List of historic states of Germany

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{{Short description|Former German constituent states}}

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Germany is traditionally a country organized as a federal state. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the German-speaking territories of the empire became allied in the German Confederation (1815–1866), a league of states with some federalistic elements. After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia led the Northern states into a federal state called the North German Confederation (1867–1870). 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.

States of the [[German Confederation]]

{{Main|States of the German Confederation}}

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{{Table of states in the German Confederation}}

In 1864, Austria and Prussia together became the new sovereign of Holstein (a member of the confederation) and Schleswig (outside the confederation).

States of the [[North German Confederation]]

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{{Table of states in the German Empire|NDB}}

States of the [[German Empire]]

{{Main|States of the German Empire}}

{{See also|List of German monarchs in 1918}}

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{{Table of states in the German Empire}}

States of the [[Weimar Republic]]

{{Main|States of the Weimar Republic}}

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{{Table of states in the Weimar Republic}}

See also

List of former sovereign states
List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806)
States of Germany, about the modern states

References

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