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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on April 7, 2007.

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Date	Process	Result
June 12, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 29, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
January 9, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
June 13, 2011	Featured article review	Kept
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 3, 2009, and October 3, 2010.
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Section sizes

Section size for Germany (37 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	13,464	13,464
Etymology	2,593	2,593
History	87	54,755
Prehistory	4,813	4,813
Germanic tribes, Roman frontier and the Frankish Empire	4,792	4,792
East Francia and the Holy Roman Empire	8,064	8,064
German Confederation and Empire	8,787	8,787
Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany	13,362	13,362
East and West Germany	8,623	8,623
Reunified Germany and the European Union	6,227	6,227
Geography	2,282	12,013
Climate	2,573	2,573
Biodiversity	7,158	7,158
Politics	5,421	32,882
Constituent states	7,573	7,573
Law	4,927	4,927
Foreign relations	6,219	6,219
Military	8,742	8,742
Economy	16,110	30,090
Infrastructure	11,298	11,298
Tourism	2,682	2,682
Demographics	6,823	26,571
Religion	7,503	7,503
Languages	3,043	3,043
Education	5,440	5,440
Health	3,762	3,762
Culture	3,730	33,958
Music	3,448	3,448
Art, design and architecture	5,703	5,703
Literature and philosophy	4,525	4,525
Media	5,666	5,666
Cuisine	5,434	5,434
Sports	5,452	5,452
See also	67	67
Notes	26	26
References	586	586
External links	1,900	1,900
Total	208,905	208,905

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