Germany's geological structure is very diverse, as this textbook illustrates through clear four-color graphics and texts that are understandable even for non-geologists. In the north, the North German Plain extends, covered by young loose sediments. This is followed by the low mountain ranges, where the oldest rocks in Germany can be found, and in the south, the Alps emerge, a geologically young high mountain range, along with its foreland basin, the alpine molasse. How did these different mountains and landscape forms come into existence? What rocks make up the geological substrate of Germany? Why do earthquakes occur only in certain regions of Germany? Where are the young volcanoes, and why did they erupt in the past? How are all these phenomena integrated into the tectonic plate activities?.