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    The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich...
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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 (German: Deutsches Kolonialreich) constituted the overseas colonies, dependencies, and territories of the German Empire. Unified...
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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 (German: Deutsches Reich) was a proto-state which attempted, but ultimately failed, to unify the German states within the German Confederation...
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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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    German states and constitutional adoption of the name "German Empire") and 4 May 1871 (entry into force of the permanent Constitution of the German Empire)...
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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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    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 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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  • 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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    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 (German: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches) was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871–1918, from 16 April 1871...
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    The Bundesrat (German: Federal Council) was the highest legislative body in the German Empire (1871–1918). Its members were appointed by the governments...
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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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    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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    Empire, when the office of German archchancellor was usually held by archbishops of Mainz. The title was, at times, used in several states of German-speaking...
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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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  • 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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    deputy to the federal chancellor (German: Stellvertreter des Bundeskanzlers), is the second highest ranking German cabinet member. The chancellor is the...
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  • speakers of the German language. The constitution of Germany, implemented in 1949 following the end of World War II, defines a German as a German citizen. During...
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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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  • involving Germany from 1806. It includes the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar...
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    the German Confederation. The flag was also used by the German Empire from 1848 to 1849. It was officially adopted as the national flag of the German Reich...
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    German Reich (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from German: Deutsches Reich, pronounced [ˌdɔʏtʃəs ˈʁaɪç] ) was the constitutional name for the German...
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    Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, is a term used to describe the German state between 1933 and 1945...
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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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    and led by Austria; it was rivaled by the North German Confederation from 1866 to 1871 and German Empire led by the Kingdom of Prussia rivaled Austria....
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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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    Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the medieval German state. During the High Middle Ages, the Hanseatic League, dominated by German port cities, established...
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