Atlas of Germany

Germany
Germany with administrative divisions shown.
Location of Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Central Europe. Irreligion and Christianity are the predominant religions and German is the official language.

The Kingdom of Germany became established as a constituent of the Holy Roman Empire in the early Middle Ages. The German Confederation was formed in 1815 after the Empire dissolved and it formally became Germany in 1866. The Nazi regime established a totalitarian dictatorship in 1933 which remained in power until the end of the Second World War. In 1949 Germany was split into East and West Germany and the countries were governed separately until being unified in 1990.

The Bahá’í Faith was brought to Germany in 1905 and an active community was quickly established steadily developing into the 1930s. The Nazi government outlawed practice of the religion in 1937 however after the end of the Second World War in 1945 the community quickly recovered and experienced growth throughout the 1940s and 1950s becoming one of the leading Bahá’í communities of Europe with the first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Europe being dedicated in Germany in 1964. The community has continued to develop and remains active to the present day.

National Assembly: Germany
Official Website: http://www.bahai.de
Statistics
Population: 81,914,672
Bahá’í pop.: 6,000
History
First local Bahá’í: 1905, Dr. Karl Edwin Fisher
First Local Assembly: 1908, Stuttgart
First National Assembly: 1922, with Austria;1959

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Notes and references

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