German states

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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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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
linked to: 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
linked to: Saxe-Coburg

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Electorate of Hanover
Electorate of Hesse
linked to: Hesse-Kassel

Electorate of Saxony
Free City of Frankfurt
linked to: Frankfurt am Main

Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
linked to: Bremen

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
linked to: Hamburg

Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
linked to: Lübeck

Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
linked to: Duchy of Oldenburg

Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: 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
linked to: Prussia
unifiedInto German Empire

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Huguenots migratedTo German states
European wars of religion hasParticipant Lutheran states
linked to: German states
Franco-Prussian War location German states
Bundesrat (Germany) represents Länder (states) of Germany
subject linked to: Bundesrat
linked to: German states
Ministerkonferenz für Raumordnung jurisdiction Bund und Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
linked to: German states
Helmholtz Association fundingSource German federal states
linked to: German states
German Customs Union hasPart Thuringian states
linked to: German states
Ansbach-Bayreuth partOf German states of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: German states
BR representsLevelOfGovernment federal states (Länder)
linked to: German states
Pfennig historicalRegion German states
Salic law countryOfInfluence German states
Germany Trade and Invest collaboratesWith German federal states (Länder)
linked to: German states
German Excellence Strategy administeredBy German Länder
linked to: German states
Bishopric of Dortmund partOf German territories of the Holy Roman Empire
linked to: German states
BMBF coordinatesWith German federal states (Länder)
linked to: German states
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) appliedTo federal states of the German Empire
linked to: German states
Frankfurt Documents appliesTo West German Länder
linked to: German states
Turnverein movement geographicSpread German states
State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern category States of Germany (1945–1990)
linked to: German states
Eva König residence German states
territoriale Neuordnung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bezogenAuf Bundesländer der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
linked to: German states
Article 54 of the Basic Law bindingOn Länder (federal states) of Germany
linked to: German states
Institut_für_deutsche_Sprache fundedBy Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
linked to: German states
Franciscus Gomarus countryOfActivity German states
Marianne of the Netherlands areaOfInfluence German states
subject linked to: Marianne
Immaterielles Kulturerbe in Deutschland supportedBy Bundesländer
linked to: German states