Federal Republic of Germany

Germany (ˈdʒɜrməni; German: Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe. The country consists of 16 states, and its capital and largest city is Berlin.

More information on the Wikpedia page ; on the current states of Germany, and a list of previous partitions at

A list of libraries in Germany can be found here (English) and German