Germany

1. ^ In the recognised minority languages and the most spoken minority language of Germany:
   
   


2. ^ From 1952 to 1990, the entire "Deutschlandlied" was the national anthem, but only the third verse was sung on official occasions. Since 1991, the third verse alone has been the national anthem.[1]
   


3. ^ Berlin is the sole constitutional capital and de jure seat of government, but the former provisional capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, has the special title of "federal city" (Bundesstadt) and is the primary seat of six ministries; all government ministries have offices in both cities.
   


4. ^ Danish, Low German, Sorbian, Romany, and Frisian are recognised by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
   


5. ^ The figure includes people with no religious beliefs such as atheists, secular humanists, or those who consider themselves only culturally part of a religious tradition. It also includes Christians who are not registered church members, and others who consider themselves religious but are not part of an organized religious group or denomination.[4]
   


6. ^ The Federal Republic of Germany was proclaimed on the British, American and French occupation zones on 23 May 1949 while the German Democratic Republic was formed from the Soviet occupation zone on 7 October 1949.
   


7. ^ European Union since 1993.
   


8. ^ IPA transcription of "Bundesrepublik Deutschland": German pronunciation: [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant][12]
   


9. ^ German Protestantism has been overwhelmingly a mixture of Lutheran, Reformed (i.e. Calvinist), and United (Lutheran & Reformed/Calvinist) churches, with Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodists, and various other Protestants being only a recent development.
   


10. ^ Lutheranism is found mostly throughout northern Germany, Württemberg and parts of Franconia; Calvinism in the extreme northwest and Lippe, while the United churches throughout the remainder of Germany.
    


11. ^ Although the first such union between Lutheran and Calvinist Protestants happened in August 1817 in the Duchy of Nassau (a confessional union, see Unionskirche, Idstein); that is before the Prussian Union of September 1817. There were also unions in other smaller German states happening independent of each other.
    


12. ^ Such organisations are corporations under public law with the power to levy compulsory taxes on their members. The tax rate is eight percent of income tax (and certain other taxes) in Bavaria and nine percent in other states; in most cases the tax is collected by the state and in other cases data on church members' income is shared.[235] Most people who leave the church do so in order to avoid paying these taxes.[235]