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  2. History of German settlement in Central and Eastern Europe

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    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 ...

  3. Drang nach Osten - Wikipedia

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    Drang nach Westen is also the ironic title of a chapter in Eric Joseph Goldberg's book Struggle for Empire, used to point out the "missing" eastward ambitions of Louis the German who instead expanded his kingdom to the West. [18] German colonists near Kamianets-Podilskyi, Poland (Russian Partition) at the end of the 19th century

  4. List of former German colonies - Wikipedia

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    German colonies in Africa, 1914. The following were German African protectorates: Kionga Triangle, 1894–1916; German South West Africa, 1884–1915; German West Africa, 1884–1915 Togoland, 1884–1916; Kamerun, from 1884–1916; Kapitaï and Koba, 1884–1885; Mahinland, March 11, 1885 – October 24, 1885; German East Africa, 1885–1918

  5. Ostsiedlung - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. German colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Groß-Friedrichsburg, a Brandenburg colony (1683–1717) in the territory of modern Ghana. Germans had traditions of foreign sea-borne trade dating back to the Hanseatic League; German emigrants had flowed eastward in the direction of the Baltic littoral, Russia and Transylvania and westward to the Americas; and North German merchants and missionaries showed interest in overseas engagements. [4]

  7. Pennsylvania Dutch Country - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants would spread from this area outwards outside the Pennsylvania borders between the mountains along river valleys into neighboring Maryland (Washington, Frederick, and Carroll counties), West Virginia, New Jersey (Warren and northern Hunterdon counties), Virginia (Shenandoah Valley), and North Carolina. The larger ...

  8. List of historical video games - Wikipedia

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    Millennia (video game) 2024: 10.000 BC – 2100s AD: Millennia is a 4X turn-based strategy video game in which players lead their nation through 10 different ages, from Age of Stone to Age of Transcendence. Empire Earth III: 2007: 1200s BC – 2100s AD: A sequel in the same vein as the original Empire Earth, covering ancient to modern times ...

  9. Category:Video games set in East Germany - Wikipedia

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    In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Pages in category "Video games set in East Germany" The following 23 pages are in this ...