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Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
 
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
 
Solingen is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area. In 2005, the population of the city was 163,923. Solingen is called the City of blades, since it has long been famous for the manufacturing of fine swords, knives, scissors and other cutlery made by famous firms such as Wusthof, Zwilling and numerous other manufacturers. In the latter part of the 17th century, a group of swordsmiths from Solingen broke their guild oaths by taking their sword-making secrets with them to Shotley Bridge, County Durham in England, an ideal area, due to its iron reserves and the proximity of the River Derwent.
 
Solingen was first mentioned in 1067 by an editor. The main sights include Schloss Burg, the fort of the counts of Berg, Klosterkirche, church, Deutsches Klingenmuseum, German Blade Museum, presenting swords and cutlery of all epochs and Mungstener Brucke, a railroad bridge connecting Solingen with the neighbour town of Remscheid. Standing at 107 meters above the ground, it is the highest railroad bridge of Germany. It is a city with endless recreational opportunities, rich history, and modern day luxuries.         

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