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German Empire

German nation-state in Central Europe from 1871 to 1918
Organization historical_period Q43287

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
historical period, historical country, sovereign state, empire[5][6][7]
Inception
1871[20]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.519°, 13.376°
Facet of
German Reich[22]
Short name
Германская империя
Anthem
Heil dir im Siegerkranz[13]
Basic form of government
constitutional monarchy[14]
Capital
Berlin[11]
Coat of arms
coat of arms of the German Empire[18]
Continent
Europe[4]
Demonym
német, גרמני, German
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia[23][24][25]
Different from
German Empire of 1848/1849
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
November 9, 1918[21]
Economy of topic
economy of the German Empire
Flag
flag of the German Empire, Black, white, and red[15][16]
Has part(s)
German colonial empire[19]
Head of state
Wilhelm I, Frederick III, German Emperor, Wilhelm II[8][9][10]
History of topic
history of the German Empire
Legislative body
Reichstag[17]
Member of
Central Powers, Dual Alliance[2][3]
Motto text
Gott mit uns[28]
Native label
Deutsches Reich
Office held by head of state
King of Prussia
Show all 29 facts +5
Official language
German[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P14541
2lJlzz
Replaced by
Weimar Republic[27]
Replaces
North German Confederation[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en German Empire (1871-1918) en German Empire en Deutsches Kaiserreich en Second Reich en Imperial Germany en German Reich ar الرايخ الثاني ar الإمبراطورية الألمانية ar الامبراطورية الالمانية ar الأمبراطورية الألمانية ar إمبراطورية ألمانية ar الامبراطورية الألمانية ar قيصرية ألمانية ar الإمبراطوريه الألمانيه ar امبراطورية ألمانيا cs Německá říše cs Císařské Německo cs Německé císařství cs Druhá říše da Det Tyske Kejserrige
🔖 Identifiers · 33
VIAF cluster ID
305549089
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85054578
GND ID
7509421-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Constitution of the German Empire 1871 EN.svg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119347320
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
126142
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/German-Empire
FactGrid item ID
OJC
Fandom article ID
germany:German_Empire
Freebase ID
/m/03b79
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
segon-reich
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0054735
Show all 33 identifiers +21
Harper's tag
1871-1918
IdRef ID
027268942
Klexikon article ID
Deutsches_Kaiserreich
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID
51196
LyricsTranslate ID
kaiserreich-militärische-lieder-kaiserreich-military-songs-lyrics.html
Namuwiki ID
독일 제국
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007529119005171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810633736705606
NicoNicoPedia ID
ドイツ帝国
OpenHistoricalMap relation ID
2691465
Quora topic ID
German-Empire
RationalWiki ID
German_Empire
Related category
Category:Law of the German Empire
SNARC ID
Ottomar Geschke
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
contextosculturales/1195790
Topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:German Empire
Topic's main category
Category:German Empire
Vikidia article ID
fr:Empire_allemand
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
vokietijos-imperija
WikiKids ID
Duitse_Keizerrijk
Yale LUX ID
place/ae494106-03c7-4113-bf1a-b7aca01b1078

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🔗 Connections
Citizens 1318
Marlene Dietrich, Max Weber, David Hilbert, Hermann Hesse, Wilhelm Röntgen, Bertolt Brecht, Werner Heisenberg, Wilhelm II +1310 more
← Country of origin 423
Boxer, anthroposophy, Luger pistol, A7V, 9×19 mm Parabellum, Siegessäule, Mauser C96, Gewehr 98 +415 more
Things located in country 422
Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Strasbourg, Cologne, Stuttgart, Bonn, Katowice +414 more
← Country of registry 183
SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Gneisenau, SMS Lützow, SS Imperator, Deutschland, SMS Kaiser, SMS Friedrich der Grosse, SS Leviathan +175 more
← Allegiance 101
Adolf Hitler, Heinz Guderian, Alfred Jodl, Manfred von Richthofen, Franz Halder, August von Mackensen, Erich von Falkenhayn, Hans von Seeckt +93 more
Participated in 100
Franco-Prussian War, Boxer Rebellion, Gallipoli Campaign, Battle of Verdun, Berlin Conference, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Jutland, Battle of Caporetto +92 more
← Category combines topics 60
Category:20th century in Germany, Category:Births in Germany, Category:1919 in Germany, Category:1918 in Germany, Category:1871 in Germany, Category:1916 in Germany, Category:1912 in Germany, Category:People from the German Empire +52 more
← Time period 23
Reichstag, Alte Nationalgalerie, Glienicke Bridge, Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof, Argus Motoren, Grunewald Tower, Berlin Savignyplatz station, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Berlin +15 more
← Applies to jurisdiction 20
Chancellor of Germany, German East Africa, German New Guinea, German Emperor, German mark, Reichstag, 1871 German federal election, 1912 German federal election +12 more
People born here 17
Willy Busch, Frank Kugler, Rodolpho Barteczko, Franz Dienert, Greta Meyer, Karl Giese, Max Gablonsky, Andreas Huyssen +9 more
← Country for sport 10
Emanuel Lasker, Carl Schuhmann, Gustav Flatow, Otto Nerz, Ludowika Jakobsson, Louise Otto, Franz Duhne, Josef Müller +2 more
← Signatory 10
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Metre Convention, Treaty of Berlin of 1878, Reinsurance Treaty, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, Treaty of Versailles (1871), German–Spanish Treaty +2 more
Contained subdivisions 6
Hamburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, History of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Duchy of Anhalt, Berlin movement
Residents 6
Fritz Bauer, Jacob Volhard, Gustav Mann, Charlotte Charlaque, Fritz Römer, Stepan Ghambaryan
Located in this place 5
German Revolution of 1918–1919, Harden–Eulenburg affair, 1912 German football championship, Prussian deportations, Bismarck diplomacy
Instance of 4
empire, sovereign state, historical period, historical country
← Target 4
United States declaration of war on Germany, United Kingdom declaration of war upon Germany (1914), The Crucified Soldier, Imperial Decree of declaration of war against foreign powers
Belongs to 3
Central Powers, Triple Alliance, German Reich
Head of state 3
Wilhelm II, Wilhelm I, Frederick III, German Emperor
← Member of 3
Kingdom of Prussia, Kingdom of Poland, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
← Territory claimed by 3
Bougainville Island, German East Africa, German South-West Africa
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Has these parts 2
German colonial empire, Duchy of Brunswick
Member of 2
Central Powers, Dual Alliance
← Affiliation 2
Jürgen Stroop, Max Simon
← Ancestral home 2
Germans of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Germans
← Depositary 2
Treaty of Frankfurt, Reinsurance Treaty
← Facet of 2
1871 in Germany, German workers' and soldiers' councils 1918–1919
← Headquarters location 2
Kingdom of Prussia, Hansa-Brandenburg
← Operator 2
Magdeburg-class cruiser, SM U-140
Anthem 1
Heil dir im Siegerkranz
Basic form of government 1
constitutional monarchy
Capital 1
Berlin
Category for people born here 1
Category:People born in the German Empire
Category for people who died here 1
Category:Deceased in the German Empire
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from the German Empire
Coat of arms 1
coat of arms of the German Empire
Continent 1
Europe
Different from 1
German Empire of 1848/1849
Employees / affiliates 1
Georg August Zenker
Facet of 1
German Reich
FactGrid item ID 1
OJC
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Second Polish Republic
Has part(s) 1
German colonial empire
Legislative body 1
Reichstag
Office held by head of state 1
King of Prussia
Official language 1
German
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Owned entities 1
German colonial empire
People who died here 1
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine
Related category 1
Category:Law of the German Empire
Replaced by 1
Weimar Republic
Replaces 1
North German Confederation
SNARC ID 1
Ottomar Geschke
Topic's main category 1
Category:German Empire
← Capital of 1
Berlin
← Category's main topic 1
Category:German Empire
← Characteristic of 1
nobility of the German-speaking area
← Commissioned by 1
Tintenpalast
← Different from 1
German Empire of 1848/1849
← Diplomatic relation 1
Darawiish
← Has effect 1
World War I
← Historical region 1
Bagrationovsk
← Main subject 1
Template:Country data German Empire
← Manufacturer 1
MG 14
← Operating area 1
German Rugby Federation
← Replaced by 1
Baltic governorates
← Replaces 1
Weimar Republic
← Set in period 1
Der Untertan
← Shares border with 1
Russian Empire
← Work location 1
Carl von Ossietzky
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The German Empire was founded on January 1, 1871[1].

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Identity

German Empire's short name is recorded as Германская империя[29].

Related Entities

Adolf Hitler Adolf von Baeyer Albert Kesselring Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Albrecht Penck Alfred Flatow Alfred Jodl Alfred Rosenberg Alte Nationalgalerie Aného Anna Anderson Arthur Moeller van den Bruck August Leskien August von Mackensen August von Wassermann Bertolt Brecht Bougainville Island Bydgoszcz Carl Schuhmann Carl von Ossietzky Carl Walther GmbH Chorzów Clara Zetkin Darawiish David Hilbert Democratic Union Dietrich von Choltitz Eduard Bernstein Eduard Buchner Eduard Dietl

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  1. 12d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_ol
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  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → 1871-1918
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  4. 18w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 19w ago · PantherStrix · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → German colonial empire
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