The city of Cologne was significant to the development of the German colonial empire as a whole. During the period of New Imperialism, Cologne was one...

The German colonial empire (German: Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire. Unified...

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...

The History of Cologne covers over 2000 years of urban history. In the year 50, Cologne was elevated to a city under Roman law and named "Colonia Claudia...

of commerce within the empire, such as Cologne on the Rhine river and Bremen on the North Sea joined the union, which resulted in greater diplomatic esteem...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cologne, Germany. 13 CE - Germanicus headquartered in Cologne. 15 CE - Town becomes administrative...

Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German...

Wars. Prior to World War I, Germany had established a colonial empire in hopes of rivaling Britain and France. In the 1930s, the Nazis came to power and sought...

tied to the German colonial empire. It is now home to a substantial portion of Berlin's residents of African heritage. Interracial couples in the colonies...

In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant...

and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the resignation of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck until the end of World War I...

Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire. The Gustav-Nachtigal-Medal, awarded by the Berlin Geographical Society, is...

Greek were the dominant languages of the Roman Empire, but other languages were regionally important. Latin was the original language of the Romans and...

of commerce within the empire, such as Cologne on the Rhine river and Bremen on the North Sea joined the union, which resulted in greater diplomatic esteem...

Archbishop-Elector of Cologne. February 7 – In the Netherlands, the Siege of Eindhoven by the Spanish Army begins. The walled city will fall in April. March 10...

concentrated in the Cologne area, the Bad Dürkheim district, the Gifhorn district, and the Schwäbisch Hall/Ansbach region. Georg Trump (1896–1985), German graphic...

such as Cologne, Germany, originally called Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium by the Romans, and the British capital city of London, which the Romans...

organized as colonial empires, particularly with the development of modern imperialism and its colonialism. This coloniality and possibly colonial administrative...

French leadership. German Jews supported German colonial ambitions in Africa and Eastern Europe, out of the desire to increase German power and to rescue...

fortresses of Cologne with Deutz, Koblenz with Ehrenbreitstein, and Wesel. The province sent 35 members to the German Reichstag and 62 to the Prussian House...

(Oberlandphysicus) in Hildesheim Johann Peter Albrecht (1703–1753), state councillor (Hof- und Regierungsrat) in the Electorate of Cologne Johann Friedrich...

German (German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe...

of it and several German states, called the North German Confederation, setting the stage for the 1871 formation of the German Empire. After years of dealing...

Christianity). The German Empire had over two million Muslim subjects, mostly Sunnis, in overseas colonies. The Majority lived in German East Africa. Several...

off. The Industrial Revolution was followed by the phase of high industrialization during the German Empire. The (catch-up) Industrial Revolution in Germany...

with the help of Cologne Mechanic Michael J. Zons in an effort to improve the engine. Running low on funds, in 1862 Otto worked for Carl Mertens in order...

the government of the Weimar Republic to stir up support for demanding that the Allied Powers return the former German colonial empire. Following the...

(in German). 12 (1). Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: 4–6. original text here claimed that Taiwan still uses Minguo, but that is contradicted by the use...

1902, in Jaffa as the Anglo Palestine Company as subsidiary of the Jewish Colonial Trust (Jüdische Kolonialbank) Limited: p.19  formed before in London...

Belgium in the aftermath of World War I. The region, which had formerly been part of Prussia and the German Empire, was allocated to Belgium by the Treaty...