Religious Map Of Germany

This age gap is present in all 6 major eu countries except in germany where surprisingly young people are more religious than older generations 64 vs.

Religious map of germany. In europe as a whole 57 of those aged 14 29 are religious compared to 63 of 30 49 year olds and 67 of 50 65 year olds. Thus the south and west became mainly roman catholic the north and east protestant. Federal republic of germany. In truth we should call germany a catholic protestant country versus simply a protestant country.

67 of the population identified themselves as christian i e protestant or catholic while islam comprised ca. Germany germany religion. Die bundesrepublik deutschland ist ein bundesstaat und ein mitgliedsland der europäischen union. The dominant religious beliefs in germany are looked at below.

Two things to note about europe. There are very very small jewish and buddhist groups that are barely measurable so the remaining population i e ca. All created by scolbert08. The catholic church in germany also boasts one of the most recognizable landmarks in all.

12 notes and references. Sie liegt in mitteleuropa und hat gemeinsame grenzen mit dänemark polen tschechien österreich der schweiz frankreich. 35 4 of germany s population identifies with either atheism or agnosticism. Or how catholic western germany is around the rhineland westphalia.

25 of young germans identify as protestant compared with 25 of middle aged germans and. Apart from its demographic weight the catholic church in germany has an old religious and cultural heritage which reaches back to both saint boniface apostle of germany and first archbishop of mainz and to charlemagne buried at aachen cathedral. Irreligion in germany is more prevalent in the eastern regions than in the western parts of the country. 13 entries available in the atlas.

The peace of augsburg 1555 introduced the principle that with some exceptions the inhabitants of each of germany s numerous territories should follow the religion of the ruler. Deutschland bundesrepublik deutschland. Religious affiliation had great effect not only on subjective factors such. The reformation initiated by martin luther in 1517 divided german christians between roman catholicism and protestantism.

Nowadays around 60 of the. Second despite right wing fear mongering muslims do not form a. Today germany is still a christian nation although in keeping with religious freedom there is no official religion. Instead they might be lumped in together with irreligion.

Notable religious sites include ettal abbey maria laach abbey and oberammergau which is famous for its performance of the passion play every ten years. Atheism was popularized in east germany by the communist party between 1945 and 1990. Religionen weltanschauungsgemeinschaften in deutschland. It should be known that the atheist map on the right relates to the census data sonstige keine ohne angabe.

Religious youth in germany overall the results show that older europeans are far more likely to identify as religious. Initially religion was allowed but later communist ideologies became widespread in the region that disallowed religion. It is very much a historically divided nation unlike some other countries in north west europe netherlands denmark england etc. Mitgliederzahlen analyzed results of the 2011 census and found that ca.

If i had access to a further breakdown in the data i could have seen specifically if the urban areas were lighting up because of atheism. The formerly communist states of east germany and czechoslovakia now czech republic and slovakia are clearly visible on the map as the areas with no religion. After the reformation started by martin luther during the 16th century a significant part of the population had a schism with the catholic church and became protestant mainly lutherans and calvinists. The area became fully christianized by the time of charlemagne in the 8th and 9th centuries.

A slight disappointment as i would have loved to have mapped all the religions that germany might have.