The Three States of Study

In this study, the three states of Germany that were given to study are; Schelswig-Holstein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Nordrhein-Westfalen. I will begin with explaining Schelswig-Holstein.


Schelswig-Holstein belongs to the northern border of Germany. The territory runs the most north compared to all the other states. The capital is Kiel located on the eastern border in the territory. Kiel is also the largest city within the state. According to wikipedia.com, the GDP of the state is 69 billion euros. 69 billion euros is about 96 billion US dollars. The states religion is composed of about 54% of the Evangelical church of Germany and 6% of Roman Catholics. The state itself has a port to two different seas; the Baltic and the North sea. The state is sparsely populated with a total population of 2.5 million people within 6,080 sq. miles of land. Obviously since there is 2 oceans around the state it relies on fishing. Another economic resource is farming. "For more than 100 years Kiel hosts the "Kieler Woche" during the last week of June. It is the greatest sailing event in the world and the biggest summer festival in Northern Europe and thousands of top class sailors from all over the world together with half a million spectators flock into the city."--- This is a fact directly from germany.co.za

http://www.germany.co.za/schleswig_holstein.html
http://answers.encyclopedia.com/question/general-economy-and-industry-state-schleswig-holstein-129433.html
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/Portal/EN/Portal_node.html

The second German state I would like to explain is Rheinland-Pfalz. This is a western state that is 7,633 square miles with a population of about 4 million people. The GDP of the area is 102 billion euros which is the same as about 143 billion US dollars. Rheinland-Pfalz was established in 1943. The state is composed of 2 religous types; 46% catholic church and 35% evangelical church of Germany. The Eifel and Hunsruck are found in the northern part of Rhineland-Plafz. The state is the largest producer of wine in terms of grape cultivation and wine exports.  The capital is Mainz. The chemical indistry is the biggest in the world(also known as BASF).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhineland-Palatinate
http://www.romantic-germany.info/Tips-for-trips.4103.0.htm

The last state I will sum up is Nordrhein-Westfalen. This state is the most western state in Germany. Most populous economically developed in Germany. The state was ratified in 1947. The four of the top 10 populated cities in Germany are in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Those towns are Cologne, Dusseldorf(capital), Dortmund, and Essens. The lowest of these towns has a big population of 500,000 people.  The state is 13,160 square miles and has a total population of almost 18,000,000 people. It is one of the largest energy and mining producer in Europe. "Cologne Cathedral certainly is the city’s best-known attraction. It is the biggest of its type in Europe whose construction started in 1248 and, after several pauses some of which lasted  centuries, was at last finished between the year 1842 and 1880." -- here is another fact pulled directly from mygermancity.com.

http://www.mygermancity.com/north-rhine-westphalia
en.wikipedia.org/
http://www.nrw-tourism.com/interests/cities-culture/museums-exhibitions.html