Germania (disambiguation)
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Germania can refer to:
- GermaniaGermaniaGermania was the Greek and Roman geographical term for the geographical regions inhabited by mainly by peoples considered to be Germani. It was most often used to refer especially to the east of the Rhine and north of the Danube...
, the Roman name for the region of Europe beyond the Rhine and Danube- Germania (book)Germania (book)The Germania , written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.-Contents:...
, an ethnographic and geographic work by Tacitus - Germania SuperiorGermania SuperiorGermania Superior , so called for the reason that it lay upstream of Germania Inferior, was a province of the Roman Empire. It comprised an area of western Switzerland, the French Jura and Alsace regions, and southwestern Germany...
, "Upper Germania", a Roman province in western Switzerland, northeastern France, and south-western Germany - Germania InferiorGermania InferiorGermania Inferior was a Roman province located on the left bank of the Rhine, in today's Luxembourg, southern Netherlands, parts of Belgium, and North Rhine-Westphalia left of the Rhine....
, "Lower Germania", a Roman province on the west bank of the Rhine in the modern Netherlands and western Germany
- Germania (book)
- Germania (personification)Germania (personification)Germania is the personification of the German Nation or the Germans as a whole, most commonly associated with the Romantic Era and the Revolutions of 1848, though the figure was later used by Imperial Germany. She is usually shown wielding the "Reichsschwert" . Additionally, she is sometimes shown...
, a figure representing the German Nation or the Germans as whole- Germania (painting)Germania (painting)Germania is a painting by Philipp Veit created in March 1848 during the Revolutions of 1848. It was used as an allegoric decoration in the National Assembly in Frankfurt's Paulskirche, where it concealed the organ...
, a famous painting by Philipp Veit made in 1848
- Germania (painting)
- Germania (airline)Germania (airline)Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH, operating as Germania, is an airline with its headquarters in Berlin, Germany. It operates scheduled and chartered flights and aircraft lease services...
, a German airline - Germania (guild)Germania (guild)were guilds of artisans in the Kingdom of Valencia in Spain. Each germania represented a single trade. The germanies are similar to the of Castile, which were paramilitary law-enforcement militias...
, artisan guilds in the Kingdom of Valencia in the Middle Ages and early Modern period - Germania (opera)Germania (opera)Germania is an operatic dramma lirico consisting of a prologue, two acts, an intermezzo and an epilogue by Alberto Franchetti to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica...
, a 1902 opera by Alberto Franchetti - Germania (stamp)Germania (stamp)Germania stamps are definitive stamps that were issued by the German Empire and the Weimar Republic between 1900 and 1922, depicting Germania. They represent the longest running series in German philately and are in their many variations and derivations an essential part of German philatelic...
, a definitive stamp design from 1900–1922 in Germany - Germania, a schooner of the second German North Polar ExpeditionGerman North Polar ExpeditionGerman North Polar Expedition was a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Polar Region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power...
- GermaníaGermaníaGermanía is the Spanish term for the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 15th and 16th centuries. Its purpose is to keep outsiders out of the conversation...
, a Spanish criminal argot - Germania (band), a side-project of the Slovenian group Laibach
- Welthauptstadt GermaniaWelthauptstadt GermaniaWelthauptstadt Germania refers to the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Germany after the planned victory in World War II...
, the name Adolf Hitler gave to a projected rebuilding of Berlin - SS-Division (mot.) Germania5th SS Panzer Division WikingThe 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking was one of the elite Panzer divisions of the thirty eight Waffen SS divisions. It was recruited from foreign volunteers, from Scandinavia, Finland, Estonia, The Netherlands, and Belgium under the command of German officers...
, the original proposed name of the SS-Division (mot.) Wiking in World War II - Germanium dioxideGermanium dioxideGermanium dioxide, also called germanium oxide and germania, is an inorganic compound, an oxide of germanium. Its chemical formula is GeO2. Other names include germanic acid, G-15, and ACC10380...
, an optical material - Germania Assembly Rooms, formerly located at 291 & 293 Bowery, New York City, and used as the venue for various radical political meetings in the second half of the 19th century
- Germania (yacht), a yacht built by Krupp, Germany in 1908 that sank off the coast of Florida in 1930
Sport
- BFC Germania 1888, Germany's oldest still existing football club
- SC Germania 1899 BremenSC Germania 1899 BremenSportclub Germania Bremen was a German association football club based in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Established in 1899, the club was one of several short-lived Bremen-based clubs that bore the name Germania around the turn of the century...
, a defunct German football club - Germania BreslauGermania BreslauSC Germania Breslau was a German association football club from the city of Breslau, Lower Silesia . The team spent several seasons in upper tier regional play in the Südostdeutscher Fußball-Verband and advanced to the league playoffs in 1911 and 1912.In both appearances Germania advanced to the...
, a defunct German football club - Germania BrötzingenGermania BrötzingenGermania Brötzingen is a German association football club from the district of Brötzingen in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg. Together with the 1. FC Pforzheim and VfR Pforzheim, it is one of three clubs in the city who have played higher league football....
, a German football club - VfL Germania 1894, a German football club
- Germania FVGermania FVGermania Fußball-Verein was a football club based in Mexico City that played in the Mexican first division from 1915 to 1933.-Beginnings:The club was founded in 1915 in a German immigrant community in Mexico City. The founders were Edvard Giffenig, Germán Stuht, Richard Obert, Walter Mues, and...
, a Mexican football club - VfB Germania Halberstadt, a German football club
- Germania Königshütte, a former German football club, now AKS Chorzów
- SC Germania ListSC Germania ListThe SC Germania List is a German rugby union club from the List suburb of Hanover, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga. Apart from rugby, the club also offers other sports like tennis, gymnastics and handball....
, a German rugby union club - Mannheimer FG Germania 1897Mannheimer FG Germania 1897Mannheimer Fußballgesellschaft Germania was an early German association football club, founded in 1897 in the city of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg....
, a defunct German football club - FC Germania 1899 MühlhausenFC Germania 1899 MühlhausenSV 1899 Mühlhausen is a German sportsclub from Mühlhausen, Thuringia. The team is actif in athletics, volleyball, football, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics, badminton, darts, capoeira and sports for the disabled.-Football:...
, a defunct German football club - DFC Germania PragDFC Germania PragDFC Germania Prag was a German association football club from the city of Prague in what is today the Czech Republic, consisting of ethnic Germans At the time of the club's founding in 1899, Prague was part of Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire....
, a defunct German football club - SV Germania Schöneiche, a German football club
- FC Germania 06 SchwanheimFC Germania 06 SchwanheimFC Germania 06 Schwanheim is a German association football club based in Schwanheim, Frankfurt.-History:The club was formed on 3 November 1906 by a group of a dozen of the local youth who preferred to play football on their Sunday afternoons rather than spend more time in church.They enjoyed some...
, a German football club - SG Germania Wiesbaden, a German football club
- TSV Germania Windeck, a German football club
Places
United States- Germania, WisconsinGermania, WisconsinGermania is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 339 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.2 square miles , all of it land....
, a town - Germania, Iron County, WisconsinGermania, Iron County, WisconsinGermania is an unincorporated community located in the town of Pence, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Germania, Marquette County, WisconsinGermania, Marquette County, WisconsinGermania is an unincorporated community located in the town of Shields, Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Emblem, WyomingEmblem, WyomingEmblem is an unincorporated community in western Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The community has an official population of 10 although the surrounding rural area increases the number to over 100. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 14, 16, and 20, west-northwest of the town of...
, a community also known as Germania