Germany: History
History
Various aspects of the early, medieval, and early modern history of Germany are covered in the articles Germans; Germanic laws; Germanic religion; Holy Roman Empire; Austria; and in the articles on the major historic German states (Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg, Baden, Thuringia, Hesse, Mecklenburg (see under Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, Oldenburg, Brunswick, Anhalt, Lippe, Schaumburg-Lippe) and on the free cities of Hamburg, Bremen, and Lübeck. The survey that follows is a very general outline of the complex history of Germany.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Reunification of Germany
- West Germany
- East Germany
- Postwar Germany
- The Third Reich
- The Weimar Republic
- The German Empire and the Weimar Republic
- The German Confederation and the Rise of Prussia
- The Holy Roman Empire
- History to the Early Middle AgesGermany to 1871
- History
- Government
- Economy
- Land and People
- Bibliography
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