Prescribed vaccinations:
not

Recommended vaccinations:
not

Position of Germany:
The Federal Republic of Germany borders in the north on the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, in the east in Poland and Czech Republic, in the southeast in Austria, in the south to Switzerland and in the west in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Language:
In German with numerous dialects. In English it is understood to a great extent.

Time movement:
Central European time (CET) with European summertime (the last Sunday in March till the last Sunday in October: CET +1h

Voltage:
230 Volt AC, 50 Hertz

Phones:
The land prefix to Germany is 0049, leave out afterwards the leadership zero of the local prefix. Pay phones do not exist virtually any more, most public phones function with telephone cards of Deutsche Telekom which are available on every post office. For international calls are as a rule international Prepaid - the maps more favourably which offer different private phone societies.
EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS: Police 110, accident rescue 110, fire brigade 112.

Telegrammes / Post:
Telegrammes can be dispatched by all post offices worldwide. One gets stamps in post offices, from machines and at hotels. In holidays regions you are often available also in souvenir shops and in kiosks.

Internet / E-Mail:
Internet cafes are widespread. In all cities there are Internet centres. Internet suppliers are among other things AOL (www.aol.de), T-Online (www.t-online.de), CompuServe (www.compuserve.de), GMX (www.gmx.de) and Freenet (www.freenet.de).

Holidays:
In the whole federal territory count the following holidays:
▪ 1st January (New Year)
▪ Good Friday, Easter Monday
▪ 1st May (day of the work)
▪ Ascension Day, Whitsun Monday
▪ 3rd October (day of the unity)
▪ 25th and 26th December (Christmas)

There are the following regional holidays in addition:
▪ 6th January (appearance party) in Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria and Saxony-Anhalt
▪ Corpus Christi in Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, in Saarland as well as partially in Saxony and Thuringia
▪ 15th August (Maria Himmelfahrt) in municipalities of Bavaria with predominantly Catholic population and in Saarland
▪ 31st October (Reformation day) in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia
▪ 1st November (All Saints' Day) in Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and in Saarland
▪ Pennance day in Saxony
▪ carnival Monday and Tuesday also in some federal states
The main vacation time goes from middle of June till the middle of September. Nevertheless, she is different from federal state to federal state.

Opening times:
▪ Banks:
Monday till Friday 08:30 - 13:00, 14:30 - 16:00 o'clock, Thursday to 17:30
some banks are also opened about midday and till 18:00 o'clock.
▪ Shops:
Monday till Friday 09:00 / 10:00 - 20:00, Saturday 09:00 / 10:00 - clock on 16:00 / 20:00
in smaller cities are the shops often from 12:30 - are closed 15:00 o'clock and on the Wednesday afternoon.

Clothing:
One should carry normal European clothes according to the seasons. Also in summer one needs about evening a warm pullover. In winter warm things are essential. One should have rain protection during the whole year with himself.

Monetary:
Monetary: Euro €
There are bank notes in the values: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 Euro.
Coins in the nominal amounts: 1 und 2 Euro, as well 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Cents.

Credit cards:
International credit cards are accepted by bigger hotels, bigger shops, bigger restaurants and in most filling stations. In cash machines the withdrawal of money with international credit cards or EC-card (Pin number) is possible.