North Rhine-Westphalia

Dusseldorf, Germany is an extremely successful city that is growing in popularity. Though it may not be discussed with the likes of more noted cities, it does possess many qualities that make it worthy to be my region of choice. Such as a stunning harbor that handles over 3 million tons of goods annually, and its modern industrial architecture which includes the thyssen building to the north of the city Centre (Helicon, 2016). Those examples are few of many that make up the several astonishing features. This paper will examine ten characteristics that accomplish the adequate appreciation of this formidable place. Environment, Location, and regions are important topics to include when elaborating the characteristics of an area. I will discuss how this city has welcoming features. More popular topics for anywhere will always include politics, People, and religion. These few things can often make or break a city’s…

shape today’s modern Europe. This essay will evaluate the Thirty Years’ War and how it helped form the modern state of Europe. The Thirty Years’ War was both a religious struggle and a civil war of sorts. The religious struggle was due to the shattering of the Christian unity in Europe, which was caused by the Reformation. In Germany, the split between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism was greater than anywhere else in Europe, where half of the population was Catholic and the other half was…

Schengen area. Dortmund Airport Facilities Dortmund Airport is a modern airport with several shopping and dining options. There is no free wi-fi available, but you can purchase prepaid internet cards at the Information Desk as well as the West Bar and Shop. A 2-hour internet pass costs $7.75 CAD. After landing at the airport, follow the signs to collect your bags and head toward the exit. You'll find taxis lined up at the entrance which can take you to Dortmund city centre for about $40, or…

Purpose of study In the research presented by Grünke, Wilbert, and Stegemann (2013), the effectiveness of a story mapping procedure was measured. Researchers hypothesized that the use of the story mapping procedure would yield significant increases in student reading comprehension levels. The researchers used a single-case multiple baseline design to investigate the extent to which the implementation of the story mapping procedure caused significant treatment effects. Methods This research…

football matches for up to five years from Stratford Magistrates' Court. Germany, 25th February 2014, Borussia Dortmund imposed a stadium ban on a fan who shouted the Nazi phrase “ Sieg Heil” during a minute’s silence during a match against Hamburg. The minute was dedicated to the recently disappeared club physical therapist Hermann Riege. Immediately removed from the stadium, the 33-years-old fan received a six-years ban from the stadium. These two episodes remark how racism and right-wind…

Three million German citizens have Turkish ancestry thanks to the Wirtschaftswunder (p. 3). Merkel (2014) tells that at the end of the 1990’s, the Turkish community in one the states, North-Rhine Westphalia, had at least 216 Turkish football clubs, the largest of any minority group in Germany. For these Germans of Turkish heritage, these football clubs of Turkish foundings and upbringings provide an opportunity to avoid discrimination, social pressures, and to find people of similar faith or…

to advance their cases. Within the country of Germany federalism is very important as the federal government and individual Länder, which are similar to Canadian provinces or states within the United States, each have an important part to play within the government that interest groups use to their advantage. What is so specifically different about Germany would be that the way the country has divided the responsibilities between the Länder and the federal government. The federal government is…

racism, and gender discrimination. It provided me with conceptual tools to understand that, although different, we are all interconnected and social structures influence our lives (Manza, 21013.) It acquired larger horizons to understand that everyone is valuable. Our identities are forged not exclusively by our personality, whereas equally by societal forces, from Nation of birth, to family, schools, churches and groups we choose or find ourselves belonging to (Manza, 2013.) It was…

When my father died, for some reason, my mother’s anxiety symptoms reappeared. Furthermore, immigrants from Turkey were growing in numbers in North West Germany and were being objects of institutionalized racist discrimination (Manza, 2013), for instance, they were forbidden to enter certain stores or public buildings. Prejudice is a belief, about a group of people; discrimination differs in the sense that it involves actions that aim to reinforce social hierarchies and to keep minorities from…

While the majority of the people living here are Christian, Hessen is diverse in its ethnic makeup. Sitting on the Rhine and Main Rivers in the south, and the Elb and Wiser rivers to the north, Hessen has been a hub for travel. Prior to the construction of the Autobahn, Hessen has been at a cross roads for travel and trade. Resulting from its prime location on the Main river, Frankfurt is a modern cosmopolitan that has flourished both economically and in culturally. The open and hospitable…