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{{Infobox attraction
| name = Germany Pavilion
| park = [[EPCOT]]
| land = [[World Showcase]]
| type = Pavilion
| opened = October 1, 1982
| status = Operating
}}

The '''Germany Pavilion''' is a pavilion in [[World Showcase]] at [[EPCOT]] at [[Walt Disney World]], Florida, situated between the [[China Pavilion]] and the [[Italy Pavilion]]. An original World Showcase pavilion, it opened on October 1, 1982. Built around a cobbled platz in the manner of a small German town, it has no ride, and its presentation rests instead on its architecture, its shops, a large buffet restaurant and live music.

Germany is notable among the original pavilions for what was planned but not built. Early designs included a boat ride on the Rhine, which would have carried visitors past miniature versions of German landmarks and cities in a show building behind the town facades. The ride building was constructed in part — the walled front portion can still be read in the pavilion's layout — but the attraction was postponed at opening and never completed, leaving Germany as a pavilion of shops and dining in front of unused space.

== Design ==
Rather than reproducing one town, the pavilion assembles buildings in styles drawn from several German regions and centuries around a central square. Half-timbered merchant houses face a clock tower and a fountain crowned by a statue of Saint George slaying the dragon, a figure associated with German towns and with the pavilion since its opening. Shopfronts carry the names and trades of a traditional high street — glass, toys, wine, Christmas ornaments and sweets — and hanging baskets, window boxes and a maypole-style planting keep the square dressed through the year.

At the lagoon edge between Germany and Italy stands one of World Showcase's most frequently photographed small features: a miniature garden railway, with model trains running through a tiny village of houses, a church and tunnels, its planting scaled to the scene. The display was installed for the 1995 Flower & Garden Festival and proved popular enough to become permanent; its village is redecorated for EPCOT's festivals.

== Dining ==
'''Biergarten Restaurant''', the pavilion's table-service location, occupies the rear of the platz. Indoors, it recreates an outdoor village festival at night: long communal tables face a stage on a terrace beneath a painted evening sky and building facades, while a band plays polkas and other German folk music in sets through the meal. Service is a buffet of dishes including schnitzel, sausages, spätzle, sauerkraut, salads and desserts, with German beers served in litre steins.

'''Sommerfest''', at the entrance to Biergarten, is the quick-service counterpart, selling bratwurst, pretzels and beer. Other food locations include '''Karamell-Küche''', a Werther's Original caramel shop opened in 2010 whose counter prepares fresh caramel popcorn and coated apples, and seasonal festival kitchens on the promenade.

== Shopping and entertainment ==
Germany's shops are among the most specialised in [[World Showcase]]. Der Teddybär sells toys and Steiff bears; the Kunstarbeit in Kristall shop offers Arribas Brothers glass and crystal; the Weinkeller pours and sells German wines; and a year-round Christmas shop, Die Weihnachts Ecke, sells ornaments and nutcrackers. Snow White, whose best-known film setting is a German fairy-tale landscape, meets visitors at a wishing well at the pavilion's edge.

Musical groups perform in the platz and on the Biergarten stage, and the pavilion takes a prominent part in EPCOT's Food & Wine Festival, when its promenade hosts German food and beer stands.

== See also ==
* [[World Showcase]]
* [[China Pavilion]]
* [[Italy Pavilion]]
* [[EPCOT]]

== References ==
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[[Category:EPCOT]]
[[Category:World Showcase pavilions]]
[[Category:Walt Disney World]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in Florida]]

Germany Pavilion - Revision history

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