List of cultural icons of Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin
Franz Marc
Cologne Cathedral
Black Forest Gateau
Koelsch beer
GDR T-shirts, for sale in Berlin in 2004
Tourist souvenirs of East Berlin Ampelmännchen.
Fall of the Wall
Ludwig van Beethoven
Martin Luther
Holstentor, Lübeck
Rhine, Loreley
Volkswagen
A Trabant 601
The list of cultural icons of Germany is a list of links to potential cultural icons in Germany. .
Art, architecture
Buildings and structures
- Aachen cathedral, Aachen Rathaus, Alexanderplatz, Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces (Brühl)
- Bebelplatz, Berlin Victory Column, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate
- Charlottenburg Palace, Cologne Cathedral
- Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
- Englischer Garten
- Fernsehturm Berlin, Festung Ehrenbreitstein
- Hamburg Rathaus, Hermannsdenkmal, Herrenhausen Gardens
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Kurfürstendamm
- Maulbronn Abbey, Munich Frauenkirche
- Neuschwanstein castle, New Town Hall (Munich)
- Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Olympic Stadium (Munich)
- Reichenau Island, Reichstag building
- Sanssouci, Semperoper
- Town Hall of Bremen, Cathedral of Trier
- Ulm Cathedral, Unter den Linden
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal, Völklingen Ironworks
- Zeche Zollverein
Emblems, Symbols and Allegories
- Coat of arms of Germany
- Deutscher Michel
- Flag of Germany, Flag of Nazi Germany, Freedom Bell
- German Eagle , German euro coins, Germania (personification)
- Iron Cross
- National colours of Germany
- Reichsadler
- Swastika
Festivals
Food and drink
- Altbier, Apfelschorle, Apfelwein
- German beer, Berliner, Black Forest cake, Bockwurst, Bratwurst, Butterbrot
- Currywurst
- Eisbein
- Frankfurter
- Harzer, Handkäse
- Kassler, Klöße, Korn (liquor), Kuchen
- Lebkuchen, Leberkäse, Leipziger Allerlei, Liverwurst, Lübecker Marzipan
- Malzbier, Maultasche, Mett, Mettwurst
- Pilsner, Pretzel, Pumpernickel
- Riesling, Rouladen
- Teewurst, Thuringian sausage
- Sauerbraten, Sauerkraut, Saumagen, Schnaps, Schweinshaxen, Spaghettieis, Spätzle, Spekulatius, Spezi, Spreewald gherkins, Stollen, Streuselkuchen, Strudel
- Weisswurst, Weizenbier, Wibele, German wine
Former East Germany
- Aktuelle Kamera, Die anderen Bands, Ampelmännchen, Auferstanden aus Ruinen
- Berlin Wall
- East German jokes
- Nina Hagen, Erich Honecker
- Interflug
- Sigmund Jähn - the first German in space, Jauerfood
- Länderkammer, The Legend of Paul and Paula, The Lives of Others
- Majakowskiring, Monday demonstrations
- Ostalgie, Ostrock
- Republikflucht
- Sandmännchen, Sonnenallee, The Sons of Great Bear, Stasi , Der schwarze Kanal
- Ernst Thälmann, Ernst Thälmann Island, Pioneer movement, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Trabant ("Trabi")
- Walter Ulbricht, Unsere Heimat
- Vita-Cola, Volkspolizei
Government and politics
- Alliance '90/The Greens
- Bundestag, Bundesrat of Germany, Bundesversammlung (Germany)
- Cabinet of Germany, Chancellor of Germany, Christian Democratic Party, Christian Socialist Party
- Free Democratic Party (Germany)
- Grundgesetz
- The Left (Germany)
- President of Germany, President of the Bundestag
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- States of Germany
Holidays
Industry, science
- Bosch
- Deutsche Post
- Albert Einstein
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Siemens
- Konrad Zuse
Literature
- Heinrich Böll, Das Boot, Bertolt Brecht, Brockhaus, Lothar-Günther Buchheim
- Dreigroschenoper
- Günter Grass , Brothers Grimm (Wilhelm Grimm), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Heinrich Heine, Heinrich Heine Prize
- Franz Kafka , Immanuel Kant
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann
- Hans Sachs, Friedrich Schiller
- Walther von der Vogelweide, Wolfram von Eschenbach
Music
- Johann Sebastian Bach , Bavarian State Opera, Ludwig van Beethoven, Berlin Philharmonic, Johannes Brahms
- Deutschlandlied
- Fidelio
- Hamburg State Opera, George Frideric Handel
- Ich hab' mich ergeben
- Kraftwerk, Krautrock
- Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Lohengrin
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Felix Mendelssohn, Munich Philharmonic
- Oberon (Weber), Jacques Offenbach, Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Carl Orff
- Parzifal, Philharmoniker Hamburg
- Rammstein, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Robert Schumann
- Heinrich Schütz, Horst Stein , Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Tangerine Dream, Tristan und Isolde
- Richard Wagner , Carl Maria von Weber
Myths, legends, and folklore
- Dietrich von Bern legends
- Erlking
- Faust
- German folklore, Grimm's Fairy Tales
- Heinzelmännchen
- Klabautermann, Knecht Ruprecht, Kobold
- Mouse Tower legend
- Baron Munchausen tales
- Nibelung legend
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Rübezahl, Rumpelstilskin
- Till Eulenspiegel
- Walpurgisnacht
People
- Benedict XVI, Otto von Bismarck, Willi Brandt,
- Friedrich Engels
- Immanuel Kant, Helmut Kohl
- Rosa Luxemburg, Claus Luthe , Martin Luther
- Karl Marx, Ulrike Meinhof , Angela Merkel
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Manfred von Richthofen
- Wolfgang Vogel
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Philosophy
- Theodor W. Adorno
- Critique of Pure Reason
- Friedrich Engels
- Ludwig Feuerbach, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Frankfurt school
- German idealism, German philosophy
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Martin Heidegger, Max Horkheimer
- Karl Jaspers
- Immanuel Kant, Das Kapital
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Karl Marx
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Phenomenology
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Arthur Schopenhauer
- Übermensch
Places
- Aachen, Alps
- Baltic Sea, Bamberg, Berlin , Black Forest, Bonn, Bremen, Brocken
- Cologne
- Danube, Dresden, Dresden Elbe Valley, Düsseldorf
- East Frisian Islands, Elbe, Ems, Erzgebirge
- Fehmarn, Frankfurt am Main
- Hamburg, Hanover
- Lake Constance, Leipzig, Lübeck, Lüneburg Heath
- Main, Mainau Island, Mainz, Messel pit, Moselle river, Munich , Museum Island
- Neckar, North Frisian Islands, North Sea, Nuremberg
- Oder
- Porta Westfalica, Potsdam
- Quedlinburg
- Regensburg, Reichenau Island, Rhine, Rhine Gorge, Rügen, Ruhr Area
- Stralsund, Stuttgart
- Thuringian Forest
- Weimar, Weser, Wismar, Wittenberg
- Zugspitze
Sport
- Fußball-Bundesliga
- 1936 Winter Olympics, 1936 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics, 1974 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1988, 2006 FIFA World Cup
Television, Radio, Film, Theatre
- Berlin International Film Festival
- German Expressionism
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Werner Herzog
- F. W. Murnau
- New German Cinema
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Tom Tykwer
- Wim Wenders
Transport
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