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German eastward expansion 895–1400. The Ostsiedlung followed an immediate rapid population growth throughout Central and Eastern Europe. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the population density increased considerably. The increase was due to the influx of settlers on the one hand and an increase in slavic populations after the settlement on ...
The fortress Ordensburg Marienburg in Malbork, founded in 1274, the world's largest brick castle and the Teutonic Order's headquarters on the river Nogat.. The medieval German Ostsiedlung (literally Settling eastwards), also known as the German eastward expansion or East colonization refers to the expansion of German culture, language, states, and settlements to vast regions of Northeastern ...
Following Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Lebensraum became an ideological principle of Nazism and provided justification for the German territorial expansion into Central and Eastern Europe. [5] The Nazi policy Generalplan Ost (lit. ' Master Plan for the East ') was based on its tenets.
Drang nach Osten (German: [ˈdʁaŋ nax ˈʔɔstn̩]; lit. 'Drive to the East', [1] [2] or 'push eastward', [3] 'desire to push east') [4] was the name for a 19th-century German nationalist intent to expand Germany into Slavic territories of Central and Eastern Europe.
The proposal not to expand NATO eastward, which was one of the ways Western countries took the initiative on the issue of German reunification and reducing the possibility of the Soviet Union's influence on this process, [12] was based on the provisions of the speech of German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher in Tutzing, announced on January 31, 1990. [13]
Hainewalde was first documented in 1272. It is believed that the name is derived from the founder, a man named "Hener", "Heno", "Hening" or "Heinrich". Settlers of the German feudal eastward-expansion established Hainewalde as a so-called "Waldhufendorf" by stubbing the forest along the river Mandau.
China on Wednesday raised concerns about an eastward “expansion” of NATO as the alliance concludes its annual summit in Lithuania and appears to be moving closer to adding new members. The ...
The expansion of the European Union eastwards in 2004 enabled any German wishing to live and work in Poland, and thus east of the Oder–Neisse line, to do so without requiring a permit. German expellees and refugees became free to visit their former homes and set up residence, though some restrictions remained on the purchase of land and ...