And now for something completely different...
The typical links page has a bewildering number of random websites
listed that may or may not help you...ours is a bit different.
Yes, we will give you the list, in fact, here it is:
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-Deutsche Welle TV: Broadcasts and news in German, and Englisch.
-Order an e-mail subscription to tv guide for German broadcasts
-Internet Film Database: Already released and upcoming films
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-Der Spiegel: The counterpoint
to Time Magazine.
-Die Welt.: A good newspaper.
-Der Stern: A well-known magazine.
-Die Zeit: Another newspaper auf Deutsch.
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-Deutsches Aktieninstitut: Stock market and
business news.
-Chambers of Commerce: Advice for businesses about investment in Germany, Atlanta's German-American Chamber of Commerce for the Southeastern United States.
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-Folklore and
Mythology: For anyone interested in fairy tales, etc.
-Großer Stammbaum der griechischen Mythologie.: Systematic treatment of Greek mythology.
-Deutsches Haus: Gift ideas with a German flair.
-Gastroscout.com: An extensive Restaurant guide.
-German Language Video Center: A wide selection of German language films.
-Austria: The official website of Austria.
-Perlentaucher.de: Information on the arts. -If you would like to look up a city in Germany, simply type in the name of the city and ".de." If there is an umlaut in the name, use "e": as in, Muenchen.
-The Berlin Wall: (One example of what you can find through the Free University of Berlin).
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-Stadtplan.net: Find the map of almost any German city.
-Umweltbundesamt: Learn about environmental matters concerning Germany.
-Reiseplanung.de: Help in planning for travel.
-Europe Today: Travel tips and more.
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-Interactive
Grammar. Self-paced learning and review, for the beginner.
-A Brief Germanic Linguistics Page: The history of the German language.
-The Spelling Reform: The German Language Institute of Mannheim explains spelling reform.
-Forschungsinstitut fuer deutsche Sprache / Deutscher Sprachatlas (Marburg): A linguistics institute, originally founded for the study of German dialects.
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-Das
deutsche Internetverzeichnis: A search engine for German sites.
-Research in Germany: Possibilities for study abroad.
-University of North Carolina at Greensboro: A fine site about Germanic studies.
-The German Information Center (New York).: Various leads and free offers.
-Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst: The German counterpoint of the Fulbright program.
-European Union: Source of Mr. Bill Schroder's Realia project on the European Union and the new currency (die neue Währung).
-Deutsches Museum: Virtual tour of a scientific museum.
-Die Freie Universität Berlin
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-Arbeitsamt: A board with short-term job possibilities in Germany.
-All Universities in Germany: An opportunity to find someone on campus whose position and temperament combine to make him/her helpful to you in your job search.
-The Jena Program for Transatlantic Careers: Info.
-The Claas Foundation: Description of various engineering and financial positions in a firm that focuses on agriculture. Scholarships available for students interested in specializing in some aspect of agriculture.
But in addition we will try to make it easier for you to find your own resources as well.
Here are some good places to do your own searching:
-About.com- German: Many resources on a variety of subjects.
-Singing Fish: A search-engine for looking up audio and video files,
and hence great for looking up pop music.
Some ideas for searches-
Nena, Blümchen, Die Prinzen,
2Raumwohnung, Marlene Dietrich
-dict.cc: An online German-English dictionary.
-netlexicon: An online German encyclopedia.
-Rasscass- The People Lexicon: German biographies of well-known people.
-Gutenberg Deutschland: A database of German and world literature, all in German.
-And last but never least,
Google Deutschland: Search for websites, pictures, and much more, all in German.
Viel Glück...und viel Spaß!