German Empire

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federal state former sovereign state historical country monarchy

The German Empire was a unified German nation-state that existed from 1871 to 1918 under Prussian-dominated imperial rule, culminating in its defeat in World War I.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
German Empire canonical 2,349
Deutsches Reich 23
German Reich 21

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal state ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
historical country ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
alliance Triple Alliance (1882) ⓘ
surface form: Triple Alliance
alsoKnownAs German Empire ⓘ
surface form: Deutsches Kaiserreich

Second Reich ⓘ
areaPeak about 540,000 square kilometres in Europe ⓘ
capital Berlin ⓘ
constitutionalInstrument Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryInception 1871-01-18 ⓘ
currency German gold mark ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1918-11-09 ⓘ
dominantConstituentState Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
firstChancellor Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
firstEmperor William I, German Emperor ⓘ
surface form: Wilhelm I, German Emperor
governmentForm 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

Qingdao ⓘ
surface form: Qingdao (Kiautschou Bay concession)

Togo ⓘ
surface form: Togoland
headOfGovernmentTitle Chancellor of the German Empire ⓘ
headOfStateTitle German Emperor ⓘ
lastChancellor Maximilian of Baden ⓘ
lastEmperor Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
legislativeBody Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag
majorReligion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
participantIn Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
partOf Central Powers ⓘ
predecessor Baden ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

North German Confederation ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
surface form: Württemberg

various German states ⓘ
reasonForEnd defeat in World War I and German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
secondEmperor Frederick III, German Emperor ⓘ
stateReligion none (formally confessional pluralism) ⓘ
successor Weimar Republic ⓘ
unificationDate 1871-01-18 ⓘ
unificationEvent Proclamation of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles ⓘ
upperHouse Bundesrat ⓘ

Referenced by (2,442)

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

Erwin Rommel → allegiance → German Empire ⓘ
Erwin Rommel → placeOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Second Polish Republic → precededBy → German Empire ⓘ
Oskar Morgenstern → birthCountry → German Empire ⓘ
Germany → historicalPredecessor → German Empire ⓘ
Martin Luther (diplomat) → countryOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Franz Boas → citizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Albert Kesselring → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Siegfried Line → constructedBy → German Empire ⓘ
Hermann Minkowski → countryOfDeath → German Empire ⓘ
Hermann Minkowski → citizenship → German Empire ⓘ
World War I → mainCentralPower → German Empire ⓘ
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands → birthPlace → German Empire ⓘ
Georg Stumme → countryOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Georg Stumme → allegiance → German Empire ⓘ
Hermann Göring → countryOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Emmy Noether → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Emmy Noether → placeOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Silesia (as contested region) → historicallyControlledBy → German Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Silesia
Russian Empire → borderedBy → German Empire ⓘ
Herbert Marcuse → countryOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
David Hilbert → citizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Thomas Mann → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt → allegiance → German Empire ⓘ
Elsa Einstein → placeOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Elsa Einstein → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
U-boats → countryOfOrigin → German Empire ⓘ
Free City of Danzig → predecessor → German Empire ⓘ
Emil Adolf von Behring → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg → partOf → German Empire ⓘ
Felix Klein → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Gottlob Frege → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer → placeOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
Robert Koch → countryOfCitizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Iron Cross 1st Class → countryOfOrigin → German Empire ⓘ
Iron Cross 1st Class → usedBy → German Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles → partyTo → German Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Reich
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → birthCountry → German Empire ⓘ
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → citizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → allegiance → German Empire ⓘ
Germans → historicalState → German Empire ⓘ
Rosa Luxemburg → citizenship → German Empire ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler → countryOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Heinrich Himmler
Charles Proteus Steinmetz → citizenship → German Empire ⓘ
Iron Cross 2nd Class → countryOfOrigin → German Empire ⓘ
Iron Cross 2nd Class → awardingState → German Empire ⓘ
ReinhardHeydrich → countryOfBirth → German Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Reinhard Heydrich