Kallstadt, a tiny wine-growing town in the west German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, was home to Donald Trump's grandfather before he emigrated to the US.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Monday that "anxieties" were sweeping Western democracies and stressed the need for strong transatlantic ties as Europe nervously awaits Donald Trump's start in the White House.
The German government has been accused of interference in the US elections after the Clinton Foundation listed it among donors that contributed up to $5 million.
European leaders head to Berlin Friday to seek assurances from US President Barack Obama on the course that Donald Trump might take, given the populist mogul's pledges to shake up the world order.
Ex-Germany international Marcel Schäfer is questioning his future plans to join a North American Major League Soccer team, because of Donald Trump's election to become president of the United States.
The shock election of Donald Trump as US president has forced greater responsibility for defending Western values and interests onto German Chancellor Angela Merkel's shoulders, analysts say, with some even crowning her the new "leader of the free world".
Donald Trump's US election victory has had German media reacting very strongly over the past week, with one of the country's most respected magazines referring to it as "the end of the world".
Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first contact with US president-elect Donald Trump in a phone call on Thursday, after issuing a reminder to the real estate mogul about their countries' shared values.
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen sent a warning to US president-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, saying he needed to show loyalty to the NATO alliance.
Billionaire Donald Trump slid into the presidency on a wave of support bolstered by his perceived business prowess. But German and other international investors have major concerns about what he will mean for their own business future.
Donald Trump's election as the next US president shocked many in Germany, and on Wednesday people across the world woke up wondering what may happen next. With that in mind, The Local looks at five things a Trump presidency could mean for Germany.
Frauke Petry, the head of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany was quick to send her congratulations to the US President elect Donald Trump. Could her party emulate his success?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday offered US president-elect Donald Trump "close cooperation" based on the shared values of their liberal democracies.
Update: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned on Wednesday that US foreign policy will become more unpredictable after Donald Trump was elected president, making things "more difficult".
Hundreds of Berliners packed themselves into bars, cafes and other venues to watch the US presidential election results into early Wednesday morning as Donald Trump emerged as the next president.
Returns on German government bonds, seen as a safe haven during market turbulence, fell sharply Wednesday on Donald Trump winning the US presidency as investors rushed to purchase the assets.
A letter on social media from "the people of Germany" about Tuesday's US presidential election is making some red-state Americans quite red in the face.
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on Monday said he feared a messy stalemate in the US presidential election amid Republican candidate Donald Trump's comments about the election being rigged.
A new poll by YouGov shows Germans would most likely be "afraid", "disappointed" or "angry" if billionaire real estate tycoon Donald Trump is elected US president next week.
With most Germans hoping US President Barack Obama will be re-elected, the country is to see what happens on Tuesday. In a special-edition Zeitgeist, <b>The Local</b> asked what Berliners thought.
At the US ambassador's post-election breakfast in Berlin on Wednesday it was agreed that the major - if not only - expectation for Germany from Barack Obama's new presidency would be that it sort out the euro crisis.
The effects of Barack Obama's re-election will particularly felt in global powerhouse Germany. <b>The Local's media round-up</b> turns to the country's press to see how it took the news.
As the US votes in the presidential election on Tuesday, predictions put the result on a knife-edge. In a special-edition Zeitgeist, <b>The Local</b> asked what Americans in Berlin thought.
