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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.

Aliases (7)

Bund und Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ×1
German federal states ×1
German states of the Holy Roman Empire ×1
Lutheran states ×1
Länder (states) of Germany ×1
Thuringian states ×1
federal states (Länder) ×1

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 → Middle Ages → before German unification →
includedEntity	Duchy of Anhalt → Duchy of Brunswick → Duchy of Holstein → Duchy of Nassau → Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg → Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen → Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → Electorate of Hanover → Electorate of Hesse → Electorate of Saxony → Free City of Frankfurt → Free Hanseatic City of Bremen → Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg → Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck → Grand Duchy of Baden → Grand Duchy of Hesse → Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin → Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz → Grand Duchy of Oldenburg → Kingdom of Bavaria → 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-Pyrmont →
legalFramework	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	Kingdom of Prussia →
unifiedInto	German Empire →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German mediatization →	appliesToTerritory
Helmholtz Association ("German federal states") →	fundingSource
German Customs Union ("Thuringian states") →	hasPart
European wars of religion ("Lutheran states") →	hasParticipant
Pfennig →	historicalRegion
Ministerkonferenz für Raumordnung ("Bund und Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland") →	jurisdiction
Franco-Prussian War →	location
Huguenots →	migratedTo
Ansbach-Bayreuth ("German states of the Holy Roman Empire") →	partOf
Bundesrat (Germany) ("Länder (states) of Germany") →	represents
BR ("federal states (Länder)") →	representsLevelOfGovernment