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.

Aliases (10)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal state → former sovereign state → historical country → monarchy →
alliance	Triple Alliance →
alsoKnownAs	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	Kingdom of Prussia →
firstChancellor	Otto von Bismarck →
firstEmperor	Wilhelm I, German Emperor →
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy → federal monarchy →
hadColony	German East Africa → German New Guinea → German Samoa → German South-West Africa → Kamerun → Qingdao (Kiautschou Bay concession) → Togoland →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Chancellor of the German Empire →
headOfStateTitle	German Emperor →
lastChancellor	Maximilian of Baden →
lastEmperor	Wilhelm II, German Emperor →
legislativeBody	Reichstag →
majorReligion	Protestantism → Roman Catholicism →
officialLanguage	German →
participantIn	Franco-Prussian War → World War I →
partOf	Central Powers →
predecessor	Baden → Bavaria → Kingdom of Prussia → North German Confederation → Saxony → 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 →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Kesselring → Albert von Le Coq → Alexander Lippisch → Alfred Jodl → Amalie Noether → Anton Drexler → Armgard von Cramm → August Macke → Beno Gutenberg → Detlof von Winterfeldt → Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin → Eduard Dietl → Eduard Meyer → Elsa Einstein → Else Spinola → Emil Adolf von Behring → Emil Adolf von Behring → Emil Fischer → Emil Sieg → Emma Weyer → Emmy Noether → Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → Erhard Milch → Erhard Schmidt → Erich Heckel → Erich Kretschmann → Erich Ludendorff → Erich Mendelsohn → Erich von Manstein → Ernst Busch → Ernst Cassirer → Ernst Haeckel → Ernst Ludwig Kirchner → Ernst Vanselow → Ernst Zermelo → Ernst von Weizsäcker → Ewald von Kleist → Fedor von Bock → Felix Bernstein → Felix Klein → Ferdinand Schörner → Franz Eckert → Franz Marc → Franz von Hipper → Franziska Kronberger → Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege → Friedrich Nietzsche → Friedrich Paulus → Friedrich Paulus → Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger → Gabriele Münter → Georg von Küchler → Georg-Hans Reinhardt → George Engel → George Grosz → Gerd von Rundstedt → Gotthard Heinrici → Gottlieb Daimler → Gottlob Frege → Guillermo Kahlo → Gustav Stresemann → Gustav von Kahr → Günther von Kluge → Hans Heinrich Lammers → Hans Reissner → Heinrich von Vietinghoff → Hermann Ebbinghaus → Hermann Einstein → Hermann Hoth → Hermann Minkowski → Hermann Weyl → Hermann von Helmholtz → Hermann von Helmholtz → Hugo Sperrle → James Franck → Johannes Blaskowitz → Josef Harpe → Julius Bernstein → Karl Dönitz → Karl Harrer → Karl Jaspers → Karl Ritter von Halt → Karl Schmidt-Rottluff → Karl Schwarzschild → Karl Schwarzschild → Karl Schwarzschild → Karl von Rundstedt → Konrad Adenauer → Konstantin von Neurath → Kurt Student → Kurt von Schleicher → Käthe Jerosch → Manfred von Richthofen → Martin Bormann → Matthias Erzberger → Max Born → Max Dehn → Max Immelmann → Max Löwenthal → Max Noether → Max von Laue → Maximilian von Spee → Maximilian von Weichs → Michael von Faulhaber → Nikolaus von Falkenhorst → Olga von Velten → Oswald Boelcke → Otto Frank → Otto Hahn → Otto von Lossow → Paul Ehrlich → Paul von Hindenburg → Peter Behrens → Reinhard Scheer → Robert Koch → Robert Koch → Rudolf Einstein → Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt → Rudolf Virchow → Theodor Kaluza → Theodor Mommsen → Thomas Mann → Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff → Walter Baade → Walter Gropius → Walter Krueger → Walther Meissner → Walther Model → Walther Nehring → Walther Nernst → Walther von Brauchitsch → Walther von Reichenau → Wilhelm Ackermann → Wilhelm Bittrich → Wilhelm Frick → Wilhelm II, German Emperor → Wilhelm Keitel → Wilhelm Keppler → Wilhelm List → Wilhelm Maybach → Wilhelm Röntgen → Wilhelm Siegling → Wilhelm von Leeb → William I, German Emperor → Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen →	countryOfCitizenship
Adolf Eichmann → Albert Lasker → Albert Schweitzer → Baldur von Schirach → Beno Gutenberg → Christian Wirth → Conrad Veidt → Edith Frank → Elisabeth Mann Borgese → Emmy Göring → Erich Raeder → Erika Mann → Ernst Ludwig Kirchner → Ernst Mayr → Ernst Röhm → Eva Braun → Friedrich Bonte → Fritz London → Georg Stumme → Gerhard Herzberg → Gerhard Klopfer → Golo Mann → Günther Lütjens → Hannah Arendt → Hans Bethe → Hans Morgenthau → Hans Reichenbach → Heinrich Himmler → Heinz Guderian → Heinz London → Herbert Marcuse → Hermann Göring → Hermann van Pels → Joachim Prinz → Joachim von Ribbentrop → Josef Albers → Josef Mengele → Julius Streicher → Julius Streicher → Karl Bühler → Karl Schwarzschild → Karl Schwarzschild → Katherine Puening → Katia Mann → Klaus Fuchs → Klaus Mann → Kurt Franz → Leni Riefenstahl → Lorenz Hackenholt → Maria Reiche → Martin Luther (Nazi official) → Martin Luther (diplomat) → Martin Schwarzschild → Max Beckmann → Max Delbrück → Michael Wittmann → Nina Gabrilowitsch → Oskar Schlemmer → Oswald Garrison Villard → Otto Dietrich → Otto Dix → Otto Frank → Otto Ohlendorf → Paul Troost → Peretz Bernstein → Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands → Regina Jonas → Reinhard Heydrich → Ricardo Wolf → Richard Courant → Roland Freisler → Rudolf Höss → Rudolf Lange → Rudolf Peierls → Theodor W. Adorno → Walter Eucken → Walter Schellenberg → Walter Ulbricht → Werner Heisenberg → Wernher von Braun → Wilhelm Ackermann → Wilhelm Furtwängler → Wilhelm Stuckart → William Steinberg →	countryOfBirth
Eduard Dietl → Erhard Raus → Erich Dietl → Ernst Busch → Erwin Rommel → Ferdinand Schörner → Franz von Hipper → Friedrich Paulus → Georg Stumme → Georg von Küchler → Georg-Hans Reinhardt → Gerd von Rundstedt → Gotthard Heinrici → Günther Lütjens → Günther von Kluge → Hans Langsdorff → Heinrich von Vietinghoff → Heinz Guderian → Hermann Hoth → Hugo Sperrle → Imperial German Army → Johannes Blaskowitz → Kurt Student → Manfred von Richthofen → Maximilian von Spee → Oswald Boelcke → Walter Model → Walther Nehring → Walther von Brauchitsch → Walther von Reichenau → Wilhelm Bittrich → Wilhelm Keitel → Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → Wilhelm von Leeb → Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen →	allegiance
Albert Schweitzer → Arnold Sommerfeld → Carl Laemmle → Charles Proteus Steinmetz → David Hilbert → Elsa Löwenthal → Emil Adolf von Behring → Emil Nolde → Emmy Noether → Erich Raeder → Franz Boas → Franz Boas → Heinrich Mann → Herbert Backe → Hermann Minkowski → Kurt Goldstein → Lyonel Feininger → Max Weber → Otto von Bismarck → Paul Klee → Paul Warburg → Rosa Luxemburg → Rudolf Hess → Walter Model → Walter Ulbricht → Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma →	citizenship
Armistice of 11 November 1918 → Battle of Arras (1917) → Battle of Belleau Wood → Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge → Battle of Gallipoli → Battle of Jutland → Battle of Mons → Battle of Passchendaele → Battle of Tannenberg → Battle of Vimy Ridge → Battle of the Ardennes (1914) → Battle of the Somme → Brusilov Offensive → First Battle of the Marne → Hundred Days Offensive → Invasion of Serbia (1915) → Italian Front (World War I) → Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → Second Battle of Ypres → Second Battle of the Marne → Sinai and Palestine campaign → South-West Africa Campaign →	belligerent
15th Infantry Regiment → Abdication of Wilhelm II → Battle of Tannenberg → Benz & Cie. → Berlin Conference → Breitenau, Hesse-Nassau, German Empire → Catholic Centre Party → Duchy of Nassau ("Germany (historical)") → East Prussia → German Spring Offensive (1918) → German Supreme Command → Great General Staff → Imperial German Army → Imperial German Army Air Service → Imperial German Navy → Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf → Otto von Bismarck → Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt → Progressive Party (Germany) → Reichsbank → Spartacus League → University of Breslau →	country
Abraham Fraenkel → Albert Speer → Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach → Carl Hempel → Emmy Noether → Heinrich Mann → Helmut Hasse → Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → Moritz Schlick → Oskar Morgenstern → Walter Benjamin → Walter Krueger → Walter Model → Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → Willy Messerschmitt →	birthCountry
Blue Max → German battleship Schleswig-Holstein → Grundlagen der Geometrie → Iron Cross 1st Class → Iron Cross 2nd Class → Reform or Revolution → SMS Derfflinger → SMS Lützow → SMS Seydlitz → Twilight of the Idols → U-boats → Wilhelm Ostwalds Annalen der Naturphilosophie → Wilhelminian style → Zeppelin airships →	countryOfOrigin
Battle of Dogger Bank → Battle of Jutland → Battle of Passchendaele → Battle of Verdun → Battle of the Ardennes (1914) → Battle of the Somme → Invasion of Serbia (1915) → Second Moroccan Crisis → South-West Africa Campaign → Western Front (World War I) →	countryInvolved
Elsa Löwenthal → Heinrich Hoffmann → Max Born → Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands → Rudolf Carnap → Walter Gropius → Wilhelm Bittrich → Wilhelm Keitel →	birthPlace
Fanny Koch → Heinrich Hertz → Hermann Minkowski → Karl Schwarzschild → Otto von Bismarck →	countryOfDeath
Grand Duchy of Baden → Grand Duchy of Hesse → Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → Kingdom of Bavaria → Saxony →	memberOf
Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → Blue Max ("Imperial Germany") → Compiègne Forest → Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin →	associatedWith
Barzdorf, Silesia, German Empire → Kingdom of Bavaria → Mohrungen ("Germany (historical)") → Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven →	locatedIn
British High Command on the Western Front → Brusilov Offensive → Monastir Offensive → Second Battle of the Marne →	opponent
Ottoman Army → Ottoman Fifth Army → Ukrainian People’s Republic →	alliedWith
Abdication of Wilhelm II → Prussian General Staff → Reich Minister without Portfolio ("German Reich") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Reich Labour Ministry ("German Reich") → Reichsbank → SD ("German Reich") →	jurisdiction
Bismarck Archipelago → Jaluit Atoll →	colonialPower
Pomerania → Silesia →	historicallyRuledBy
Eastern Question → European theatre of World War I →	involves
Battle of Tannenberg → Polish independence movement →	location
Eastern Front (World War I) → World War I →	mainCentralPower
Treaty of Berlin (1878) transfer of Batum to Russian Empire → Treaty of London (1913) →	mediatedBy
Wilhelm II, German Emperor → William I, German Emperor →	monarchOf
Entente Cordiale ("German Empire (diplomatically)") → Polish independence movement →	opposedBy
Progressive Party (Germany) →	activeIn
Maxim machine gun →	adoptedBy
Enver Pasha →	alliance
Central Powers →	allianceWith
German Empire ("Deutsches Kaiserreich") →	alsoKnownAs
Alsace-Lorraine →	annexedBy
Otto von Bismarck →	architectOf
German Federal Archives →	archivesPeriod
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross →	awardedBy
Iron Cross 2nd Class →	awardingState
Verdun, France →	battleBelligerent
Russian Empire →	borderedBy
Vennbahn railway →	builtBy
Speicherstadt warehouse district →	builtDuring
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →	cededTerritoryTo
Alsace-Lorraine →	cededTo
Italian Front (World War I) →	centralPowersSupport
Government of Prussia ("Imperial Government of Germany") →	coexistedWith
Eastern Front (World War I) →	conflictBetween
Siegfried Line →	constructedBy
Weimar Republic ("German Reich") →	conventionalLongName
Ilkenau →	countryDuringNameUse
Barzdorf, Silesia, German Empire →	countryDuringPeriod
Central Powers →	countryMember
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff →	countryOfService
Abraham Geiger →	deathPlace
Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) →	deFactoControlledBy
Weimar Constitution ("Deutsches Reich") →	definedStateName
3rd Canadian Division →	engagedAgainst
Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) →	establishedBy
Ministry of the Interior of Prussia →	existedDuring
North German Confederation →	followedBy
Admiralty Islands →	formerColonialPower
Caroline Islands →	formerColonyOf
Sagan →	formerCountry
Reichsbank →	foundedBy
15th Infantry Regiment →	garrisonCountry
Cambrai 1917 →	hasBelligerent
Hel →	hasFormerSovereign
Finnish Civil War →	hasSide
Elector of Hesse →	hasSuccessorState
F-4 Phantom II (modernized variants) ("Germany (historical)") →	hasUser
Mikhail Tukhachevsky →	heldBy
Lower Silesia →	historicalAffiliation
House of Württemberg →	historicalAllegiance
völkisch movement →	historicalContext
House of Hesse-Darmstadt ("German Empire period") →	historicalEra
Eastern Poland →	historicallyContestedBy
Silesia →	historicallyControlledBy
Eupen-Malmedy region →	historicallyPartOf
Friedrichstraße →	historicalPeriod
Germany →	historicalPredecessor
Germans →	historicalState
Graf (German-speaking countries) →	historicalUse
Berlin Conference →	hostedBy
Duchy of Mecklenburg →	integratedInto
Eastern Front (World War I) →	involvesCountry
Blue Max →	isHighestMilitaryOrderOf
Central Powers →	leaderCountry
North German Confederation →	legalSuccessor
Second Moroccan Crisis →	mainBelligerent
Reinhard Scheer →	militaryAllegiance
Ottoman Army →	modernizationInfluence
Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt ("German Reich") →	namedAfter
Weimar Republic ("Deutsches Reich") →	officialName
Imperial German Army Air Service →	operatedBy
Communist Party of Germany →	operatedIn
Grand Fleet →	opponentCountry
Polish Socialist Party →	opposed