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Calau (Brandenburg)




Germany or the Federal Republic of Germany is located in Central Europe with Berlin as its capital city. The German language was once the lingua franca of central, eastern and northern Europe. It is a member state of the United Nations, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the G8, Group of 8, and the G4, Group of 4, nations, and is a founding member of the European Union. It is the European Union's most populous and most economically powerful member state. Germany is one of the largest European economies and the third largest economy in the world in real terms.
 
Calau is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, a Kreis or district in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 14 kilometers south of Lubbenau, and 27 kilometers west of Cottbus. Brandenburg is one of Germany's sixteen Bundesländer or federal states which lies in the east of the country as it is one of the new states created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam. Brandenburg surrounds but excludes the national capital Berlin. Historically Brandenburg was an independent state which grew to become the core of modern Germany. The state of Brandenburg was named after the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.
 
Tourism in Germany has expanded since the end of World War II, and many tourists visit Germany to experience a sense of European history. The countryside exhibits a pastoral aura, while its cities exhibit both a modern and classical feel.

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