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Headings: Economy of Germany
Economy of Germany
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Economy of Germany
Contents
History
Age of Industrialization
Weimar Republic and Third Reich
West Germany
East Germany
Federal Republic
Data
1980 to 1995
1996 to 2010
2011 to 2018
Companies
Mergers and Acquisitions
Economic region
German states
Wealth
Sectors
Primary
Industry
Services
Government finances
Infrastructure
Energy
Transport
Technology
Challenges
See also
References
Notes
Further reading
External links

Content: Many companies, such as steam-machine producer J. Kemna, modeled themselves on English industry. The invention of the automobile. Bertha Benz and Karl Benz in a Benz Viktoria, model 1894. The invention of the cruise ship. Albert Ballin 's SS Auguste Viktoria in 1890. Railway construction as an expression of the industrial revolution (here the Bonn-Cölner railway around 1844)
The establishment of the Deutscher Zollverein (German Customs Union) in 1834 and the expansion of railway systems were the main drivers of Germany's industrial development and political union. From 1834, tariff barriers between increasing numbers of the Kleindeutschland German states were eliminated. In 1835 the first German railway linked the Franconian cities of Nuremberg and Fürth – it proved so successful that the decade of the 1840s saw "railway mania" in all the German states. Between 1845 and 1870, 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi) of rail had been built and in 1850 Germany was building its own locomotives. Over time, other German states joined the customs union and started linking their railroads, which began to connect the corners of Germany together.