Ad
related to: german empire 1900 map
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Percentage of linguistic minorities of the German Empire in 1900 by Kreis. About 92% of the population spoke German as their first language. The only minority language with a significant number of speakers (5.4%) was Polish (a figure that rises to over 6% when including the related Kashubian and Masurian languages).
1 January 1900: Source: Own work, using following data and information: for the German Empire as whole: gemeindeverzeichnis.de with this excellent 1900 map, Das-Deutsches-Kaiserreich.de; for Anhalt: 1747-1793 map; for Baden: 1890 map; for Braunschweig: 1932-1945 map; for Bremen: 1900 map; for Hamburg: 1900 map; for Hessen: 1900 map; for Lippe ...
After the war, Germany's and Austria-Hungary's loss of territory and the rise of communism in the Soviet Union meant that more Germans than ever constituted sizable minorities in various countries. [clarification needed] German nationalists used the existence of large German minorities in other countries as a basis for territorial claims.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Present-day Germany is a federal republic which combines the States of Germany.
These were German colonies established in the Pacific: German New Guinea, 1884–1919 Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885–1914; Bismarck Archipelago, 1885–1914; German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885–1914 Bougainville Island, 1885–1914; Buka Island, 1885–1914; Choiseul Island, 1885–1900; Shortland Islands, 1885–1900; Santa Isabel Island ...
The Reichstag of the North German Confederation renamed the North German Confederation the German Empire. 1871: 18 January: William was crowned emperor of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. 21 March: Minister President Otto von Bismarck of Prussia was appointed Chancellor of the German Empire. [37] 1872: 11 March
The German Empire consisted of 25 constituent states and an imperial territory, the largest of which was Prussia.These states, or Staaten (or Bundesstaaten, i.e. federated states, a name derived from the previous North German Confederation; they became known as Länder during the Weimar Republic) each had votes in the Bundesrat, which gave them representation at a federal level.
Ad
related to: german empire 1900 map