Spending Christmas with the Germans: Which rituals are important and why potato salad is part of a traditional celebration Christmas hits on the radio and fairy lights bring festive cheer to the entire country But German Christmas has many facets and distinctive features - here are answers to the most important questions No. Although it is a Christian festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, Germans with no particular religious beliefs also celebrate Christmas 81 percent of the people living in Germany celebrated Christmas Celebrating this festival is an important family tradition Fewer and fewer people go to church at Christmas a visit to the church was still an integral part of the Christmas programme for 23.6 percent of people This figure dropped to 15.4 percent in 2022 This was revealed by a study conducted by the University of the Bundeswehr in Neubiberg We use to embed content that may collect data about your activity Please review the details and accept the service to see this content One of the most popular and best-known customs is to put up and decorate a Christmas tree There is still a clear trend on the question of whether to have a real or artificial tree at Christmas: 43 percent of those surveyed said that they will be putting up a real Christmas tree this year This was revealed by an online survey carried out by Statista Nearly one in two people (44 percent) give gift vouchers or simply money according to the results of an Ernst & Young study. A slightly smaller percentage of people give toys (34 percent) clothing (32 percent) or books (30 percent) There are two days of Christmas in Germany has a hectic morning part and a festive evening part shops remain open until noon and tend to be packed as people rush to buy their last remaining presents or food for the festive meal Then it’s time to decorate the Christmas tree with fairy lights and baubles Families get together in the early evening Some have family traditions such as singing or playing music together the presents that are under the Christmas tree can be unwrapped Children write their wish lists weeks before Christmas and wait excitedly to discover whether they will get the presents they want Young adults who have returned to their home town to see their family at Christmas often head out again late in the evening to meet up with old friends Constanze Kleis wrote a book entitled “Gebrauchsanweisung für Weihnachten” (Instruction Manual for Christmas). We asked her what the essential elements of a typical german  Christmas celebration are candles or fairy lights and Christmas tree decorations and a certain repertoire of Christmas carols Good food and baked goods such as a stollen or Christmas biscuits like vanillekipferl who do not necessarily have to be blood relatives it is just as Nobel Literature Prize laureate Thomas Mann describes in his 1901 novel “Buddenbrooks”: everyone sings Christmas carols Then there are the presents under the mighty fir tree “decorated with silver tinsel (…) gifts lying everywhere” Then an overwhelming abundance of foods and drinks is served up the festival nowadays is no longer bound by such a rigid corset of rules Christmas can be a successful combination of all kinds of rituals that make one feel cosy and comfortable potato salad with sausages is still in pole position as far as favourite dishes for Christmas Eve are concerned One survey shows that 288 hours are spent on average – mainly by women – preparing for the festival by the time Christmas Eve arrives Traditionalists like to serve the family a goose with dumplings and red cabbage on Christmas Day The Office for Christmas Carols in the Austrian city of Graz has around 12,000 songs in its archive Christmas carols are a bit like the master key when it comes to unlocking the Christmas mood 90 percent of Germans would not wish to spend Christmas without them The most famous carol in the world is without doubt “Silent Night” It was first sung in Austria in 1818 and has been translated into more than 300 languages and dialects I would say that a modern Christmas is characterised by a welcome relaxation of customs Maybe not the best thing from an ecological point of view people tend to focus nowadays on the original idea of the festival namely that it’s a good thing to get the whole family together once a year to share a meal To treat one another with gifts – including the gifts of being close and providing a sense of security – and in some cases to use material gifts to signal: I’ve been thinking about you and about your wishes © www.deutschland.de People who engaged in resistance training exhaled fewer aerosol particles than those who did an endurance workout The COVID-19 pandemic has frustrated millions of gym-goers, with fitness clubs being identified as infection hotspots. 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Executives of semiconductor specialist Infineon Technologies AG in Neubiberg, Germany, have completed their acquisition of power electronics designer International Rectifier Corp is to boost Infineon's expertise in gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon power semiconductor technology This combination will accelerate and solidify Infineon’s position in GaN discretes and GaN system solutions International Rectifier now is a wholly owned subsidiary of Infineon The acquisition combines two power-management semiconductor companies and will enable Infineon to complement its offerings broaden its range of products and grow its regional footprint International Rectifier’s expertise in low-power energy-efficient insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and intelligent power modules power metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) and digital power management ICs will integrate with Infineon’s offering in power devices and modules Related: Infineon to boost expertise in GaN power semiconductors in buy of International Rectifier "The acquisition of International Rectifier is an important step for Infineon to foster our position as a global market leader in power semiconductors," says Infineon CEO Reinhard Ploss "The acquisition helps us to accelerate our strategic approach from product thinking to system understanding." The combined company is led by Reinhard Ploss strategy development and M&A; and Dominik Asam The president of International Rectifier and of Infineon North America is Robert LeFort For more information contact Infineon online at www.infineon.com, or International Rectifier at www.irf.com has been Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Department of Business Administration since April 2023 To live up to her enthusiasm for both mathematics and biology Anne von Raven studied mathematical biology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) She spent her subsequent PhD on "Modeling quorum sensing evolutionary dynamics in spatially structured bacterial populations" partly in a microbiology lab in England in addition to analytical and numerical calculations at her desk Anne von Raven switched to software development in 2017 use cases for medical research were her main concern she led various mathematical-technical projects including digital pathology and smartphone-based medical diagnosis she taught mathematics at Rosenheim Technical University and supervised students at her company von Raven hopes to pass on her love of mathematics to students in her courses using modern teaching methods Her wide-ranging experience in the practical application of mathematics helps her to make the subject more tangible for students Back to overview Department of Business Administration University of the Bundeswehr MunichWerner-Heisenberg-Weg 3985579 Neubiberg Address for navigation systems:Fliegerhorststraße 185579 Neubiberg Phone: +49 89 6004-0Email: info@unibw.de   Research   Teaching   Equal Opportunities and Diversity ImprintData Privacy Statement has been appointed Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at the Department of Economics and Management in July 2021 His research focuses on effective leadership strategies for fostering well-being Key topics include the management of diversity and inclusion and success factors for new forms of leadership and organization His scientific work has been funded by the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (Innosuisse) and the Basic Research Fund of the University of St.Gallen The findings from his research have been published in leading international journals including the Journal of Management Studies Journal of Organizational Behavior and The Leadership Quarterly The transfer of scientific findings into business practice and management education is a core area of Hendrik Hüttermann's work As an expert in the field of people analytics he has cooperated with a variety of companies and enjoys working with leaders as a speaker he has extensive experience with teaching courses on Bachelor administrative science and management at the University of Konstanz where he also received his PhD in organizational behavior he worked for several years as a scientific project leader and lecturer at the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management at the University of St.Gallen (I.FPM-HSG) He gained practical experience at the Baden-Württemberg Leadership Academy and Robert Bosch GmbH Back to Overview Department of Economics and Management has been appointed Professor of Personnel and Organizational Development at the Department of Business Administration in December 2021 Schmid studied psychology at the University of Bamberg and the University of London and subsequently worked for several years as an HR Business Partner at General Electric's European research center she joined the Technical University of Munich (TUM) where she received her doctorate summa cum laude and most recently headed the Center for Digital Leadership Development she accepted a professorship for Responsible Leadership at Munich Business School Ellen Schmid teaches and researches in the field of human resources with a focus on leadership development in a digital world Her research has been published in leading international journals and she received various awards for her work including the TUM School of Management’s Teaching Award the Academy of Management’s Junior Faculty Best Paper Award and the TUM Dissertation Award Back to overview Department of Business Administration Migration and Social Mobility at the Department of Social Sciences and Public Affairs since March 2023 political science and Islamic studies at the University of Freiburg and the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris Johara Berriane completed her doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin She was then a visiting researcher at the International Migration Institute in Oxford and the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin as well as a postdoctoral fellow at the Chaire d'études africaines comparées of the Ecole d'économie et de gouvernance in Rabat She later researched and taught in Dakar as part of the transnational research group on the bureaucratization of African societies initiated by the German Historical Institute Paris and the Centre de recherche sur les politiques sociales she was a researcher and co-director of the research focus "Mobility Reconfiguration of Spaces" at the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin and taught at the Humboldt University Berlin she also worked as an expert consultant for humanitarian aid organizations in West and North Africa Johara Berriane's research focuses on African student migration the social production of religious urban spaces and the humanitarian governance of flight and migration She has conducted field research in Morocco At the University of the Bundeswehr Munich Johara Berriane will work on the social and cultural impact of African flight and migration movements as well as on the production of knowledge about flight and social mobility from an interdisciplinary and transregional comparative perspective she will participate in the development of the cultural studies program Back to overview Department of Social Sciences and Public Affairs has been Professor of Education with a focus on Organizational Education at the Department of Human Sciences since January 2021 sociology and economics at Bielefeld University Sebastian Manhart completed his doctorate at Witten/Herdecke University on the emergence of political science government and education at universities in the 18th and 19th centuries As an assistant professor for general educational science at Trier University he worked on pedagogical topics and on the development of the new research field and department for Organizational Education He received the teaching award of Trier University in 2017 and represented the professorship of Organizational Education there before moving to Munich has been Professor for Technical Thermodynamics and Energy Technology at the Department of Mechanical Engineering since October 2024 Christian Gierend studied energy and environmental technology in mechanical engineering at Tier University of Applied Sciences in 1991 before moving to the power plant in Mannheim (GKM) and from there to the plant manufacturer Preussag-Noell in Würzburg He received the Trier University of Applied Sciences sponsorship award for his work with expert systems he studied energy process engineering at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg worked at the Institute for Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering at Reiche Zeche and obtained his doctorate in engineering in 2000 with fuzzy control applications and artificial neural networks in the power plant and steel industry Gierend has been a lecturer at the Kraftwerkschule e.V Essen since 1995 and also a lecturer at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg since 2000 with the rank of lieutenant colonel (2003) he completed almost 1,000 days of military training as a reservist in many different assignments he took over the professorship of the Montan Foundation at the htw saar in Saarbrücken Until his appointment to the University of the Bundeswehr Munich he headed the Laboratory for Energy and Combustion Technology and the Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Methods in Process Engineering he and his colleagues have implemented and published this topic on fuzzy control digital twin and deep learning in many national and international research projects Christian Gierend is member of the scientific advisory board of the “Berlin Conference on Waste Management and Energy” (BKAWE) and on the scientific advisory board of the “German Association for Waste Management” (DGAW) He intends to use his almost 18 years of experience as a professor and scientist at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich to design interesting and practical lectures and to pave the way for students' future engineering careers through further industrial and research work Back to overview Department of Mechanical Engineering (in German) has held the professorship for Digital Transformation at the Department of Business Administration since 1 January 2020 Müller-Langer's teaching and research focuses on the effects of digital transformation on companies His main research areas are digital economy economics of innovation and data economics Prior to his appointment to the University of the Bundeswehr Munich Frank Müller-Langer worked in Seville as an economist at the Joint Research Centre of the EU Commission (Digital Economy Unit) and as a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich (Department: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research He was a visiting researcher at the renowned US universities UC Berkeley and Columbia as well as at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand Müller-Langer continues to be closely associated with the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition as an affiliated research fellow Müller-Langer holds a degree in economics and a degree in business administration and was awarded a doctorate (Dr pol.) from the Department of Economics at the University of Hamburg he combines an interdisciplinary approach with an empirical research focus His current research projects cover topics such as the digital 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The oral examination for his dissertation entitled "Pointwise Error Estimates for Boundary Control Problems on Polygonal Domains" took place on Monday, 25 June under the chairmanship of Prof. Klaus Bogenberger. The examiners were Prof. Thomas Apel Dmitriy Leykekhman (University of Connecticut) The new preprint presents a surrogate modeling framework for predicting the effective contact area in rough surface contact problems IMCS took part in the traditionally annual GAMM Conference The 95th edition of the event was held from April 7 to 11 We welcome Aswin Nath and Simon Völkl to our team Guest Lecture in Salzburg: Katharina Lorenz Returns to Her Alma Mater who joined our team as postdoctoral researcher in February The new preprint describes the design of Trilinos introduces its new organization in product areas and highlights established and newly available features The IMCS participated in the 3rd IACM Digital Twins in Engineering (DTE 2025) and the 1st ECCOMAS Artificial Intelligence and Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (AICOMAS 2025) conferences The event featured insightful talks and interdisciplinary discussions Room 5122Phone:  +49 (89) 6004-3410Fax:        +49 (89) 6004-4136 Institute for Mathematics andComputer-Based Simulation (IMCS)