Main article:States of the German Empire Map of Germany's internal borders as of the mid-1930s. In contrast to many of its European counterparts, the German Empire operates as a federation comprising legally equal constituent states. However, in practice, Prussia emerges as the predominant and ...
knowledge, identity creation, and the target of German social imaginaries, the German dreams of an Empire in East Asia should be understood in their nuanced differences.Footnote11Like his predecessors Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Ritter, Richthofen to some extent followed a relatively open tradition...
After an economic crisis lasting from 1882 to 1886, the German Empire took possession of protectorates in Africa, New Guinea, and the South Seas. At that point in time, Germany was developing from an agrarian state into an industrial state and depended on both unfettered access to raw ...
German Confederation:Map of the German Confederation, circa 1815, following the Congress of Vienna. The territory of the Austrian Empire and Kingdom of Prussia not within the confederation is shown in light green. Toward a German Identity
he made the long ranged decision to go to Hungary and support Emperor Sigismund against the Turks. In order to thank Sigismund, the Emperor assigned him with the Brandenburg March at the parliament in Constance in 1415. It was to be the core of the Prussian Empire in later times. Friedrich...
The 19th century brought growth (5000 to 20000 people), even if hampered by the dangers of Russia's proximity. To the likes of Richard Wagner or Heinrich Schliemann Klaipėda was a temporary career step. Others (among them more and more Lithuanian ex-villagers) arrived for good, however, ...
In the late 1870s and early 1880s, various colonial societies were organized all over Germany to persuade Chancellor Bismarck to embark on a colonial policy. On 24 April 1884, Bismarck ultimately changed his policy and annexations of territories would be protected by the German Empire and would...
flag of the German Empire(more) German Empire, historical empire founded on January 18, 1871, in the wake of three short, successful wars by the North German state of Prussia. Within a seven-year span, Denmark, the Habsburg monarchy, and France had been vanquished. The empire had its orig...
Map of the eastern part of the German Empire (c. 1900) from the 10th edition of the... Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Rudolf von Bennigsen Rudolf von Bennigsen, detail from an oil painting by Franz von Lenbach, 1896; in...
German Empire - National Liberals, Unification, Prussia: The first Bismarckian system broke down between 1877 and 1879. In 1877 Bismarck, still at odds with the Centre, offered to make Bennigsen, the leader of the National Liberals in the Reichstag, a Pr