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It was only during the 1871 unification of Germany that the newly unified German Reich was first assigned an official capital. Since Berlin was the capital of Prussia, the leading state of the new Reich, it became the capital of Germany as well. Berlin had been the capital of Prussia and its predecessor, Brandenburg (an der Havel), since 1518 ...
Berlin (/ b ɜːr ˈ l ɪ n /, bur-LIN; German: [bɛʁˈliːn] ⓘ) [10] is the capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and population. [11] With over 3.85 million inhabitants, [12] it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union.
Dresden (/ ˈ d r ɛ z d ən /; German: [ˈdʁeːsdn̩] ⓘ; Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany, pronounced [ˈdʁʲɛʒdʒanɨ]) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig.
Munich remains the capital of the German state of Bavaria. Braunschweig (Brunswick) Brunswick, Duchy of: Germany: 1815 1918 Brunswick became part of the German Empire in 1871, and lost sovereignty fully in 1918. Braunschweig remained the capital of the German Free State of Brunswick until 1946 when it became part of the German state of Lower ...
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
A city is displayed in bold if it is a state or federal capital, and in italics if it is the most populous city in the state. The table below contains the following information: The city rank by population as of 31 December 2021, as estimated by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany; The city name
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
With the reunification of Germany, the newly reunified Berlin became Germany's capital once again, a status it had held from the foundation of Germany 1871 to the fall of the German Reich 1945. However, the seat of government remained in Bonn, which had been the "provisional" capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990.