Berlin Travel Forum

24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 08:30 AM UTC

This is nothing important,I just got curious.My parents are at Berlin,and my mother send a sms last night about some big day there.She allways write everything so short (in sms),so it was like"big day today,festival,Germany 60".I don´t belive,that Germany is 60 years old :D So I tried to find whit google what she ment,but I found nothing.What festival-day it was?

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 08:48 AM UTC

You mean 24th May?

It was the 60th anniversary of "The Federal Republic of Germany".

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 08:54 AM UTC

Of course may.. I must be a month ahead allready..Waiting for OUR holliday!
Thank´s for you.This forum is place to find answers soon.It did take under 15min!
Have a nice summer!

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 08:58 AM UTC

Thank you.

Was easy. I saw it on the TV news last night.

Also a nice summer to you.

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HansDK

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 09:15 AM UTC

Maybe it was at news here also.i had so busy weekend,that i saw no tv. :D

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:02 AM UTC

> I don´t belive,that Germany is 60 years old :D

Not Germany, but the Federal Republik of Germany.
60 years ago the Grundgesetz (Basic Law / Constitution) took effect.

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Turtleshell

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:04 AM UTC

Oh, sorry, I'm late as always ....

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Turtleshell

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 11:19 AM UTC

a few "German birthdays"
German Empire
18. Jan 1871 proclamation in Versailles

Weimar Republic
9. Nov. 1918 November revolution
11. Aug. 1919 proclamation of the constitution

Third Reich
23. March 1933 Enabling Act of 1933

Federal Republic of Germany
23. May 1949 proclamation of the German Basic Law (as new constitution)

and that we do not run of reasons to celebrate:
9. Nov. 1989 fall of the Wall

The Holy Roman Empire (911-1806) is not seen as a national state in the modern sense. Thus Germany as a national state is really just 140 years old. The HRE included also till its end the today countries of: Austria, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein.

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abalada

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 03:21 PM UTC

> and that we do not run of reasons to celebrate:
> 9. Nov. 1989 fall of the Wall

Oops. No celebrations that day, and for some quite good reason. The fall of the wall is celebrated on Oct 3rd, German Unity Day.

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MvomO

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 05:44 PM UTC

> Oops. No celebrations that day, and for some quite good reason.
... will still be celebrated this year with a "Festival of Freedom" from 7.-9. Nov. 2009. In a rather big way.
http://www.mauerfall09.de/en/portal/9-november/festival-of-freedom-to-celebrate-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall.html

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Re: 24th June 2009
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:05 PM UTC

I was little surprized about that celebration also.They had seen some adds.They come back in two days,I will ask them if there was that celebration or not.
At least they had been at some concert.My father was so excaited to tell how he fly in the balloon.Or what what it is in English.I think you´ll understand anyway ;)

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