German states

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collection of states historical political entity

The German states were a collection of historically independent and semi-autonomous territories in Central Europe that later formed the core of modern Germany.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
German states canonical 14
German Länder 2
German federal states (Länder) 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of states ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
characteristic feudal origins ⓘ
legally autonomous ⓘ
linguistically related (German-speaking majority) ⓘ
politically fragmented ⓘ
coreOf modern Germany ⓘ
countryToday Germany ⓘ
followedBy federal states of Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
before German unification ⓘ
includedEntity Duchy of Anhalt ⓘ
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Brunswick

Duchy of Holstein ⓘ
Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg ⓘ
Saxe-Coburg ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hesse

Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
surface form: Free City of Frankfurt

Bremen ⓘ
surface form: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

Hamburg ⓘ
surface form: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Lübeck ⓘ
surface form: Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck

Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Duchy of Mecklenburg ⓘ
surface form: Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ
Duchy of Oldenburg ⓘ
surface form: Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen ⓘ
Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen ⓘ
Principality of Lippe ⓘ
Principality of Reuss Elder Line ⓘ
Principality of Reuss Younger Line ⓘ
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe ⓘ
Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt ⓘ
Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen ⓘ
Principality of Waldeck ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
legalFramework German Confederation ⓘ
surface form: German Confederation Act of 1815

Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
partOf German Confederation ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
North German Confederation ⓘ
precededBy tribal duchies of early medieval Germany ⓘ
unificationDate 1871 ⓘ
unificationFigure Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
unificationLeader Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
unifiedInto German Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huguenots → migratedTo → German states ⓘ
European wars of religion → hasParticipant → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lutheran states
Franco-Prussian War → location → German states ⓘ
Bundesrat → represents → German states ⓘ
subject surface form: Bundesrat (Germany)
this entity surface form: Länder (states) of Germany
Ministerkonferenz für Raumordnung → jurisdiction → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bund und Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Helmholtz Association → fundingSource → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German federal states
German Customs Union → hasPart → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thuringian states
Ansbach-Bayreuth → partOf → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German states of the Holy Roman Empire
BR → representsLevelOfGovernment → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal states (Länder)
Pfennig → historicalRegion → German states ⓘ
German mediatization → appliesToTerritory → German states ⓘ
Salic law → countryOfInfluence → German states ⓘ
Germany Trade and Invest → collaboratesWith → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German federal states (Länder)
German Excellence Strategy → administeredBy → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Länder
Restoration period in Europe → countryInvolved → German states ⓘ
Bishopric of Dortmund → partOf → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German territories of the Holy Roman Empire
BMBF → coordinatesWith → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German federal states (Länder)
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) → appliedTo → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: federal states of the German Empire
Frankfurt Documents → appliesTo → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: West German Länder
Turnverein movement → geographicSpread → German states ⓘ
William, Duke of Württemberg → associatedWithPoliticalEntity → German states ⓘ
State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern → category → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: States of Germany (1945–1990)
Eva König → residence → German states ⓘ
territoriale Neuordnung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland → bezogenAuf → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesländer der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Article 54 of the Basic Law → bindingOn → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Länder (federal states) of Germany
Institut_für_deutsche_Sprache → fundedBy → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
German National Association → operatedIn → German states ⓘ
Franciscus Gomarus → countryOfActivity → German states ⓘ
Marianne → areaOfInfluence → German states ⓘ
subject surface form: Marianne of the Netherlands
siege of Bitche (1870–1871) → belligerent → German states ⓘ
Federal Republic of Germany (for certain constitutional functions) → divisionOfPowersWith → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Länder
Immaterielles Kulturerbe in Deutschland → supportedBy → German states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesländer
Prussian Ministry of Commerce and Industry → historicalLocation → German states ⓘ