Web Directory: General--Germany
*Starred sites are in German only.
Deutschland im Internet*
http://web.de
A searchable index of the German-speaking World Wide Web--you will find Web pages dedicated to almost any aspect of German life: business, computers,
entertainment, science, travel, and more.
Deutschsprachige Seiten im WWW (DINO)*
http://www.wiso.gwdg.de/
This offers "hot links" to hundreds of websites all over the German- speaking world in all subject areas, including online
newspapers and magazines, government offices, social clubs, business, science, art, and literature.
Yahoo Deutschland*
General Germany
http://www.germany-info.org
Through the German Information Center in New York City, the German Embassy of Washington, D.C. offers news and speeches from
Germany, cultural events across the U.S., business information, customs regulations, German organizations in the U.S., and links to Germany-related sites.
Deutsche Zentrale f?r Tourismus e.V. (DZT)
http://www.germany-tourism.de/
The official site of Germany's National Tourist Board is a useful starting point for planning a trip to Germany. It offers
a range of ideas for travelers whether they are backpackers or families, covers important upcoming events, and connects the user to other sources of information.
Reisen, Freizeit, Verkehr--Traxxx Travel News*
http://www.traxxx.de/
One of Germany's largest publishers, Burda, is responsible for this mega Web site, which contains all sorts of information, tips and facts
about travel and leisure within Germany and beyond its borders. A "Forever Young" section is devoted to active vacations and "All Night Long" offers an extensive calendar of events.
EXPO 2000
http://www.expo2000.de/
The World Exposition will take place in Germany for the first time in the year 2000 in the city of Hanover, famous for fairs since the
Middle Ages. The Hanover pavilion is already open to visitors--in cyberspace. Like the famous London and Paris expositions, the one in Hanover will reflect our fascination with discoveries and spectacles.
The German Internet Project
http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/
The projects brought together at this Web address are particularly useful for Germanophiles who want to polish their
language skills, (a "Digital Laboratory for German Studies" is under construction) or read from "Landeskunde" texts, literary collections, and historical studies. The are also digital images
to download and a good selection of links to museums. Current contents: German Unification Slides, Internet workshops on "Enhancing Language Studies with Digital Tools," the Berlin Wall, Germans and
Jews, and selected German web units with digital laboratory exercises.
Goethe Institute
http://www.goethe.de/
A nonprofit organization that promotes German language and culture, the Goethe Institute has branches all over the world. Find the one
nearest you, which, hopefully, you can visit in real life--IRL in Internet jargon. The site also has all the information you need about language courses and cultural studies in Germany.
Patch American High School
http://192.253.114.31/Home.html
Patch American High School is located at Patch Barracks, the headquarters for the United States European Command (US
EUCOM), in Stuttgart. Patch is also a "testbed site for technology insertion programs" in the Department of Defense Dependents Schools system, which all helps to explain why it was the home of the
first High School Web server in Europe (online since March 1994). Anyone who doubts the extraordinary potential of the World Wide Web for education should spend some time here and take a couple of virtual
fieldtrips: Many projects relate to Germany, such as a virtual tour of the monastery at Maulbronn and projects about the Berlin Wall and World War II.
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