Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany/Article requests

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This is a page to list and organize article requests for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany. This page is only for nonexisting articles (that is, red links or blue links that are redirects), not for expansion requests. For articles that exist on the German Wikipedia, a link should be provided. If you create one of the articles requested here, please list it at Portal:Germany/New article announcements.

Contents 1 Architecture 2 Culture and education 3 Economics 4 Geography 5 History 6 People 6.1 Culture and arts 6.2 Politicians 6.3 Other 7 Places 8 Politics 9 Church organizations and hierarchies

[edit] Architecture

• Gänseliesel - de:Gänseliesel, famous fountain in Göttingen, currently a redirect
• Groß St. Martin - de:Groß St. Martin, one of the Romanesque churches of Cologne
• Mannheim castle - de:Schloss Mannheim, ex-residence of the Count Palatine, now University of Mannheim
• Xanten Cathedral - de:Xantener Dom, cathedral in Xanten
• Erfurt Cathedral - de:Erfurter Dom (FA), cathedral of Erfurt, probably de:Severikirche (Erfurt) should also be translated.
• Frankfurt Cathedral - de:Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus (FA), the church in Frankfurt where the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned
• Leipzig Hauptbahnhof - de:Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, largest terminal station in Europe (by area)

[edit] Culture and education

For the season: How about writing articles about German Christmas traditions? Some articles on German Wikipedia:

• de:Herrnhuter Stern
• de:Erzgebirgischer Schwibbogen
• de:Lametta
• de:Räuchermann

Films:

• Die Feuerzangenbowle - de:Die Feuerzangenbowle, book and famous film starring Heinz Rühmann

Universities:

• University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg - de:Helmut-Schmidt-Universität (better title?)

[edit] Economics

• ifo Institut - de:Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
• BaFin - de:Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht

[edit] Geography

• Blauhöhle - de:Blauhöhle, source with a huge underwater cave system
• Mark Brandenburg - de:Mark Brandenburg, important historical region, currently a redirect
• List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants - de:Liste der Großstädte in Deutschland, could be made really pretty with nice table and coats of arms and stuff
• Lower Lusatia (de:Niederlausitz) and Upper Lusatia (de:Oberlausitz), currently redirects to Lusatia

[edit] History

• Colonial history of Brandenburg-Prussia
  • Navy of the Electorate of Brandenburg (or whatever name is good) - de:Kurbrandenburgische Marine
  • Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony) - de:St. Thomas (Brandenburg)

[edit] People

[edit] Culture and arts

• Friedrich August Stüler - de:Friedrich August Stüler, architect of the Neues Museum, Berlin; influential Berlin architect
• Rufus Beck - de:Rufus Beck, actor best known for his audio books

[edit] Politicians

A longer list is at Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/German politicians

• Hans Apel - de:Hans Apel, minister of finance, later of defense
• Karl Schiller - de:Karl Schiller, minister of finance
• Manfred Kanther - de:Manfred Kanther, minister of the interior
• Hans-Ulrich Klose - de:Hans-Ulrich Klose, mayor of Hamburg, SPD Bundestag group chairman
• Henning Voscherau - de:Henning Voscherau, mayor of Hamburg 1988-1997
• Markus Meckel - de:Markus Meckel, last foreign minister of the GDR, one of the founders of the SDP
• Reinhard Klimmt - de:Reinhard Klimmt, former Minister-President of Saarland and federal minister

[edit] Other

• Winfried Hassemer - de:Winfried Hassemer, vice president of the Bundesverfassungsgericht

[edit] Places

• Töpen - de:Töpen, municipality where the Bavarian part of Mödlareuth is located

[edit] Politics

• Merkel Cabinet or Cabinet Merkel, linked from {{Cabinet Merkel}}, possibly create similar to Cabinet Kohl I etc.
• Federal Minister for Post and Communication - de:Bundesministerium für Post und Telekommunikation, dissolved 1998

The following need to be checked for existence and possibly redirects created:

• Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs (Germany) - de:Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
• Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (Germany) - de:Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
• Federal Minister for Economics and Technologies (Germany) - de:Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
• Federal Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development (Germany) - de:Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
• Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (Germany) - de:Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit
• Federal Minister for Health (Germany) - de:Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
• Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development (Germany) - de:Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung

A problem is that the ministries were renamed and reorganized several times, suggestions for smart solutions are welcome.

[edit] Church organizations and hierarchies

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria - Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern, one of the 23 member churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany, many of these are red links
• Bishop of Fulda - de:Bistum Fulda, de:Liste der Bischöfe von Fulda (and similar red links in Template:Roman Catholic Bishops & Archbishops - Germany)