Second Reich

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German Empire historical state nation-state

The Second Reich was the unified German nation-state that existed from 1871 to 1918 under imperial rule, culminating in the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and ending with Germany’s defeat in World War I.

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Label	Occurrences
Second Reich canonical	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German Empire ⓘ historical state ⓘ nation-state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	German Empire ⓘ German Empire ⓘ surface form: Imperial Germany
capital	Berlin ⓘ
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of Germany ⓘ surface form: Imperial coat of arms of the German Empire
colonialEmpire	German colonial empire ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
conventionalLongName	German Empire ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
currency	German gold mark ⓘ
dissolutionEvent	Abdication of Wilhelm II ⓘ Proclamation of the German Republic on 9 November 1918 ⓘ
dominantReligion	Christianity ⓘ
endCause	German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ German defeat in World War I ⓘ
endTime	1918-11-09 ⓘ
firstChancellor	Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
firstEmperor	William I, German Emperor ⓘ surface form: Wilhelm I, German Emperor
flag	Imperial German war ensign ⓘ surface form: Flag of the German Empire (black-white-red tricolour)
followedBy	Weimar Republic ⓘ
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ federal monarchy ⓘ
hadColony	German East Africa ⓘ German New Guinea ⓘ Samoa ⓘ surface form: German Samoa Namibia ⓘ surface form: German South-West Africa Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Kamerun Togo ⓘ surface form: Togoland
headOfGovernmentTitle	Chancellor of the German Empire ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	German Emperor ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Imperialism ⓘ Belle Époque ⓘ
inceptionEvent	Proclamation of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles ⓘ North German Confederation ⓘ surface form: Unification of Germany
includedFederalState	Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
lastEmperor	Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
legislature	Reichstag of the German Empire ⓘ surface form: Reichstag
nativeName	German Empire ⓘ surface form: Deutsches Kaiserreich
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
participantIn	Franco-Prussian War ⓘ Scramble for Africa ⓘ World War I ⓘ
partOf	Central Powers ⓘ
precededBy	Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ surface form: Bavarian Empire (Kingdom of Bavaria) Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ North German Confederation ⓘ other German states of the German Confederation ⓘ
startTime	1871-01-18 ⓘ
upperHouse	Bundesrat ⓘ

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German Empire → alsoKnownAs → Second Reich ⓘ