German


 * __The German Culture __**



** Material Aspects of Culture: **

** Art **



The Brandenburg Gate is one of the main German symbols. It represents war, peace, and freedom. The Brandenburg Gate stands 91 feet in height, 214 feet in breadth, and 36 feet deep and is made mostly out of sandstone. The Gate has twelve Doric columns, six on each side which form five passageways. On top of the gate is the bronze 5m high Quadriga, a chariot pulled by four horses which are driven by Victoria (the Roman goddess of victory).



The Brandenburg Gate is located in Berlin, Germany. The Gate was built between 1788- 1791, and because of World War 2, the Brandenburg Gate and the bronze were damaged (only the head of one of the horses survived), but in 1956, East and West Berlin worked together to rebuild the Gate an they finished restoring it on 14 December, 1957. In 1793, only the royal family was allowed to pass through the central passageway of the Brandenburg Gate. When the Berlin Wall was built (August 13th 1961), people were not allowed to pass through it anymore. The Gate was originally part of the wall and was the main entrance into Berlin. After the Wall fell during the Revolution in 1989, many people gathered to celebrate its fall and the Gate was later reopened.

Brandenburg gate now and then

The Brandenburg Gate now represents the re-unity of both halves of the city after the fall of the Berlin Wall. As you can see the Brandenburg Gate is a major aspect of history. Today, you can find tourists mainly visiting the Brandenburg Gate. In Germany you can find them in snow globes, bags, shirts, hoodies, ceramic, money, plates, mugs, and even on their 50c coin. The Brandenburg Gate and the fall of the Berlin Wall hold a lot of history and have a great impact on Germans in the past and even today.



http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_original_size_of_the_berlin_brandenburg_gate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate

http://www.smart-travel-germany.com/brandenburg-gate.html http://www.dailysoft.com/east-berlin/mitte/bgate.htm

http://www.aviewoncities.com/berlin/brandenburgertor.htm http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/denkmal/denkmale_in_berlin/en/unter_den_linden/brandenburger_tor.s

http://www.berlin-landmarks.com/brandenburg_gate.html

** Music ** ** Food ** ** Clothing ** ** Religion ** ** Literature ** ** Holidays **

Non-Material Aspects of Culture:

** Ideas of Modesty ** ** Ideas of Beauty ** ** Child- Raisng ** ** Relationship to Animals ** ** Ideas about Sin ** ** Ideas about Justice ** ** Ideas about disease and Illness ** ** Roles Based on Age, Sex, Class, Job, etc. ** ** How to Handle Emotions ** ** Attitude Towards Family ** ** Conversational Norms ** ** Body Language ** ** Rites of Passage **