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The territorial changes of Germany after World War II can be interpreted in the context of the evolution of global nationalism and European nationalism. The latter half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century saw the rise of nationalism in Europe. Previously, a country consisted largely of whatever peoples lived on the land ...
57,485 km 2 (22,195 sq mi) General map of Germany. Germany (German: Deutschland) is a country in Central and Western Europe [3] that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and is seventh-largest country by area in the continent.
The unarmed student Benno Ohnesorg, a member of the German student movement, was shot and killed by Karl-Heinz Kurras, a Berlin Police inspector and East German spy, while protesting the state visit of shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. 6 July. Langenweddingen level crossing disaster. 1968.
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,569 km 2 (138,058 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
The history of Germany from 1945 to 1990 comprises the period following World War II. The period began with the Berlin Declaration, marking the abolition of the German Reich and Allied-occupied period in Germany on 5 June 1945, and ended with the German reunification on 3 October 1990. Following the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945 and its ...
Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg in 1826. Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg) Gotha. Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) Coburg. Saxe-Hildburghausen (Sachsen-Hildburghausen) Hildburghausen. In 1864, Austria and Prussia together became the new sovereign of Holstein (a member of the confederation) and Schleswig (outside ...
The old states of Germany (German: die alten Länder) is a jargon referring to the ten of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) that were part of West Germany and that unified with the eastern German Democratic Republic's 5 states, which are given the contrasting term new states of Germany. Usage of this terminology ...