List of historic states of Germany
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After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire by Napoleon in 1806, the German-speaking remnants of the empire became organized into a conglomerate of independent kingdoms, duchies, principalities and city-states. This article lists the member states of the German Confederation of 1815–1866, the North German Confederation of 1867–1871, the German Empire of 1871–1918, and the Weimar Republic of 1919–1933.
States of the German Confederation
Main article: States of the German Confederation
States of the North German Confederation
State | Capital | |
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Kingdoms (Königreiche) | ||
Prussia (Preußen) (including Lauenburg) |
Berlin | |
Saxony (Sachsen) | Dresden | |
Grand Duchies (Großherzogtümer) | ||
Hesse (Hessen) (Only Upper Hesse, the province north of the River Main) |
Giessen | |
Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Schwerin | |
Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Neustrelitz | |
Oldenburg | Oldenburg | |
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) | Weimar | |
Duchies (Herzogtümer) | ||
Anhalt | Dessau | |
Brunswick (Braunschweig) | Braunschweig | |
Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) | Altenburg | |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) | Coburg | |
Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen) | Meiningen | |
Principalities (Fürstentümer) | ||
Lippe | Detmold | |
Reuss-Gera (Junior Line) | Gera | |
Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line) | Greiz | |
Schaumburg-Lippe | Bückeburg | |
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Rudolstadt | |
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Sondershausen | |
Waldeck-Pyrmont | Arolsen | |
Free and Hanseatic Cities (Freie und Hansestädte) | ||
Bremen | ||
Hamburg | ||
Lübeck |
States of the German Empire
Main article: States of the German Empire
See also: List of German monarchs in 1918
State | Capital | |
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Kingdoms (Königreiche) | ||
Prussia (Preußen) | Berlin | |
Bavaria (Bayern) | Munich | |
Saxony (Sachsen) | Dresden | |
Württemberg | Stuttgart | |
Grand Duchies (Großherzogtümer) | ||
Baden | Karlsruhe | |
Hesse (Hessen) | Darmstadt | |
Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Schwerin | |
Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Neustrelitz | |
Oldenburg | Oldenburg | |
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) | Weimar | |
Duchies (Herzogtümer) | ||
Anhalt | Dessau | |
Brunswick (Braunschweig) | Braunschweig | |
Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) | Altenburg | |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) | Coburg | |
Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen) | Meiningen | |
Principalities (Fürstentümer) | ||
Lippe | Detmold | |
Reuss-Gera (Junior Line) | Gera | |
Reuss-Greiz (Senior Line) | Greiz | |
Schaumburg-Lippe | Bückeburg | |
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Rudolstadt | |
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Sondershausen | |
Waldeck-Pyrmont | Arolsen | |
Free and Hanseatic Cities (Freie und Hansestädte) | ||
Bremen | ||
Hamburg | ||
Lübeck | ||
Imperial Territories (Reichsländer) | ||
Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen) | Straßburg |
States of the Weimar Republic
Main article: States of the Weimar Republic
State | Capital | |
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Free States (Freistaaten) | ||
Anhalt | Dessau | |
Baden | Karlsruhe | |
Bavaria (Bayern) | Munich | |
Brunswick (Braunschweig) | Braunschweig | |
Hesse (Hessen) | Darmstadt | |
Lippe | Detmold | |
Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Schwerin | |
Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Neustrelitz | |
Oldenburg | Oldenburg | |
Prussia (Preußen) | Berlin | |
Saxe-Coburg (Sachsen-Coburg) – to Bavaria in 1920 | Coburg | |
Saxony (Sachsen) | Dresden | |
Schaumburg-Lippe | Bückeburg | |
Thuringia (Thüringen) – from 1920 | Weimar | |
Waldeck-Pyrmont – to Prussia in 1921/1929 | Arolsen | |
Württemberg | Stuttgart | |
Free and Hanseatic Cities (Freie und Hansestädte) | ||
Bremen | ||
Hamburg | ||
Lübeck | ||
States merged to form Thuringia in 1920 | ||
Reuss | Gera | |
Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) | Altenburg | |
Saxe-Gotha (Sachsen-Gotha) | Gotha | |
Saxe-Meiningen (Sachsen-Meiningen) | Meiningen | |
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) | Weimar | |
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Rudolstadt | |
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Sondershausen |
See also
- List of former sovereign states
- List of states in the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806)
- States of Germany
References
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