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This is a list of commemorative coins issued by the Federal Republic of Germany. For regular coins , see Deutsche Mark and German euro coins . Those prior to 2002 were denominated in Deutsche Marks; subsequent ones have been denominated in euros .
Mark Lammert (born 1960) Christian Landenberger (1862–1927) Friedrich Lange (1834–1875) Joseph Lange (1751–1831) Julius Lange (1817–1878) Arthur Langhammer (1854–1901) Rainer Maria Latzke (born 1950) Richard Lauchert (1823–1868) Paul Lautensack (1478–1558) Rudolf Lehmann (1819–1905) Hildegard Lehnert (1857–1943) Fridolin ...
The Deutsche Reichspartei (DRP), also known as the German Empire Party or German Imperial Party, was a nationalist, far-right, and later neo-Nazi political party in West Germany. It was founded in 1950 from the German Right Party ( German : Deutsche Rechtspartei ), which had been set up in Lower Saxony in 1946 and had five members in the first ...
Germany was ruled by monarchs from the beginning of division of the Frankish Empire in August 843 to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in August 1806. [1] [2] [3] During most of 19th century, independent German principalities were organized into various confederations, such as the Confederation of the Rhine dominated by Napoleon (1806-1813) and the German Confederation created by the ...
April 30 - The last Ration stamps (for sugar) expire in West Germany; In the GDR, food stamps were still in use until 1958.; June 5 - German broadcaster ARD started.; July 6 - Treaty of Zgorzelec was signed between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR).
The Decorations of Honour of the Bundeswehr (German: Ehrenzeichen der Bundeswehr) are a series of military decorations of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. These honours and awards were introduced in 1980 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Bundeswehr by then Minister of Defence Hans Apel [ 1 ] and ...
The East German constitution of October 1949 created the office of President of the German Democratic Republic (German: Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik). Upon the death of Wilhelm Pieck in 1960, the office of president was replaced by a collective head of state, the Staatsrat ("State Council").
The upper house was the Chamber of States, or Länderkammer, but in 1952 the states of East Germany were dissolved, and the Chamber of States was abolished in 1958. Constitutionally , the Volkskammer was the highest organ of state power in the GDR, and both constitutions vested it with great lawmaking powers.