Germany (disambiguation)
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Germany
(officially the Federal Republic of Germany) is a European country. Germany may also refer to:
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(officially the Federal Republic of Germany) is a European country. Germany may also refer to:
Other political entities:
- Germany (European Parliament constituency)Germany (European Parliament constituency)In European elections, Germany is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by ninety-nine members. It covers the member state of Germany.-Current MEPs:As of October 2007-1979:...
, the European Parliament constituency - Kingdom of GermanyKingdom of GermanyThe Kingdom of Germany developed out of the eastern half of the former Carolingian Empire....
(medieval) - Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (1512 – 1806)
- German ConfederationGerman ConfederationThe German Confederation was the loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries. It acted as a buffer between the powerful states of Austria and Prussia...
(1815 – 1866) - North German ConfederationNorth German ConfederationThe North German Confederation 1866–71, was a federation of 22 independent states of northern Germany. It was formed by a constitution accepted by the member states in 1867 and controlled military and foreign policy. It included the new Reichstag, a parliament elected by universal manhood...
(1866 – 1871) - German EmpireGerman EmpireThe German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
(1871 – 1918) - Weimar RepublicWeimar RepublicThe Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
(1919 – 1933) - Nazi GermanyNazi GermanyNazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
(1933 – 1945) - Allied-occupied Germany (1945 – 1949)
- East Germany, informal name of the German Democratic Republic (1949 – 1990)
- West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, informal name of the Federal Republic of Germany until unification in 1990
People:
- Germany SchaeferGermany SchaeferHerman A. "Germany" Schaefer was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played fifteen seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Newark Pepper, New York Yankees, and Cleveland Indians....
(1876-1919), Major League Baseball player - Germany SchulzGermany SchulzAdolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the...
(1883-1951), All-American football player for the University of Michigan - Germany SmithGermany SmithGeorge J. "Germany" Smith was an American Major League Baseball player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played primarily shortstop for five different teams spanning 15 seasons. He made his major league debut for Altoona Mountain City of the Union Association in...
(1863-1927), Major League Baseball player - Jim GermanyJim GermanyJim Germany , was a star running back in the Canadian Football League.He played his college football at New Mexico State University, where he inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. Drafted by the NFL's St...
(born 1953), Canadian Football League player - Reggie GermanyReggie GermanyReginald Lee "Reggie" Germany is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes....
(born 1978), National Football League player - Willie GermanyWillie GermanyWillie James Germany Jr. is a former American football defensive back who played four years in the National Football League.-Background:...
(born 1948), National Football League player
Other:
- Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
- Germany ValleyGermany ValleyGermany Valley is a scenic upland valley high in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia originally settled by German farmers in the mid-18th Century...
, West Virginia - Germany (Epcot)Germany (Epcot)The Germany Pavilion is part of the World Showcase within Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort.-History:The original design of the pavilion called for a boat ride along the Rhine river. It was to have focused on German folklore, in a similar manner to the Mexico and Norway rides. According to the...
See also
- History of GermanyHistory of GermanyThe concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar, who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania, thus distinguishing it from Gaul , which he had conquered. The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the...
- Names of Germany
- Germania (disambiguation)Germania (disambiguation)Germania can refer to:*Germania, the Roman name for the region of Europe beyond the Rhine and Danube**Germania , an ethnographic and geographic work by Tacitus...