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But Hitler's interest in and admiration for the Pantheon predated this visit, since his sketch of the Volkshalle dates from about 1925. [2] Hermann Giesler records a conversation he had with Hitler in the winter of 1939–40, when Hitler was recalling his “Roman Impressions” (Römische Impressionen):
Welthauptstadt Germania (pronounced [ɡɛʁˈmaːni̯a]), or World Capital Germania, was the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, as part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Nazi Germany after the planned victory in World War II. It was to be the capital of his planned "Greater Germanic Reich".
The town where Adolf Hitler spent his youth ("Jugendstadt des Führers"), and where he planned to retire after the war.Hitler wanted to turn Linz into a "German Budapest" – a city which, in Hitler's mind, then surpassed German cities of the Danube in beauty.
capital of Vichy France régime, defeated by Allies Aachen: Carolingian Empire: Germany: 800 814 became capital of Charlemagne as Imperator Augustus and Emperor of the Carolingian Empire: Karlsruhe: Baden, Grand Duchy of: Germany: 1771 1918 Baden became part of the German Empire in 1871, and lost sovereignty fully in 1918.
1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War (2013) compares Berlin to 20 major world cities on the eve of World War I; pp 59–77. Friedrich, Thomas. Hitler's Berlin: Abused City (2012) excerpt and text search; Gehler, Michael. Three Germanies: West Germany, East Germany and the Berlin Republic (2011) excerpt and text search; Hake, Sabine.
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 ...
Boundaries of the planned "Greater Germanic Reich" – including possible puppet states and protectorates. [1] [2] [3]The Greater Germanic Reich (German: Großgermanisches Reich), fully styled the Greater Germanic Reich of the German Nation (German: Großgermanisches Reich der Deutschen Nation), [4] was the official state name of the political entity that Nazi Germany tried to establish in ...
Berlin (/ b ɜːr ˈ l ɪ n / bur-LIN; German: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ⓘ) [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.