The territorial evolution of Germany in this article include all changes in the modern territory of Germany from its unification making it a country on 1 January 1871 to the present although the history of "Germany" as a territorial polity concept and the history of the ethnic Germans are much longer and much more complex.

The new German Empire included 25 states (three of them, Hanseatic cities) and the imperial territory of Alsace-Lorraine. Within the empire, 65% of the territory and 62% of the population belonged to the state of Prussia.

This is a list of former German colonies owned by states of Germany: The following were German African protectorates: These treaty ports were German concessions in China, leased to it by the Qing dynasty: Map of German Colonies in the Pacific, 1914.

2016年12月25日 · Germany's territorial evolution spans centuries, marked by consolidation of smaller states into a unified nation. It started with the Holy Roman Empire, experienced medieval fragmentation, and gradually unified in the 19th century. Both World Wars led to territorial losses.

2024年6月26日 · Since reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany has had 16 rather than just eleven Länder or federal states, the five new states being Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Districts in the former East Germany (GDR) were merged to recreate the former historic states. There were no Länder in the ...

2015年6月13日 · Beyond Europe, the German Empire established colonies in various parts of the world: German East Africa: Encompassing present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. German South-West Africa: Encompassing present-day Namibia. German New Guinea: Including parts of what is now Papua New Guinea.

2024年1月11日 · Current States of Germany and Their Territory From the German Empire Provinces and Duchies [edit | edit source] After East Germany and West Germany were reunited, these jurisdictions of the government were put in place.

2024年11月6日 · Until 1871 Germany consisted of numerous independent kingdoms, duchies, principalities, and states, whose borders often changed and merged. These changes often make it hard to determine which archive has the particular records you need.

2025年1月22日 · The decline of Hohenstaufen influence in Germany, the Great Interregnum, and the rapid alternation of dynasties on the German throne created favourable conditions for the territorial princes, lay and spiritual, to gain power.

2024年9月11日 · 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.