Since the first “Tatort” on November 29, 1970, a lot has changed in Germany. An overview:
Watch TV:
Today almost everyone is using multimedia, there are countless television channels and streaming services. In 1970 there were only two national television programs in each of the German states. In the west there was the ARD (working group of the public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany) for 20 years. The merger of the nine state broadcasting corporations had maintained the first German television in regular operation since 1952. There were also the regional thirds, which had been started between 1964 (BR) and 1969 (Südwest 3). The Second German Television (ZDF) was founded in 1963. In the GDR there was the DFF, and since 1969 there was also DFF 2. Only from 1972 it was called the GDR television.
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–Broadcasting funding:
In 2020, the broadcasting fee for ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio (Deutschlandfunk etc.) is 17.50 euros per household. This has been the case since 2015, when the contribution was reduced for the first time – from 17.98 euros previously. Fifty years ago in the Federal Republic of Germany public broadcasters paid 8.50 marks. Today that would be around 4.35 euros. The television fee of DM 5 per month was introduced in 1954, previously there was only DM 2 radio fee. In 1970 the basic fee was increased for the first time by 50 pfennigs to DM 2.50, the TV fee by one mark to DM 6. Thereafter, the fees were increased at shorter intervals.
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Income:
According to the Federal Statistical Office, the average gross monthly earnings (full-time employees in the manufacturing industry and in the service sector without special payments) was around 4,000 euros. In 1970 it was around 1,100 marks in the Federal Republic of Germany. Today that would be around 580 euros.
Faith:
According to church information, a good 50 percent of the German population is currently Protestant or Roman Catholic. 50 years ago, at least in the west, it was 94 percent.
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Uraub:
Before Corona upset the tourism industry, Germans were very keen to travel last year. In 2019, 74 percent of all vacation trips were abroad – according to the travel analysis of the Research Association Vacation and Travel (FUR), more than ever before. In 1970, the majority of Germans (around 60 percent) were still traveling in Germany, most likely to Bavaria. Austria was number one for international travelers, followed by Italy. Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and the Netherlands followed a long way behind. More than half of the domestic holidaymakers reached their holiday destination with their own car; for trips abroad it was almost two thirds.
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Cities:
Today the reunified Berlin has a good 3.7 million inhabitants and is by far the largest city in Germany, the second largest is Hamburg, followed by Munich and Cologne on three and four. That was already the case in 1970. At that time there were 2.1 million living in West Berlin and around 1.1 million in East Berlin. But while today Frankfurt / Main is in fifth place, followed by Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Dortmund and Essen, in 1970 Essen was still in fifth place, followed by Frankfurt, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Duisburg.
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