German

language of poets, composers and philosophers

German is spoken in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

It has also become an important language in the tourism industry in recent years due to growing numbers of German tourists in every corner of the world.

Probably the most popular German author and poet over the centuries.

Famous works:

Faust, Iphigenie auf Taurus, Torquato Tasso, Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre....

Other famous authors

Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Schiller, Herman Hesse, Thomas Bernhard, Georg Buechner, Friedrich Duerrenmatt, Theodor Fontane, Guenter Grass, Heinrich Boell, Gerhart Hauptmann, Friedrich Hoelderlin, Erich Kaestner, Ernst Juenger, Franz Kafka, Heinrich von Kleist, Thomas Mann, Karl May, Christian Morgenstern, Robert Musil, Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Schnitzler, Theodor Storm, Kurt Tucholsky, Carl Zuckmayer, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing....etc.

Ludwig van Beethoven

The German speaking world has an extensive history in the field of classical music.

Famous composers include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Friedrich Haendel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Joseph Haydn, Eduard Franck, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Engelbert Humperdinck, Albert Lortzing, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Richard Strauss, Georg Philipp Telemann...etc.