberg Castle, Nymphenburg Palace and Nymphenburg Palace Park
- Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Olympiastadion (Munich), Odeonsplatz
- Princely Abbey of Corvey, Münster main street
- Quedlinburg
- Reichstag building, Rendsburg High Bridge, Rothenburg ob der Tauber
- Sanssouci, Schlosskirche zu Wittenberg, Semperoper, St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main, Strandkorb
- Town Hall of Bremen, Cathedral of Trier, Trifels Castle
- Ulm Minster, Unter den Linden, Lake Constance stilt houses
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal, Völklingen Ironworks
- Walhalla (memorial), Wartburg, Weimar, Wilhelmshöhe Palace and Park
- Zeche Zollverein
CraftsEdit
Emblems, Symbols and AllegoriesEdit
FestivalsEdit
Food and drinkEdit
- Altbier, Apfelschorle, Apfelwein
- German beer, Berliner, Black Forest cake, Bockwurst, Bratwurst, Butterbrot
- Currywurst
- Eisbein
- Fischbrötchen, Frankfurter
- Harzer, Handkäse
- Kassler, Kölsch, Klöße, Korn (liquor), Kuchen
- Lebkuchen, Leberkäse, Leipziger Allerlei, Liverwurst, Lübecker Marzipan
- Malzbier, Maultasche, Mett, Mettwurst
- Pilsner, Pretzel, Pumpernickel
- Riesling, Rouladen
- Teewurst, Thuringian sausage
- Sauerbraten, Sauerkraut, Saumagen, Schnaps, Schweinshaxen, Spaghettieis, Spätzle, Spekulatius, Spezi, Spreewald gherkins, Stollen, Streuselkuchen, Strudel
- Weisswurst, Weizenbier, Wibele, German wine
Folklore, myths and legendsEdit
Former East GermanyEdit
- Aktuelle Kamera, Die anderen Bands, Ampelmännchen, Auferstanden aus Ruinen
- Berlin Wall
- East German jokes, Einkaufsnetz (String bags)
- Nina Hagen, Erich Honecker
- Interflug
- Sigmund Jähn - the first German in space, Jauerfood
- Ketwurst
- Länderkammer, The Legend of Paul and Paula, The Lives of Others
- Majakowskiring, Monday demonstrations
- Ostalgie, Ostrock
- Republikflucht
- Sandmännchen, Sonnenallee, The Sons of Great Bear, Stasi [1] [2] [3], Der schwarze Kanal
- Ernst Thälmann, Ernst Thälmann Island, Pioneer movement, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Trabant ("Trabi")
- Walter Ulbricht, Unsere Heimat
- Vita-Cola, Volkspolizei
Government and politicsEdit
- Alliance '90/The Greens
- Bundestag, Bundesrat of Germany, Bundesversammlung (Germany)
- Cabinet of Germany, Chancellor of Germany, Christian Democratic Party, Christian Socialist Party
- Free Democratic Party (Germany)
- Grundgesetz
- The Left (Germany)
- President of Germany, President of the Bundestag
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- States of Germany
HolidaysEdit
IndustryEdit
LiteratureEdit
WritersEdit
- Heinrich Böll, Das Boot
- Bertolt Brecht
- Lothar-Günther Buchheim [5]
- Dreigroschenoper
- Michael Ende
- Theodor Fontane
- Günter Grass [6]
- Brothers Grimm (Wilhelm Grimm),
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Heinrich Heine, Heinrich Heine Prize, Hermann Hesse
- Franz Kafka [7]
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann
- Hans Sachs, Anna Seghers
- Friedrich Schiller [8] [9]
- Walther von der Vogelweide
- Wolfram von Eschenbach
MonarchyEdit
- Karl der Große (c. 742-814)
- Otto the Great (912-973)
- Frederick Barbarossa (1122-1190)
- Frederick the Great (1712-1786)
- Francis II (1768-1835)
- Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886)
- William I (1797-1888)
MusicEdit
Classical composersEdit
- Johann Sebastian Bach [10], Bavarian State Opera[11]
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johannes Brahms
- George Frideric Handel
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Robert Schumann
- Horst Stein [12]
- Karlheinz Stockhausen [13]
- Richard Strauss
- Richard Wagner [14]
- Carl Maria von Weber
AnthemsEdit
- "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" - anthem of East Germany
- "Deutschlandlied" - third stanza is today´s anthem of Germany
- "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" - anthem of the German Emperor
Popular musicEdit
- Alphaville
- Fidelio
- Der Freischütz
- "Ich hab' mich ergeben"
- Kraftwerk, Krautrock
- Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Lohengrin
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Felix Mendelssohn
- Jacques Offenbach, Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Carl Orff
- Parzifal,
- Rammstein,
- Scorpions
- Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Tangerine Dream, Tristan und Isolde
Theatres and operasEdit
PhilosophyEdit
- Theodor W. Adorno, Hannah Arendt
- Critique of Pure Reason
- Friedrich Engels
- Ludwig Feuerbach, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Frankfurt school
- German idealism, German philosophy
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Martin Heidegger, Max Horkheimer
- Karl Jaspers
- Immanuel Kant, Das Kapital
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Karl Marx
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Phenomenology
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Arthur Schopenhauer
- Übermensch
PlacesEdit
- Baltic Sea, Bamberg, Beer gardens, Berlin [15], Black Forest, Bonn, Bremen, Brocken
- Cologne
- Danube, Dresden, Dresden Elbe Valley, Düsseldorf
- East Frisian Islands, Elbe, Ems, Erzgebirge, Externsteine
- Fehmarn, Frankfurt am Main, Heligoland
- Halligen, Hamburg, Hanover
- Kreidefelsen
- Lake Constance, Leipzig, Lübeck, Lüneburg Heath
- Main, Mainau Island, Mainz, Messel pit, Moselle river, Munich [16], Museum Island
- Neckar, North Frisian Islands, North Sea, Nuremberg
- Oder
- Porta Westfalica, Potsdam
- Quedlinburg
- Regensburg, Reichenau Island, Rhine, Rhine Gorge, Rügen, Ruhr Area
- Stralsund, Stuttgart, Sylt
- Thuringian Forest
- Volcanic Eifel
- Wadden Sea, Watzmann, Weimar, Weser, Wismar, Wittenberg
- Zugspitze
ScientistsEdit
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
- Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468)
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)
- Max Planck (1858-1947)
- Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)
SportEdit
Television, Radio, Film, TheatreEdit
TransportEdit
CarsEdit
- Audi Quattro[2]
- BMW 3 Series[3]
- BMW M1
- Borgward
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class[4]
- Porsche 911[5][6][7]
- Trabant[8]
- Volkswagen Beetle[9]
- Volkswagen Type 2
AirEdit
MiscellaneousEdit
- Benedict XVI, Otto von Bismarck, Willy Brandt,
- Paul von Hindenburg,
- Frederick the Great
- Friedrich Engels
- Immanuel Kant, Helmut Kohl
- Ludwig II of Bavaria, Rosa Luxemburg[18], Claus Luthe [19], Martin Luther [20]
- Karl Marx, Ulrike Meinhof [21], Angela Merkel [22]
- Manfred von Richthofen [23]
- Wolfgang Vogel [24]
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin [25]
See alsoEdit
- Cultural icon
- Culture of Germany
- List of cultural icons of England
- List of cultural icons of France
- List of cultural icons of Italy
- List of cultural icons of Japan
- List of cultural icons of the Netherlands
- List of cultural icons of Northern Ireland
- List of cultural icons of Russia
- List of cultural icons of Scotland
- List of cultural icons of Spain
- List of cultural icons of Wales
ReferencesEdit
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- ^ "Celebrate 40 Years of Audi Quattro AWD with These Icons". 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Icon of icons: Autocar Awards Readers' Champion - BMW 3 Series".
- ^ "Icon of icons: Autocar Awards Readers' Champion - Mercedes-Benz S-Class".
- ^ "The Porsche 911 has once again convinced me that it's the greatest car on earth". Business Insider.
- ^ "Porsche milestone: One-millionth 911 rolls off the production line".
- ^ "The evolution of the Porsche 911 | the Gentleman's Journal | the latest in style and grooming, food and drink, business, lifestyle, culture, sports, restaurants, nightlife, travel and power". 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Jess Smee on spluttering around Berlin on the Trabant Safari". TheGuardian.com. 31 January 2007.
- ^ "Icon of icons: Autocar Awards Readers' Champion - Volkswagen Beetle". Autocar.