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Deutschland und seine Länder

Deutsch Deutschland - Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist ein Bundesstaat und ein Mitgliedsland der Europäischen Union. Es liegt in Mitteleuropa und hat gemeinsame Grenzen mit Dänemark, Polen, Tschechien, Österreich, der Schweiz, Frankreich, Luxemburg, Belgien und den Niederlanden. Im Norden bilden die Nordsee und die Ostsee die natürlichen Staatsgrenzen. Damit ist es das Land mit den meisten Nachbarländern Europas.

Hornjoserbsce[1] Němska - Zwjazkowa republika Němska

Němska oficielnje Němska zwjazkowa republika je srjedźnoeuropski stat. Mjezuje z Danskej na sewjeru, z Nižozemskej, z Belgiskej a Luxemburgskej na zapadźe, z Francoskej na juhozapadźe, z Šwicarskej na juhu, z Awstriskej na juhu a na juhowuchodźe, z Čěskej a z Pólskej na wuchodźe, z Baltiskej morju na sewjerowuchodźe, z Sewjerskej morju na sewjerozapadźe.

German dialects Nedderdüütsch: Düütschland (Förbundsrepubliek Düütschland) is en Förbundsrepubliek, de in'n Zentrum vun Europa liggt un sik vun de Waterkant (Noord- un Oostsee) to de Alpen, vun'n Rhien to de Oder erstreckt. Navers sünd Belgien, de Nedderlannen, Däänmark, Polen, Tschechien, Österriek, de Swiez, Frankriek un Luxemburg. De Hööftstadt is Berlin. Düütschland warrt indeelt in Bundslänner.

Allemanisch: Ditschlånd (Bundesrepublik Ditschlånd) isch an Schtaat in Mittleuropa und hot gmiinsame Grenza mit Dänemark, Pole, Tschechie, Eeschdtriich, dr Schwiiz, Frankriich, Luxeburg, Belgien und dr Niderlander. Im Norde bildet d`Nordsee und d`Oschdtsee a natirliche Grenz.

English Germany - Federal Republic of Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered on the north by the North Sea, ► Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, on the east by ► Poland and the ► Czech Republic, on the south by ► Austria and ► Switzerland, and on the west by ► France, ► Luxembourg, ► Belgium (► Wallonia) and the ► Netherlands.


Short name  Germany
Official name Federal Republic of Germany
Status Independent country since 843, but divided in various entities, united since 1871, re-united since 1990, member of the ► European Union since 1957
Location Central Europe
Capital Berlin
Population 82,310,000 inhabitants
Area 357,030 square kilometres (137,850 sq mi)
Languages German
Religions Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
More information States of Germany, Geography of States of Germany, History of States of Germany and Politics of States of Germany
More images States of Germany - States of Germany (Category).

General maps

Map of Germany

Karte Deutschlands
Map of Germany in German

Karte Deutschlands

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

     
Federal States of Germany

Die Bundesländer
 Politische Gliederung

 Political structure

Locator maps of the actual German länder

Topographic maps of single länder

Districts

Besides the following maps of all Germany, there are overviews of the districts of each land

  
  
  Landkreise and free cities (yellow) Landkreise with electoral districts

Former German fractional states

History of former German states

Prussia

1618-1701: Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preussen) - monarchy most of the time partly inside the Holy Roman Empire c.q. successor states

1701-1871: Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preussen) - monarchy most of the time partly inside the Holy Roman Empire c.q. successor states

Growth of Prussia 1600-1795
Growth of Prussia 1807-1871
The ten provinces of the Kingdom of Prussia, at the time of the formation of the German Confederation (1815)
Prussia at the time of the formation of the German Empire (1871)
Prussia 1871-1919
The Free State of Prussia at the time of the Weimar Republic (1919)
The provincial divisions of the Free State of Prussia (early 1920)
East Prussia 1923-1939
East Prussia 1939
Pomerania
Silesia
Memel Territory (now in Lithuania)

Baden

1867-1871: Grand Duchy of Baden (Grossherzogtum Baden) - independent monarchy

After the Austro-Prussian war, Baden remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire.

Bavaria

1867-1871: Kingdom of Bavaria (Köngigreich Bayern) - independent monarchy

After the Austro-Prussian war, Bavaria remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire.

Hesse

1867-1871: Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (Grossherzogtum Hessen und zu Rhein) - independent monarchy

After the Austro-Prussian war, the south part of Hesse remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire.

Württemberg

1867-1871: Kingdom of Württemberg (Königreich Württemberg) - independent monarchy

After the Austro-Prussian war, Württemberg remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire.

States inside the German Empire

Hesse-Darmstadt
Anhalt
Hesse-Darmstadt 1930
Map of the Hessian countries around 1900
Saxony Duchies in Thuringia
Saxony 1930
Free City of Lübeck
Kingdom of Hannover in the German Confederation

Saar

1920-1935: Territory of the Saar Basin (Territoire du Bassin de la Sarre/Saarbeckengebiet) - territory under French League of Nations mandate

The Territory of the Saar Basin, also referred as the Saar or Saargebiet, was a territory governed by the League of Nations under the Treaty of Versailles for 15 years from 1920. Its population in 1933 was 812,000, and its capital was Saarbrücken. After a plebiscite was held in 1935, it was restored to Germany.
1947-1956: Saar (Saar) - French protectorate

Lander at the time of the proclamation the two German States in 1949

After World War II, the Saarland came under French administration again, as the Saar Protectorate in 1947. Under the Monnet Plan France attempted to gain economic control of the remaining German industrial areas with large coal and mineral deposits; the Ruhr area and the Saar area. In the Paris Accords of 23 October 1954, France offered to establish an independent "Saarland", under the auspices of the Western European Union (WEU), but a referendum held on 23 October 1955 rejected this plan by 67.7% to 32.3%. Instead, the people of the Saar opted for the return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany. On October 27, 1956, the Saar Treaty established that Saarland should be allowed to rejoin West Germany, which it did on January 1, 1957.

German Democratic Republic (DDR)

German Democratic Republic

1949-1990: German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) - independent people's republic, satellite state of the USSR

In 1949 the German Democratic Republic was proclaimed in the Soviet zone of Germany.
Districts of German Democratic Republic

Old maps of all Germany

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

1450
Herman Moll New Map of Germany
Historical map of the German Empire
Prussia (political map before 1905)
Kingdom of Saxony 1895
Kingdom of Saxony 1905
Baden and Rhenish Bavaria 1905
Württemberg and Hohenzollern
Kingdom of Württemberg 1905
Historical map of Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen) 1905
Alsace-Lorraine 1905, area of the territory highlighted
High-resolution map (7,473 × 7,773) of Alsace-Lorraine as part of the German Empire, 1887
Historical map of Hannover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig 1905
Historical map of the Thuringian states 1905
Historical map of Mecklenburg 1905
Historical map of Brandenburg 1905
Historical map of East- and Westprussia (Prussian Provinces) 1890
Historical map of Hesse-Nassau (Prussian Province) 1905
Historical map of Province of Pomerania 1905
Historical map of Posen 1905
Historical map of Rhenish Prussia 1905
Historical map of Saxony (Prussian Province) 1905
Historical map of Schleswig-Holstein as Prussian Province 1905
Historical map of Silesia as Prussian Province 1905
Historical map of Westphalia as Prussian Province 1905

Satellite maps

Notes and references

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  1. Sorbian is a recognized minority language in eastern Germany.

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