The German Empire (‹See Tfd›German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German...
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The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed...
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The German colonial empire (‹See Tfd›German: Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire...
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South German states and constitutional adoption of the name "German Empire"), 4 May 1871 (entry into force of the permanent Constitution of the German Empire)...
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the North German Confederation which was formed in 1867. During the Franco-Prussian War, the German Empire was founded (i.e., the South German states joined...
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The German Empire (‹See Tfd›German: Deutsches Reich) was a proto-state which attempted, but ultimately failed, to unify the German states within the German...
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defeat of the German Empire in World War I (1914–1918). In the Federal Republic of Germany, the term Deutsches Heer refers to the German Army, the land...
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The German Empire consisted of 25 constituent states and an imperial territory, the largest of which was Prussia. These states, or Staaten (or Bundesstaaten...
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The Reichstag (German: [ˈʁaɪçstaːk] ) of the German Empire was Germany's lower House of Parliament from 1871 to 1918. Within the governmental structure...
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Germany in 1950. The current official design is due to Karl-Tobias Schwab [de] (1887–1967) and was originally introduced in 1928. The German Empire of...
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The Constitution of the German Empire (‹See Tfd›German: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches) was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871–1918, from 16 April...
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significantly extending the federal German lands to the newly created German Empire. The Day of the founding of the German Empire, January 18, became a day of...
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The Bundesrat (German for 'Federal Council') was the highest legislative body in the German Empire (1871–1918). Its members were appointed by the governments...
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German Empire usually refers to the unified German monarchy existing from 1871 to 1918. German Empire may also refer to: Holy Roman Empire, the central...
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the North German Confederation Treaty establishing the Prussia-led North German Confederation later transformed in 1871 into the German Empire. After World...
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The military ranks of the German Empire were the ranks used by the military of the German Empire. It inherited the various traditions and military ranks...
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presiding over the German Empire's upper legislative chamber of the Bundesrat (Federal Council), the representative organ of the various German states (which...
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in 1806 until the collapse of the German Empire in 1918: The title "King of the Romans", used in the Holy Roman Empire, was, from the coronation of Henry...
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(‹See Tfd›German: Schwarz-Rot-Gold). The flag was first sighted in 1848 in the German Confederation. The flag was also used by the German Empire from 1848...
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size formed by the Imperial German Army during World War I. It was considered by the Allies to be one of the best in the German Army. After experiencing...
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the German Empire in 1871, the Confederation evolved into a German nation-state and its leader became known as the chancellor of Germany. Originally...
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called "German Emperor" when the historical context is clear, as derived from the Holy Roman Empire's official name of "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation"...
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existing German Confederation (an association of German states under the leadership of the Austrian Empire), thus paving the way for the Lesser German version...
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German Reich (lit. 'German Empire, German Realm' from ‹See Tfd›German: Deutsches Reich, pronounced [ˌdɔʏtʃəs ˈʁaɪç] ) was the constitutional name for...
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Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and...
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The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire centred in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe...
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Germany, officially the deputy to the federal chancellor (‹See Tfd›German: Stellvertreter des Bundeskanzlers), is the second highest ranking German cabinet...
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Wilhelm II (redirect from William II (German Empire))
1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern...
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its non-German lands) and other German states under the Kingdom of Germany were parts of the Holy Roman Empire which was officially a German polity from...
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more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The constitution of Germany, implemented in 1949 following the...
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