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German

Pittsburgh Region
Comprehensive Sites
The Language
History, Politics, and Culture

Pittsburgh Region

Comprehensive Sites

  • German Studies Web
    http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/
    includes German-Language Newspapers and Other News Sources. Sites collected by WESSWeb, the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
  • Goethe Institute
    http://www.goethe.de/
    The Goethe-Institut is a non-profit organization with 135 institutes in about 70 countries promoting the German Language and fostering International Cultural Cooperation. Top links to culture and society / more than 2000 annotated links.
    • Goethe Institut New York
      The institute in New York functions as the regional institute for the United States and Canada coordinating the work of 13 institutes in this region.

    Yahoo! Deutschland
    http://de.yahoo.com/
    The Yahoo! portal for Germany

The Language

  • About: German Language
    http://german.about.com/
    An about.com Internet resource site maintained by Hyde Flippo, a retired high school German teacher.
  • BBC Education: German
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/
    Online lessons that require Real Audio and Shockwave plugins.
  • German for Travellers
    GermanForTravellers was founded by Dr. Peter Golz who established the award-winning site GermanForBeginners which began as a simple instructional web page but soon expanded into what is now GermanForTravellers (GFT), a comprehensive free and retail resource site. GFT was created through a partnership between Dr. Golz and the University of Victoria (IDC) and provides German instruction materials using fun, realistic learning exercises that attempt to mimic the study abroad experience.
  • Internet Handbook of German Grammar
    a concise and readily accessible guide to some of the central points of German grammar
  • Mark Twain: "The Awful German Language"
    Appendix D from Twain's 1880 book A Tramp Abroad. Twain's frustration with the German language.
  • WÖRTERBÜCHER und LEXIKA
    Links to German Dictionaries

History, Politics, and Culture

  • American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
    http://www.aicgs.org/
    A center for advanced research, study and discussion of the Federal Republic of Germany: its politics, economy, culture, and society, at Johns Hopkins University. Some publications online.
  • Austria: A Country Study
    A 1993 Army Area Handbook from the Library of Congress. Very in-depth study, includes detailed history, geography, culture, government structure, economy.
  • Deutsche Kultur International
    http://www.deutsche-kultur-international.de/
    German Culture International. Information on cultural cooperation and exchanges between Germany and other countries. Look here for student exchange programs to Germany, German language programs and web resources, information on where to see German films abroad and more.
  • German Cinema
    http://www.german-cinema.de/
    This is a website of the Export-Union of German Cinema (ExU), which is the official trade association for the promotion of the export of German films.
  • German Corner: Deutsches Eck
    A German-American Site that has become increasingly commercial but as such offers a good source for German music and videos. They also list German events.
  • German Studies Web
    Scholarly sites for all German-speaking countries collected by WESSWeb, the Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Includes links to dictionaries.
  • The German Way and More
    Excerpts from a book on German customs, including German cinema.
  • Germany, A Country Study
    A 1995 Army Area Handbook from the Library of Congress. A voluminous report which includes a detailed history as well as extensive cultural, economic and political information.
  • Germany Info
    http://www.germany.info/
    German Embassy German Information Center in Washington DC.
  • Germany Today
    A nicely annotated selection of interesting German websites, including magazines and historical collections, maintained by Angela Lilleystone, a native of Berlin.
  • 19th Century German Stories
    from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA