European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Communicate Reg by Fione Wiuf Riaf f Telephone talk making a Telephone Call in Germany is not much different from using a phone in the United states answering the phone is another Story but first things first. You can place a Call from a private phone from a Booth in a German Post off key or from Public phone Booths. The Ger Man phone system is entirety automatic so that All Calls within Germany can be dialled directly about to foreign countries can also be dialled directly from All private phones and from specially marked phone Booths look for a Green Sugni both local and Long distance Calls can be made from hotels but this is very expensive. You la save Money by going to a Post office or phone Booth. At a Post office the operator at the the Fern or. Femi Precher counter will place your Call for you i after you have paid a Deposit. You la go to a Booth to take your Call and return to the opera Tor to pay the to Rel Bill in Public phone Booths you must Deposit Money before dealing. Local Calls Cost 20 pfennig for he first eight minutes twelve minutes in the evening so you need to Deposit two 10-Pfen neg coins. Deposit a 50-Pfennlg or one Mark piece for a local Call but you will not get change Back. You May be Able to make another Call u ing the remaining to pfennig ii the phone has a Green Button. Don t hang up push the Bull nand you la get a new dial tone and can Call another number. To Call a number with the same area code prefix Vonwahl you Only need to dial the main phone number. If the number is out of the area you must first dial the area code. If you Don t know the area code there is usually a list in the phone Booth or you can Call information aits i Cunt at 011b8 for Calls within Germany and 001 16 for Calls outside Germany finally if the Call ii to a number outside Germany you will need to dial the country code before the area code. When calling from a Public phone Booth be sure you have plenty of 10-pf and one Mark coins. As you Deposit the coins they slide into a Slot and drop As needed according to How Tong you talk. The prec Rizet Zunde end of speak ing time signal will go on before you be used the last Coin in the Slot. If you want to talk longer you must Deposit More Money. Any Money left in the Slot when you hang up Wilt be returned to you. If a Mark Coin has dropped and you be used Only part of it however you won t get change. Now when a German answers the phone you won t hear hello or even Culen instead you la hear the person who answers give his or her last name Meier or Wagner for example. This is the customary Way to answer the phone at both Home and the office. The caller then identifies himself or herself again by last name Hier it Schulze or Clerger 1st Meln name or Brenner am Appart. Your conversations will proceed according to your own language ability and that of the person you Call. At the end of a Telephone conversation it is most com Mon to say a Weder Norert which Means Hope to hear from you again one More phrase you should know is for when you reach a wrong number. Just say Fol a sen ver Bunden or Iofi Habe much very awl Sample phone numbers s3t� country aim my purr phone code code Aveett number from civilian phone in we Baden o j Al Villin phone in win Biden from civilian phone in fran Hurt to i Civ tin phone in Wylmia from a civilian phone in or Runny in civil Ian phone in Ihn in led slain 001 from i fijian phone in wih Teden u i military phone in Wiesbaden t torn j of Tjhan phone in maim la a mall Lerv Phann in wac Badon letter perfect most american will have some need id use the German postal system whether it is direct use with Bunde Spost Stamps or indirect use through the Apo with . Stamps your null is sure to get to its destination quickly and easily if you address the envelope in the european style. Notice that the person s title Frau Herrn or mrs., dr., Etc goes on the top line with the name below. The building number comes after the Street name on the next line. The last line includes the zip code Poil Letham and the City and the line is underlined a Booklet which lists the zip code numbers is available at German Post offices. In larger cities the number of the delivery Post office follows the name of the City for example 5300 Bonn 1. The return address is placed in the upper lefthand Corner on the front of the envelope Ai shown in the example. To address an envelope for european destinations outside Germany you need the nationality abbreviation before the zip code for example ch-3000 Bern for Bern Switzerland or ddr-7021 Leipzig for Leipzig East Germany. The nationality abbreviations Are the same symbols that Are used on automobile identification de cals. For destinations outside of Europe write the name of the country below the City and state and its zip code. Mill j01i 76 my 7h urn How Well do you know Germany Circle the Correct answers. 1. Germany is about the same size As a. Texas b. Rhode Island c. Oregon 2. Germany is made up of Federal states a. Fifteen b. Ten c. Eight 3. Which countries Border Germany a France b. Switzerland c. Poland s. The three colors in the German Flag Are a. Red b. Gold c. Black Green Black yellow Green red Gold a yellow Black Green Denmark Nlaly Czechoslovakia Austria East Germany Luxembourg d. California d. Twenty d. Belgium Sweden Netherlands 4. The separate countries of Easi and West Germany were established in a. 1945 b. 1949 c. 1943 d. 1947 6. The capital of West Germany is a. Berlin b. Frankfurt c. Munich d. Bonn 7. The official name of West Germany is a. Lundes b. West a Deutsche d. Deutschland rep bulk Germany Demok Raische deutschland rep bulk a the head of government in Germany is called the a. Chancellor b. President c. Premier d. Prime minister 9, the upper House of he German parliament is the a. Bundles Post b. Bundesrat c. Bun Desbah d. Bundestag to Legal holidays Are observed throughout Germany. A. In Cave b. Six c. Ten d. 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