Sports

Hertha BSC Berlin

The club was formed in 1892 as BFC Hertha 92, taking its name from a steamship with a blue and white smokestack. One of the four young men who founded the club had taken a day trip on this ship with his father. The name Hertha is a variation on Nerthus referring to fertility goddess from Germanic mythology.

Hertha performed consistently well on the field, including a win in the first Berlin championship final in 1905. However, their on-field success was not matched financially and in 1920 Hertha merged with the well-heeled club Berliner Sport-Club to form Hertha Berliner Sport Club. The new team continued to enjoy considerable success, while also enduring a substantial measure of frustration. The team played its way to the German championship final in six consecutive seasons from 1926 to 1931, but were only able to come away with the title in 1930 and 1931 with BSC leaving to become an independent club again after the combined side's first championship. Even so, Hertha emerged as the Germany's second most successful team during the inter-war years.


ALBA BERLIN basketball team

The newly aligned team. On December 4, the longest game in the European: ALBA wins against Bosna Sarajevo, 141-127 after five overtimes, but does not manage to qualify later for the next round. In February ALBA manages to bring Immanuel McElroy and Aleksandar Nadjfeji from Cologne to Berlin. ALBA its eighth German Championship. ALBAs NBBL-Team becomes German youth champion runner-up.


Record of achievements
94/95 Korac Cup victory; runner-up in BBL
96/97 National champions; relocation to Max Schmeling ArenaDBB cup victoryTeam of the YearFirst German team to reach the European League play-offs
97/98 National champions Team of the Year
98/99 National champions; cup victoryTeam of the YearGolden Ribbon (oldest German athletics award)
99/00 National championsEuropean League play-offs
00/01 National championsTeam of the Year
01/02 National champions; cup victoryTeam of the Year
02/03 National championsCup victory
05/06 Cup victory
07/08 National champions







German Football Association



The German Football Federation (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB) is the governing body of football in Germany. The founding member of both FIFA and UEFA organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga and the men's and women's national teams. DFB is based in Frankfurt, it is divided into five regional federations with 21 regional organizations.


Sebastian Vettel


Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. He is currently contracted to the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team alongside Sébastien Bourdais after replacing Scott Speed on July 31, 2007. He was previously the third (test and reserve) driver for the BMW Sauber Formula One team from the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix to the 2007 European Grand Prix.

Food

Currywurst

One thing that is typical and must not be missed in Berlin is the "Currywurst", a spicy sausage with curry flavoured tomato sauce and sold at fast food stations throughout the city.
The "Currywurst", this typical Berlin delicacy, was honoured in June 2003 with a memorial.



Bauernfrühstück

Ingredients:

6 slices bacon
1 tablespoon butter
1 onion, chopped
4 potatoes, cooked and finely diced
6 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup milk


Directions:

In a frying pan, fry the bacon until crisp. Remove and drain on paper towel. Remove the bacon fat from the frying pan, add the butter and saute' the onion until soft. Add the potatoes and brown lightly. Beat the eggs lightly and add the salt, pepper and milk, and finally the chopped bacon. Pour the egg mixture over the onions and potatoes and stir occasionally until cooked.




Schwäbische Maultaschen



Schwäbische Maultaschen are dough pockets with a filling made from minced meat or vegetables. A particular feature is the use of spinach in the filling. They are rectangular or strudel shaped and are blanched or fried before being eaten. The weight of each individual pocket varies between 40 and 150 g. Maultaschen for soup are smaller and weight between 10 and 40 g.

Berlin

INTRODUCTION

Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the ninth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area, comprising 5 million people from over 190 nations.Berlin is a major center in European culture, politics, media, and science. Its economy is primarily based on the service sector.


GEOGRAPHY

Berlin is located in eastern Germany, about 70 kilometers (44 miles) west of the border with Poland in an area with marshy terrain.Substantial parts of present-day Berlin extend onto the low plateaus on both sides of the Spree Valley. The highest elevations in Berlin are Teufelsberg and the Müggelberge. Both hills have an elevation of about 115 meters (377 ft). The Teufelsberg is in fact an artificial pile of rubble from the ruins of World War II.


CLIMATE

Berlin has a temperate/mesothermal climate, according to the Köppen climate classification system. The mean annual temperature for Berlin-Dahlem is 9.4°C (48.9°F) and its mean annual precipitation totals 578 millimeters (22.8 inches). The warmest months are June, July, and August, with mean temperatures of 16.7 to 17.9 °C (62.1 to 64.2 °F). The coldest are December, January, and February, with mean temperatures of −0.4 to 1.2 °C (31.3 to 34.2 °F).