Germany - Land of Ideas - Picture Archive

Picture Archive

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Power of Ideas
Anja Petschauer, project manager Germany - Land of Ideas, U2 singer Bono, Taninga Shope-Linney, New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
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European Anniversary Summit
Michael Glos, Federal Minister of Economy and Technologies welcomes the architects of the European Community in his ministry.
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fEuropean Anniversary Summit - bei den Festlichkeiten

European Anniversary Summit
European Anniversary Summit - impressions of the summit.
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“27 True Europeans” – EU Panorama Celebrates Grand Opening

Berlin, 22.03.2007 – Gerda Hasselfeldt, Vice President of the German Bundestag, today joined 100 schoolchildren from four Europe Schools in Berlin in celebrating the official opening of the “EU Panorama.”

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“27 True Europeans” – EU Panorama Celebrates Grand Opening

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Wien/Berlin, 16.11.2006

One of exhibition’s protagonist violinist Jana Kuss.

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Wien/Berlin, 16.11.2006

One of exhibition’s protagonist rap poet Bas Böttcher.

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Wien/Berlin, 16.11.2006

Michael Glos opened the “100 Minds of Tomorrow – The Future in the Land of Ideas” exhibition in Vienna.

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Wien/Berlin, 16.11.2006

vrnl.: Dr. Martin Barenstein, Austrian minister for Economy and Labour; Michael Glos, Germany’s Federal Minister for Business and Technology; 1. vize president Dr. Dieter Hundt of AHK Austria, Albert Hochleitner president der AHk Austria

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Wien/Berlin, 16.11.2006

100 Minds of Tomorrow – The Future in the Land of Ideas’ Exhibition at the Josefsplatz in Vienna

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Wien/Berlin, 16.11.2006

100 Minds of Tomorrow – The Future in the Land of Ideas’ Exhibition at the Josefsplatz in Vienna

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Claudia Schiffer
Photo: Peter Lindbergh. Permission for use only in connection with the campaign "Invest in Germany - Land of Ideas".

London/Berlin, June 5, 2006

Claudia Schiffer promotes „Germany – Land of Ideas“
Photo: Peter Lindbergh. Permission for use only in connection with the campaign "Invest in Germany - Land of Ideas". (ZIP-file, 7,2 MB)

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London/Berlin, June 5, 2006

Claudia Schiffer promotes „Germany – Land of Ideas“
Photo: Peter Lindbergh. Permission for use only in connection with the campaign "Invest in Germany - Land of Ideas". (ZIP-file, 6,9 MB)

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Berlin, May 19, 2006

After the unveiling of the sculpture "The Theory of Relativity" (from right to left): Dr Michael Rogowski, member of the campaign’s advisory board, Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel, Director of the Potsdam Hasso Plattner Institute, Christian Schubert, Director
of Corporate Communication BASF AG Ludwigshafen, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Renn, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Scientific History, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH

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Mike de Vries, the Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH, and Prof. Dr. Peter Mussbach, Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, after the unveiling of the sculpture "Masterpieces of Music" on Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin.

Berlin, May 5, 2006

Mike de Vries, the Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH, (left) and Prof. Dr. Peter Mussbach, Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, after the unveiling of the sculpture "Masterpieces of Music" on Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin.

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Berlin, May 5, 2006

Numerous guests attending the unveiling of the sculpture "Masterpieces of Music" on May 5th, 2006 in Berlin.

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Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing": Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH, Professor Jutta Limbach, President of the Goethe Institute, and Clemens-Peter Haase, Head of Department Literature and Translation Promotion of the Goethe Institute, (from left to right).

Berlin, April 21, 2006
Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing": Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH, Professor Jutta Limbach, President of the Goethe Institute, and Clemens-Peter Haase, Head of Department Literature and Translation Promotion of the Goethe Institute (from left to right).

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Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" (from right to left): Clemens-Peter Haase, Head of Department Literature and Translation Promotion of the Goethe Institute, Professor Jutta Limbach, President of the Goethe Institute, the authors Ulrike Draesner, Georg Klein und Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH

Berlin, April 21, 2006

Unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Book Printing" (from right to left): Clemens-Peter Haase, Head of Department Literature and Translation Promotion of the Goethe Institute, Professor Jutta Limbach, President of the Goethe Institute, the authors Ulrike Draesner, Georg Klein und Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH.

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After the unveiling of the sculpture "The Automobile": Jürgen R. Thumann, president of the National Federation of German Industry (BDI), Berlin's governing mayor Klaus Wowereit, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH, Zinedine Zidane, Sebastian Schweinsteiger, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Executive Chairman of AUDI AG, Ronaldo, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber, Vice Chancellor Franz Müntefering, Dr. Michael Rogowski und Otto Schily, both members of the advisory board

Berlin, April 6, 2006
After the unveiling of the sculpture "The Automobile" on Place des 18. März: Jürgen R. Thumann, president of the National Federation of German Industry (BDI), Berlin's governing mayor Klaus Wowereit, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Deutschland GmbH, Zinedine Zidane, Sebastian Schweinsteiger, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Executive Chairman of AUDI AG, Ronaldo, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber, Vice Chancellor Franz Müntefering, Dr. Michael Rogowski und Otto Schily, both members of the advisory board (from left to right).

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Berlin, March 30, 2006
Unveiling of the sculpture "Milestones of Medicine" on the Friedrich-Ebert-Platz in Berlin (near the Reichstag building) with the guests: Manfred von Richthofen, Peter Rauen, vice chairman of the Council of sports in the Bundestag, Michael Rogowski, Werner Wenning, Chairman of Bayer AG, former Federal Interior Minister Otto Schily, Mike de Vries, Managing Director of FC Germany GmbH (from left to right).

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Herbert Hainer, Chairman of adidas-Salomon AG, in front of the sculpture "The modern football shoe" in the Spreebogenpark in Berlin

Berlin, March 23, 2006
Herbert Hainer, CEO of adidas-Salomon AG, in front of the sculpture "The Modern Football Shoe" in Spreebogenpark in Berlin.

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The sculpture "The modern Football Shoe" in Spreebogenpark Berlin.

Berlin, March 23, 2006
The sculpture "The Modern Football Shoe" in Spreebogenpark in Berlin.

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Berlin, March 10, 2006
Map of locations of the "Walk of Ideas".

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After the unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Football Shoe": Dr. Michael Rogowski, Otto Schily, Jürgen R. Thumann, Mike de Vries, Horacio Sevilla-Borja, Botschafter der Republik Ecuador, Oliver Brüggen (from left to right).

Berlin, March 10, 2006
After the unveiling of the sculpture "The Modern Football Shoe": Dr. Michael Rogowski, Otto Schily, Jürgen R. Thumann, Mike de Vries, Horacio Sevilla-Borja, ambassador of the republic of Ecuador, Oliver Brüggen (from left to right).

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Installation of the sculptue "The Modern Football Shoe" in the Spreebogenpark nearby the new Berlin Central Station.

Berlin, March 7, 2006
Installation of the sculpture "The Modern Football Shoe" in the Spreebogenpark nearby the new Berlin Central Station.

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Fulda, February 2006
Manufacturing of the "Modern Football Shoe" at the EDAG Engineering + Design AG, Fulda. The sculpture being unveiled on March 10th marks the first of a total of six exhibits which will be erected in prominent locations in Berlin.

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Frankfurt, February 4, 2006
Dr. Peter Danckert, chairman of the parliamentary sports commission, Bernd Rauch, vice chairman of the foundation "Deutsche Sporthilfe" and privy council Dr. Göttrik Wewer caught up on the projects in the "Land of Ideas" during the "Ball des Sports" in Frankfurt with Mike de Vries, CEO of the FC Deutschland.

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Frankfurt, February 4, 2006
A new brilliant fan of the FC Deutschland: CEO Mike de Vries puts on a friendship bracelet to the former skating Olympic Champion Katarina Witt.

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Berlin, 31. Dezember 2005
The official “Welcome to Germany – Land of Ideas” ceremonial act at the New Year's Eve celebrations at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin introduced the year of the Football World Cup 2006.

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Berlin, December 31, 2005
The finale of the “Land of Ideas Germany Tour 2005" during New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin. Champion of Germany, Sven Bornemann, with trophy and the top prize, an Audi A3.

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Mike de Vries hands over the initiative associate partner plaque to the Head of Dieter Sanden

Cologne, 17 November 2005
Mike de Vries, Chief Executive Officer of FC Deutschland GmbH, hands over the official “Germany – Land of Ideas” to the Head of the City of Cologne’s Department of Sport, Dieter Sanden, thus formally sealing the partnership between the City of Cologne and the initiative.

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Cologne, 16 and 17 November 2005
Enthusiastic passers-by register for the "FanClub Germany" in the streets of Cologne.

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Mike de Vries with fans during the registration for FanClub

Berlin, 28th – 30th October 2005, YOU trade fair
FC Deutschland-Chief Executive Mike de Vries with fans of “Germany - Land of Ideas” during the registration for FanClub.

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Managing Director of YOU-Messe Volker Ebener and Chief Executive of FC Deutschland GmbH Mike de Vries

Berlin, 28th – 30th October 2005, YOU trade fair
Volker Ebener, Managing Director of YOU-Messe GmbH & Co. KG (left), receives the official “Germany – Land of Ideas” – associate partner plaque from Mike de Vries, Chief Executive of FC Deutschland GmbH.

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YOU trade fair visitors at the Tour Truck of initiative Germany Land of Ideas

Berlin, 28th – 30th October 2005, YOU trade fair
Rush to register at the FanClub: Enthusiastic YOU trade fair visitors at the Land of Ideas info truck.

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Georg Boomgaarden and Mike de Vries at the international kick-off for the initiative

Berlin, 13.09.05
Today, the State Secretary of the German Foreign Office Georg Boomgaarden (left) and the FC Deutschland Chief Executive Mike de Vries officially launched the international kick-off for the initiative “Germany – Land of Ideas”.

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Berlin, 13.09.05
Logo “Welcome to Germany - Land of Ideas”

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Aachen, 26.08.05
German President Horst Köhler presents the associate partner plaque of the initiative “Germany – Land of Ideas” at the World Equestrian Festival.

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The Federal Minister of the Interior, Otto Schily, Mike de Vries and Dr. Michael Rogowski launching the website for Germany - Land of Ideas.

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