General Information

Search engines with emphasis on Germany

• Bellnet
• Deutsche Meta-Suchmaschine (a powerful meta-search engine)
• Dino (German Internet Organization System)
• Euroseek
• Finden.de
• Fireball
• Google
• Klug suchen (A search engine for search engines)
• Lycos
• nettz.de (powerful meta-search engine)
• Oekoportal (ecological search engine)
• Paperazzi (for articles in journals, etc.)
• Paperball (search engine for German newspaper articles)
• Searchfoxx (German search engine)
• Sharelook Germany
• Web.de - A German Internet Directory
• Wissen.de (encyclopedic list of useful German sources)
• Yahoo - Deutschland

Europe

European Union (The European Union's internet portal)

• Agenda 2000
• Center for Research on European Integration (in Bonn)
• Eurobarometer (polls)
• Eurointernet (extensive link directory from the Austrian Academy of Sciences)
• Europe direct (free advice on all EU-related subjects)
• Europa direkt (online service of the Representative of the European Commission in Germany)
• European Central Bank (responsible for monetary policy in the euro zone)
• European Commission (executive body, responsible for legislative initiatives)
• European Council
• European Court of Auditors (responsible for auditing the accounts)
• European Court of Justice (guarantees respect for European law in member states)
• European Documentation Centres
• European Environment Information and Observation NETwork
• European Investment Bank (finances capital investment to further European integration)
• European Ombudsman (service allowing all 'eurocitizens' to lodge complaints against faulty operation or unlawful acts on the part of a government agency)
• European Parliament  (handles representation of the citizens of member states)
• European Union: The Committee of the Regions (allows regions to take part in the decision-making process)
• European Union: Cordis (information service concerning EU research and development)
• European Union: The Economic and Social Committee (consultative body)
• European Union: Libraries (access to the central library, the Eclas catalogue, the Eurolib grouping and documentation centre)
• Europe Direct (living and working in the EU - a citizen's information service by the EC on the EU)
• Europe Online
• EU - Eastern Enlargement (Briefing by the European Parliament)
• European Monetary Union - EURO (As seen from Brussels)
• European Union Presidency websites
• Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
• Ezoneplus - The Eastward Enlargement of the Eurozone
• Information Network on Education in Europe
• Jews in Europe
• Training Mobility Research Programme of the European Union
• Treaties

Germany

• American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
• Deutsche Bibliothek online
• Deutsches Forschungsnetz (German Research Network)
• Deutsches Historisches Museum
• Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
• German Historical Institute in Washington., D.C.
• German History on the Internet
• German Information Service in the United States
• Germanistik on the Internet
• German Studies Trail on the Web
• How to Germany (on-line information resource for expatriates in Germany)
• Internationale Jugendarbeit in Deutschland (Youth services in Germany)
• JustGermany (Online Germany travel guide )
• Museum Berlin-Karlshorst (German capitulation on May 8, 1945)
• Statistisches Bundesamt des Bundesrepublik Deutschland
• Weather in Germany
• Young Germany (information for young high potentials across the globe about their opportunities in Germany)
• Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam

The GDR Legacy

• Berlin Wall I
• Berlin Wall II
• Chronik der Wende (German unification 1989/1990)
• Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes
  der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
• GDR on the web
• German Unification (data base)
• History of East Germany
• Ostalgic products
• Photographs from the Wall
• Search engine concerning East Germany
• Stasi museum
• Walk the Wall - Mauerguide
• 20 years fall of the Wall

Berlin

• Berlin's official website
  
• Berlin - for an English speaking readership
• Berlin - Regional Guide
• Berlin & Brandenburg Maps
• Berlin Marketing
• Berlin Street (the other Berlin)
• Berlin Tourismus
• Checkpoint Charlie (Former allied checkpoint)
• E-Loft (the ultimate webpage for students in Berlin)
• General information on Berlin
• KommTreff (Regional information)
• Messen in Berlin (Berlin trade fairs)
• Newsletter on Berlin (monthly, 6 different languages)
• Tourism in Berlin
• Screensaver from Berlin
• Stadtplan (Searchable city map)
• Statistisches Landesamt Berlin (Official statistical sources)
• Story of Berlin
• Traffic Information
• Virtual Sightseeing Tour Berlin

Blogs

• Germanblogs
• Berlin Blogs I
• Berlin Blogs II (in English)
• Hauptstadtblog
• Spreeblick

Berlin districts (some have several sites)

On January 1, 2002, Berlin introduced a district reform.
Some "old" districts keep their own website:

• Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
• Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
• Lichtenberg
• Marzahn-Hellersdorf
• Mitte
• Neukölln
• Pankow
• Reinickendorf
• Spandau
• Steglitz-Zehlendorf
• Tempelhof-Schöneberg

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