From lutterdc@cs.purdue.edu Mon May 3 20:49:57 1999 Path: news.nic.utwente.nl!surfnet.nl!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!dca1-hub1.news.digex.net!intermedia!news.idt.net!newshub.nntp.mr.net!NewsNG.Chicago.Qual.Net!129.79.6.160!news.indiana.edu!news.iupui.edu!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!not-for-mail From: lutterdc@cs.purdue.edu (David Lutterkort) Newsgroups: soc.culture.german,soc.answers,news.answers Subject: soc.culture.german FAQ (posted monthly) part 5/6 Supersedes: Followup-To: soc.culture.german Date: 1 May 1999 10:35:11 GMT Organization: Purdue University Lines: 873 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Message-ID: References: Reply-To: scg@cs.purdue.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: proxima.cs.purdue.edu X-Trace: mozo.cc.purdue.edu 925554911 6991 128.10.8.80 (1 May 1999 10:35:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@mozo.cc.purdue.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 May 1999 10:35:11 GMT Summary: These postings contain a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) posted to soc.culture.german. Please read them before you post a question. Originator: lutterdc@cs.purdue.edu (David Lutterkort) Xref: news.nic.utwente.nl soc.culture.german:163601 soc.answers:9363 news.answers:73047 Archive-name: german-faq/5 Last modified: 1999-04-29 Posting-Frequency: monthly URL: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/~lutterdc/scg/ Version: 1999-04 http://www.cs.purdue.edu/~lutterdc/scg/ (The original !-) ================================================================== This is part 5 of the ASCII version of the FAQ list for soc.culture.german. Find the WWW version at Table of Contents for Part 5 ============================= 18. Economy; Industry; Working in Germany 18.1 News, Overviews, Briefs, Stock Data and other Databases 18.1.1 On-Line 18.1.2 Other 18.2 DIN, ISO 18.2.1 ISO 18.2.2 DIN 18.3 Economy Research Institutes 18.4 Bundesstelle fuer Aussenhandelsinformation (BfAI) 18.5 Looking for Individual Jobs 18.5.1 Some Addresses 18.6 Chambers of Commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer) 19. Broadcasting Media 19.1 German TV and Radio homepages 19.2 Current TV Programming ( 19.3 Deutsche Welle 19.3.1 Satellite TV 19.3.2 (Shortwave) Radio 19.4 Regional German Radio Stations via Shortwave 19.5 TV via Satellite 19.6 Swiss Radio; Radio Austria (Shortwave) 20. German zip codes (Postleitzahlen, PLZ) 20.1 Finding PLZ's on the Net 20.1.1 Mail Server 20.1.2 WWW 20.1.3 ftp 20.1.4 gopher 20.1.5 telnet 20.1.6 telephone 20.1.7 don't know at all 20.2 The New Zip-Code System 20.3 The Old Zip-Code System 18. Economy; Industry; Working in Germany The prospering of the economy is most closely intertwined with the fate of our democratic state. Ludwig Erhard (1897-1977) 18.1. News, Overviews, Briefs, Stock Data and other Databases 18.1.1. On-Line o Frankfurt Stock Quotes (via Deutsche Bank) 1996-04 o Rainer Schulzes German Financial Pointers 1996-04 o Teleserv's German Stock Quotes (from 1995 on) 1996-04 o The best databases (by Wirtschaftswoche Oesterreich) 1996-02 o Library databases 1995-11 o Top 500 German companies 1996-02 o U Frankfurt server has a good collection of several pointers o Deutsche Aktienkurse 1995-11 o German Brief (FAZ) 1995-11 o DINO Wirtschaftsseite 1995-11 o BR - Geld 1996-02 18.1.2. Other o Wer gehoert wem?, a publication of Commerzbank describing most major German companies (i.e. nearly all AG's). Available at local branches of the Commerzbank for about DM 10. 1996-03 18.2. DIN, ISO For more on the work on standards by the Deutsches Institut fuer Normen and International Organisation for Standards have a look at the following: 18.2.1. ISO o ISO Online o ftp://ftp.std.com/obi/Standards/ISO/ 1997-11 18.2.2. DIN o www.din.de o Uni Duisburg 1997-11 18.3. Economy Research Institutes o DIW; Deutsches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung 1996-02 o HWWA; Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung 1996-02 18.4. Bundesstelle fuer Aussenhandelsinformation (BfAI) Agrippastrasse 87-93 50676 Koeln, Postfach 100522, 50445 Koeln Tel.: (0221)2057-0 Fax: (0221)2057-212 1997-06 18.5. Looking for Individual Jobs For temporary stays it might be best to apply with one of the exchange programs. Contact the nearest `German consulate,' ask about the `DAAD' (German Academic Exchange Service). For academic positions, the traditional paper to consult is `Die Zeit' 1996-10 18.5.1. Some Addresses o Zentralstelle fuer Arbeitsvermittlung, Feuerbachstrasse 42-46, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, tel +49(69)71110, fax +49(69)7111555 This is an important address for people who want to work in Germany. o Association for International Practical Training (AIPT), 217 American City Building, Columbia, MD 21044-3492, tel +1(301)997-2200 o PUMA; requests and offers of Practical training U Mannheim1996-02 o pointers from U Bielefeld 1997-11 o pointers from U Wuerzburg 18.6. Chambers of Commerce (Industrie- und Handelskammer) The Chambers of Commerce maintain a list of the German companies in the respective countries along with their addresses which you can purchase. The price varies according to how detailed a list you wish to have. o The German-American Chamber of Commerce 465 California Street, Suite 910, San Francisco, CA 94104, tel +1(415)392-2262 o German-American Chamber of Commerce 104 S. Michigan Ave. Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60603-5978, tel +1(312)782-8557; +1(312)641-6673 o German-American Chamber of Commerce 909 Fannin Suite 3750, Suite 3418, Houston, TX 77010, tel +1(713)658-8230 o German-American Chamber of Commerce 5220 Pacific Concourse Drive, Suite 280 Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA; tel +1(310)297-7979 telephone, fax +1(310)297-7966 telefax 1996-09 o German-American Chamber of Commerce 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103, tel +1(212)974-8830; +1(213)582-7788 o German-American Chamber of Commerce Peachtree Center Harris Tower, 233 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2701, Atlanta, GA 30303, tel +1(404)577-7228 o Camera de Comercio Uruguayo-Alemana Zamala 1379 Piso 4, CC 1499, Montevideo, tel 405813 o Deutsch-Paraguayanische Industrie- und Handelskammer Camera de la Industria y del Comercio, Juan O'Leary 409, Estrella Ed. Parapito Piso 2 Oficina 201, CC 201, Asuncion, tel 446594 o Deutsch-Argentinische Industrie- und Handelskammer Camera de la Industria y del Comercio, Florida 547, Buenos Aires, tel 3939006, 3939007 19. Broadcasting Media 19.1. German TV and Radio homepages o Bayerischer Rundfunk 1995-10 o Radio Hundert,6 (Berlin) 1995-10 o RTL2 1995-10 o SAT1 o SWF3 1995-9 o VH-1derland o Westdeutscher Rundfunk 1997-01 o ZDF 1995-10 19.2. Current TV Programming ( Videotext , etc.) For the following TV programs try this teletext gateway 3 SAT, ARD, Bayerntext, Nordtext, ORB/MDR, PRO 7, RTL 2, RTL Plus, Suedwestfunk, WDR, ZDF 1995-5 Other overviews o Kulturnachrichten 1995-11 o TV Today 1995-11 o TV Movie 1995-11 19.3. Deutsche Welle The official German shortwave station is Deutsche Welle. They broadcast worldwide in a variety of languages and also TV, using various satellites. This service is there not so much for Germans in Germany, but for those people abroad (not only Germans) who would like to keep in touch with Germany. Shortwave-fans can get up-to-date frequencies via e-mail. If users send an e-mail to frequenzen@dwelle.de , they will get all the details. 1998-03 Radio Deutsche Welle gladly sends out a monthly magazine with times/frequencies and stories on broadcasts. If you would like to subscribe (for free) contact them at: o Deutsche Welle, Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit, 50588 Koeln, Germany, tel +49(221)389-0 fax 49-221-389-4155 o Deutsche Welle Studio Washington P.O.B. 50641 Washington, DC 20091-0641 USA tel +1(202)393-7427 fax +1(202)393-7434 1995-12 o Deutsche Welle 190 000 Sankt Petersburg Glawpotschtamt Abonentnyj jaschtschik 596 Nemezkaja Wolna Russia 19.3.1. Satellite TV Deutsche Welle Nachrichten, News from Germany (not only about Germany) DW-TV Berlin is on-line; their email address is online@dwelle.de and they also provide their WWW server. 1998-03 The whole Deutsche Welle Program is available as Audio-on-Demand (as well as the entire program live. You can go to www.dwelle.de/dpradio/ 1998-04 In North America, there are three major rebroadcaster of DW-tv: IC (International Channel) a commericial service from Los Angeles which emphasizes Asian programming. It broadcasts one hour of DW-tv on weekdays 15:00 Eastern, 14:00 Central, 12:00 noon Pacific. ME/U (Mind-Extension University) a Denver-based educational network broadcasts on cable at 5:00PM ET, three blocks of 30 minutes: German-English-Spanish. Ask you cable-provider! SCOLA (Satellite Communications for Learning Association) SCOLA devotes a greater portion of its schedule to DW-tv than the other two rebroadcasters. Affiliated with Creighton University, has monthly schedules for all the DW-tv, ORF and SBC programs it broadcasts on each of its channels: http://www.scola.org 1998-04 1996-06 19.3.2. (Shortwave) Radio Usually Radio Deutsche Welle comes in loud and clear. o 6075 ( 0:00- 6:00) o 6085 ( 4:00- 6:00) o 6100 ( 0:00- 6:00) o 9700 ( 4:00- 6:00) o 9730 (22:00- 2:00) o 9735 ( 2:00- 4:00) o 11795 ( 0:00- 4:00) o 11810 ( 4:00- 8:00) o 13780 (22:00- 2:00) o 13790 (14:00-16:00) o 15270 ( 0:00- 2:00) o 17715 (12:00-19:00) o 17860 (18:00- 0:00) All times are UTC. 1994-2 19.4. Regional German Radio Stations via Shortwave Here are shortwave frequencies for some of Germany's regional programs. The stations are nationally operated and mostly serve one of the federal states. o 7265 kHz SWF 3 Suedwestfunk / Rheinland-Pfalz and parts of Baden- Wuerttemberg Suedwestfunk, Postfach 820, 76485 Baden-Baden o 6190 kHz Sender Freies Berlin & Radio Bremen Radio Bremen, Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 13, 28211 Bremen Sender Freies Berlin, Masurenallee 8-14, 14057 Berlin o 6005 kHz RIAS Berlin (100 kW) RIAS has gone together with Deutschlandfunk to become Deutschland- Radio. There are two stations now; the one that used to be RIAS has become DS-Kultur 1994-9 Deutschland-Radio, Hans-Rosenthal-Platz, 10825 Berlin, tel +49(30)85030 o 6030 kHz Sueddeutscher Rundfunk / Baden-Wuerttemberg (20 kW) Sueddeutscher Rundfunk, Neckarstr. 230, 70190 Stuttgart o 6085 kHz Bayerischer Rundfunk (100 kW) Bayerischer Rundfunk, Rundfunkplatz 1, 80335 Muenchen Consult the World Radio and TV Handbook for a complete listing of all shortwave stations. The book is updated annually and can be found in many libraries. 19.5. TV via Satellite Europe: EUTELSAT II-F1 (13 deg. East) Transponder 27, 11,163 GHz, vert. pol, 15-05 UTC, PAL., sound: 6.65 MHz This is a low power satellite; Deutsche Welle broadcasts not for Germans in Germany and so it broadcasts not on the hot bird ASTRA satellite (see below) German TV in Europe / ASTRA, There is a hot bird ASTRA TV satellite with nearly all German TV programs (public or commercial) but not with Deutsche Welle on it. An equipment to get all these German TV programs is much cheaper in many areas than an equipment to get Deutsche Welle. For most of Europe a 70cm dish will be sufficient. With a 200cm dish you should expect good reception from Northern Africa to Spitzbergen. A second hot bird is planned to be launched in 1996. Ask local Germans or your satellite dish dealer for ASTRA service. 1994-2 North/South America: INTELSAT-K (21.4 deg. West), Transponder H7, 11,605 GHz, North America: hor. pol., South America: vert. pol., Min. Dish Diameter: 1.3m or 4ft Deutsche Welle TV: 16-06 UTC, NTSC-M Sound: 6.8 MHz Deutsche Welle radio: German Program (stereo): a: 7.38/7.56 Mhz Foreign Language Programs: b: 7.74 Mhz North America, Caribbean Sea: SATCOM C-4 (135 deg. West) Transponder 5V, 3,8 GHz, pol. vert., Deutsche Welle TV 16-06 UTC, NTSC-M Sound: 6.8 MHz Deutsche Welle radio German Program (stereo): a: 7.38/7.56 Mhz Foreign Language Programs: b: 7.74 Mhz A two and a half hour TV program (English and German) is broadcasted between 20:00 and 22:30 UTC via the following satellites: o SPACENET II (69' West) - Transponder 2 - for North-America o INTELSAT 601 (27.5' West) - Transponder 21 - for Europe and Africa o INTELSAT 505 (66' East) - Transponder 38 - for Europe, Africa and Asia o INTELSAT 508 (180' East) - Transponder 14 - for East Asia, Australia and New Zealand 1995-3 Europlus is Satellite TV: Europlus an inexpensive satellite reception system designed to receive live European broadcasting. That broadcasting is mainly German and Italian but in the next two years, it is expected to carry several other languages, as well. Programming is available as video, radio and teletext to all areas of the United States (East of the Mississippi), Central and South America by the use of spot beams. The German programming currently consists of Deutsche Welle, ZDF and 3SAT. There are also numerous radio broadcasts and the news teletext is a 24 hour service. The Italian programming consists mainly of RAI (radio & TV) and SWF3. All functions of the system such as changing channels, changing languages, audio, video, radio, teletext, volume and text control are handily accomplished with a 6 button remote control for simplicity. There are currently no subscription charges and none are anticipated for at least a year, when they are expected to run @ US$10 per month or US$100 per year, per language received. The costs of buying the hardware run around US$900. Good Shephard Marketing, a division of: Atlanta Antenna, Inc., PO Box 76247, Atlanta, GA 30328 Cliff Shephard, Compuserve 73667.1502, fax +1(404)843-1465 1994-10 19.6. Swiss Radio; Radio Austria (Shortwave) For Information about Switzerland you might want to listen to Schweizer Radio International Swiss Radio International, PO Box CH-3000, Bern 15, Switzerland For Austria: Radio Austria, A-1136, Vienna, Austria 20. German zip codes (Postleitzahlen, PLZ) 20.1. Finding PLZ's on the Net There are really a lot of possibilities: 20.1.1. Mail Server o Arthur Teschler's server gives you not only the PLZ's but also information about municipal government, about topological maps for the area, and more. See `Internet/Search Engines' for more. 1996-02 Send email: To: Arthur.Teschler@uni-giessen.de Subject: _GEO_ 1st line: INFO o Thomas Bullinger has written a very handy mail server. To get a zip code send a mail message To: mrbulli@btoy1.rochester.ny.us Subject: #PLZ# Features: o case-insensitive town names o may be abbreviated o no umlauts, hyphens, etc. o only one town per email! Examples: From: hugo@fiktive.site.de To: mrbulli@btoy1.rochester.ny.us Subject: #PLZ# stuttgart This extracts all known PLZ's for Stuttgart (sorted according to street names) and sends it in 5 pieces of max. 1000 lines each to hugo@fiktive.site.de. Subject: #PLZ# aach All known PLZ's fuer Aach und Aachen. Subject: #PLZ# badhomburg All known PLZ's for Bad Homburg o Another mail server is plz@plz.uni-forst.gwdg.de. This one seems particularly suited for numerous address conversions! Send a mail that uses the following syntax: o 1st line: Adresse: o 2nd line: o 3rd line: (including the letter O or W) (for larger cities) o 4th line: or QUIT at the end of the mail. You don't need the old zip code if there is only one town with this name. Example: Adresse: 1 Hauptstrasse 5 W-1234 Stadtdorf 5 Adresse: 2 Testweg 123 O-7890 Althausen QUIT 1994-1 OK 20.1.2. WWW o PLZ server of U Dortmund 1995-3 o PLZ server at U Frankfurt 1994-2 OK o You can get the new ZIP codes via the quantum server. 1995-10 o Das Postleitzahlenbuch 1996-02 20.1.3. ftp You can retrieve the original databases from various sites: PLZ data at U Stuttgart PLZ data at U Muenster 20.1.4. gopher The easiest way to get the new zip codes are Gopher servers. They are offered at: PLZ gopher at TH Aachen (They have also a list of car license plate codes and the phone area codes). 1994-1 OK 20.1.5. telnet If you prefer telnet try: PLZ server at U Stuttgart 1994-1 OK 20.1.6. telephone The German telekom also maintains a toll free number (0130-55555) to ask for a zip code. The number is open from 08:00 to 22:00 only. 1994-2 20.1.7. don't know at all The old 4 digit zip codes should still work. (Even letters with no zip code at all should -in principle- make it through.) No guarantee, though! Letters will definitely take longer compared to those that use the new code -- if they arrive at all. Some people have already lost mail because of this. 1994-3 20.2. The New Zip-Code System All zip codes have been changed (effective 7/93). The new zip codes have 5 digits. No more additional numbers following city names. There is no easy way to convert between old and new zip codes. One city might now have more than one zip code. Then you need the name of the street to find the zip code, but long streets have more than one zip code, you need the house number; odd numbers or even numbers have not the same zip code in many cases. In some big towns there are streets with the same name. So you need to know where the street really is, look at the old number of post office behind the name of the town. The zip codes for post boxes are different, still. Big companies (companies with more than 1000 letters every day) get their own codes (as in the US zip code system). If you just look for the address of one of these companies you will get the wrong zip code. It seems that these company zip codes were in fact kept secret at first. Only after people started collecting their own listings, the Post published a special phone book. An electronic file can be found at some of the zip-code gopher sites (see `Finding PLZ's'). The German Mail service has distributed a (big!) book containing all new zip codes to each German household in May/93. But this book neither contains PO boxes nor the big companies' zip codes... 1994-2 20.3. The Old Zip-Code System Every zip code had one letter, a dash and four digits. The letter was a W for former West Germany and an O for East Germany. You can get these zip codes via gopher at the infoserver of the RWTH Aachen. They also have them as a file for ftp. Examples: O-1155 Berlin W-1000 Berlin 33 Many bigger cities in the West had a number following the city name for reasons of further differentiation. Mail without the O/W letter took/takes significantly longer (weeks!) Fall 1993 -- ** David Lutterkort Dept. of Computer Science Purdue University ** ** email: lutter@purdue.edu url: http://www.cs.purdue.edu/~lutterdc/ ** You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him walk on it. G. Larson You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. D. Parker