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History of Germany; History of Hamburg; History of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck; List of historic states of Germany; List of towns and cities in Germany by historical population; Names of Germany; Oldenburg (state) People's State of Bavaria; People's State of Hesse; People's State of Reuss; Prussia; Republic of Baden; Rhenish Republic ...
The territorial evolution of Germany in this article include all changes in the modern territory of Germany from its unification making it a country on 1 January 1871 to the present although the history of "Germany" as a territorial polity concept and the history of the ethnic Germans are much longer and much more complex.
An Encyclopedia of World History (5th ed. 1973); highly detailed outline of events online free; Morris, Richard B. and Graham W. Irwin, eds. Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present (1970) online; George Henry Townsend (1867), "Germany", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
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.
27 March – Peter Selz, German-born art historian (died 2019) 3 March – Loki Schmidt, German environmentalist, wife of Helmut Schmidt (died 2010) 6 April – Heinz Schimmelpfennig, German actor (died 2010) 23 April – Anne Buydens, Belgian-American actress (died 2021) 3 May – Traute Lafrenz, German-American physician and anthropologist ...
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The states were established in 1918–1920 following the German Empire's defeat in World War I and the territorial losses that came with it. They were based on the 22 states and three city-states of the German Empire. During the revolution of 1918–1919, the states abolished their local monarchies and adopted republican constitutions.
The Province of Silesia (German: Provinz Schlesien; Polish: Prowincja Śląska; Silesian: Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1742 and established as an official province in 1815, then became part of the German Empire in 1871.