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| population_census      = 64,925,993
| population_census      = 64,925,993
| population_census_year = 1910
| population_census_year = 1910
| government_type        = [[Federalism|Federal]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[Constitutional monarchy|semi-constitutional monarchy]]<ref>{{cite web |website=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/German-Empire/Establishment-of-the-North-German-Confederation|title=German Empire |access-date=17 September 2022}}</ref><ref>Nipperdey, Thomas, "Deutsche Geschichte 1866-1918: Zweiter Band: Machtstaat vor der Demokratie" (1995), p. 98–108.</ref><ref>Röhl, John C. G. "Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Concise Life" (2014), p. 172–173.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=Oliver F. R. |last=Haardt |title=The Kaiser in the Federal State, 1871–1918 |journal=German History |year=2016 |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=529–554 |doi=10.1093/gerhis/ghw117}}</ref>
* Under a [[military dictatorship]]<ref>[[John Wheeler-Bennett|Wheeler-Bennett, John]] (1967). ''The Nemesis of Power The German Army in Politics 1918–1945''. London: Macmillan. pp. 13–14. {{ISBN|978-1-4039-1812-3}}.</ref><br>(1916–1918)
| title_leader          = [[German Emperor|Emperor]]
| leader1                = [[William I, German Emperor|Wilhelm I]]
| year_leader1          = 1871–1888
| leader2                = [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Friedrich III]]
| year_leader2          = 1888
| leader3                = [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]]
| year_leader3          = 1888–1918
| title_deputy          = [[List of Chancellors of Germany#German Empire, Reichskanzler (1871–1918)|Chancellor]]
| deputy1                = [[Otto von Bismarck]]
| year_deputy1          = 1871–1890
| deputy2                = [[Leo von Caprivi]]
| year_deputy2          = 1890–1894
| deputy3                = [[Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst|Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst]]
| year_deputy3          = 1894–1900
| deputy4                = [[Bernhard von Bülow]]
| year_deputy4          = 1900–1909
| deputy5                = [[Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg]]
| year_deputy5          = 1909–1917
| deputy6                = [[Georg Michaelis]]
| year_deputy6          = 1917
| deputy7                = [[Georg von Hertling]]
| year_deputy7          = 1917–1918
| deputy8                = [[Prince Maximilian of Baden|Max von Baden]]
| year_deputy8          = 1918
}}
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Revision as of 15:44, 19 January 2023

German Empire
Deutsches Reich
1871-1918
Flag of German Empire
Flag
Location of German Empire
Capital
and largest city
Berlin
Official languagesGerman
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
GovernmentFederal parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy[1][2][3][4]
Emperor 
• 1871–1888
Wilhelm I
• 1888
Friedrich III
• 1888–1918
Wilhelm II
Chancellor 
• 1871–1890
Otto von Bismarck
• 1890–1894
Leo von Caprivi
• 1894–1900
Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
• 1900–1909
Bernhard von Bülow
• 1909–1917
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
• 1917
Georg Michaelis
• 1917–1918
Georg von Hertling
• 1918
Max von Baden
Area
• Total
540,858 km²
Population
• 1910 census
64,925,993


The German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, as well as simply Germany was a country in Central Europe that existed from the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 until the end of the First World War. In November 1918, the German monarchy was overthrown and the Weimar Republic was established.

Colonialism

The German Empire colonized parts of Africa and Oceania. It committed genocide against the Herero and Nama peoples in what is now Namibia. Germany lost control of its colonies after the First World War.[6]

References

  1. Nipperdey, Thomas, "Deutsche Geschichte 1866-1918: Zweiter Band: Machtstaat vor der Demokratie" (1995), p. 98–108.
  2. Röhl, John C. G. "Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Concise Life" (2014), p. 172–173.
  3. Wheeler-Bennett, John (1967). The Nemesis of Power The German Army in Politics 1918–1945. London: Macmillan. pp. 13–14. Template:ISBN.
  4. "Risen from the Ruins: The Economic History of Socialism in the German Democratic Republic" (2021-04-20). Tricontinental. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-08-12.