Germania Germania ( ; ), also called Magna Germania (English: ''Great Germania''), Germania Libera (English: ''Free Germania''), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman province of the same name, was a large historical region in north- ...

was the Roman term for the historical region in north-central Europe initially inhabited mainly by Germanic tribes. Germania may also refer to:

Arts and culture

Germania (band) Laibach () is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with the industrial, martial, and neo-classical genres. Formed in the mining town of Trbovlje (at the time in Yugoslavia) in 1980, Laibach represents the musical wing of the Neue Sl ...

, a project of the Slovenian group Laibach * ''Germania'' (book), a historical and ethnographic work by Tacitus. c. AD 98 * a book on German culture by

Simon Winder Simon Winder is a British writer. He is the author of several books, including a trilogy of books on the history of Central Europe: ''Germania'', ''Danubia'' and ''Lotharingia''. The second book in the trilogy, ''Danubia'', which deals with the ...

Germania (guild) (in Catalan; literally "brotherhoods") were guilds of artisans in the Kingdom of Valencia in Spain. Each ''germania'' () represented a single trade. The ''germanies'' are similar to the (also "brotherhoods", but in Castilian Spanish) of Castil ...

, artisan guilds in the Kingdom of Valencia in Spain * ''Germania'' (opera), a 1902 opera by Alberto Franchetti *

Germania (personification) Germania (; ) is the personification of the German nation or the Germans as a whole. Like many other national personification symbols, she appeared first during the Roman Era. During the Medieval era, she was usually portrayed as one of the ...

, a figure representing the German Nation or the Germans as whole ** ''Germania'' (Philipp Veit), a painting created in 1834–1836 ** ''Germania'' (St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main), a painting created in 1848 *

Germania (stamp) Germania stamps are definitive stamps that were issued by the German Empire and the Weimar Republic between 1900 and 1922, depicting Germania. They represent the longest running series in German philately and are in their many variations and de ...

, a definitive stamp design from 1900 to 1922 in Germany * "Germania" (Beethoven), patriotic song by Ludwig van Beethoven * Germania (German-American culture), aspects of German American culture

Places

Antiquity

* Germania Superior, a province of the Roman Empire in Europe *

Germania Inferior Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") was a Roman province from AD 85 until the province was renamed Germania Secunda in the fourth century, on the west bank of the Rhine bordering the North Sea. The capital of the province was Colonia Agripp ...

, a province of the Roman Empire in Europe *

Germania in Dacia Sapareva Banya ( bg, Сапарева баня, transliterated ''Sapareva banya'') is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. As Ancient Germania (in Dacia), a former bishopric, it is a Latin Catholic titular see. It is loca ...

, a Roman town, current-day Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria *

Germania in Numidia Germania in Numidia is a former ancient city and Roman bishopric and current Latin Catholic titular see. It was in the Roman province of Numidia. History Germania was thought to have been located near modern Ksar-El-Kelb? in present-day Algeria ...

, an ancient city and Roman bishopric, in current-day Algeria

Modern

United States

* Germania, Michigan *

Germania Township, Todd County, Minnesota Germania Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 474 at the 2000 census. Germania Township was organized in 1880, and named for the steamship a German settler had arrived on. The 1917 Germania Hall is ...

* Germania, Missouri * Germania, New Jersey * Germania, Texas *

Germania, Wisconsin Germania is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 339 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km), all of it land ...

Germania, Iron County, Wisconsin Montreal is a city in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 807 at the 2010 census. The neighborhood of Gile is part of the city; however, it still has its own post office and ZIP code: 54525. Like Gile, the former unincorpor ...

Germania, Marquette County, Wisconsin Germania is an unincorporated community located in the town of Shields, Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. Demographics Germania's population as of July 2009 is 382 which is an increase of 12.7% from about 330. Germania's population as o ...

Germania, Wyoming Emblem (also Germania or Liberty Bench) is an unincorporated community in western Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The community has an official population of 10, although the surrounding rural area increases the number to over 100. It l ...

Elsewhere

Germania (city) Welthauptstadt Germania () or World Capital Germania was the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Nazi Germany after the planned victory in World War II. It wa ...

, the projected renewal of Berlin, Germany during the Nazi period * Germania, Ontario, Canada *

Germania District Germania is a district of the Siquirres canton, in the Limón Limón (), commonly known as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It is the seventh larges ...

, Siquirres Canton, Costa Rica *

Germania Land Germania Land or Germanialand is a peninsula in northeastern Greenland. Despite the high latitude it is largely unglaciated. History This peninsula was named by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, leader of the Danmark expedition, to commemorate its survey ...

, Greenland *

Germania, Djursholm Germania is the name of a part of Djursholm in Danderyd Municipality north of Stockholm. There is a small bay of Stora Värtan called Germaniaviken, a street called Germaniavägen and the park Germaniaparken. Until 1976 there was a railway stop ...

, Sweden

Sports

German football clubs

BFC Germania 1888 BFC Germania 1888 is a German football club from Berlin. Founded on 15 April 1888, it is the oldest active football club in the country. History BFC Germania 1888 was founded as ''BFC Germania'' by 17-year-old Paul Jestram, his three brothers, ...

, from Berlin * Germania Bieber * Germania Bietigheim (disambiguation) * Germania Bochum, defunct *

SC Germania 1899 Bremen Sportclub Germania Bremen was a German association football club based in the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Established in 1899, the club was one of several short-lived Bremen-based clubs that bore the name ''Germania'' around the turn of the centur ...

, defunct * Germania Breslau, defunct * Germania Brötzingen * 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder *

VfL Germania 1894 VfL Germania 1894 is a German association football club from the city of Frankfurt am Main. The club is notable as one of the Founding Clubs of the DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) in Leipzig in 1900.Grüne, Hardy ( ...

, from Frankfurt am Main *

FC Germania Friedrichstal The FC Germania Friedrichstal is a German association football club from Friedrichstal, Baden-Württemberg. The club achieved its greatest success in 2014 when it earned promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg for the first time. History ...

VfB Germania Halberstadt VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German football club from Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt. History The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as ''Betriebssportgemeinschaft Reichsbahn Halberstadt'' before being renamed ''BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt'' ...

* Germania Kattowitz, defunct * Mannheimer FG Germania 1897, defunct * FC Germania 1899 Mühlhausen, now SV 1899 Mühlhausen * 1. FC Germania 08 Ober-Roden * DFC Germania Prag, defunct * SV Germania Schöneiche * FC Germania 06 Schwanheim * Germania Teveren *

SG Germania Wiesbaden SG Germania Wiesbaden is a German association football club from the city of Wiesbaden in Hesse. The club's two most notable achievement came when it won the tier-one Kreisliga Hessen in 1920 and, almost 50 years later, reached as the Germany' ...

TSV Germania Windeck TSV Windeck Germania is a German association football club from the municipality of Windeck in the district of Rhein-Sieg, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed through the merger in June 2009 of ''FC Germania Dattenfeld'', ''1. Windeck FC'' an ...

Other uses in sports

* FC Germania Helsinki, a sports club in Finland *

SC Germânia The Esporte Clube Pinheiros, founded on 7 September 1899, by German immigrants, under the name Sport Club Germânia (Sport Club Germany), is a multi-sports and social club located in the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo. The full name of the ...

, now Esporte Clube Pinheiros, in São Paulo, Brazil *

SC Germania List The SC Germania List is a German rugby union club from the district List of Hanover, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga. Apart from rugby, the club also offers other sports like tennis, gymnastics and handball. The club has three German ...

, a German rugby union club * Germania F.V., a defunct Mexican football club * Germania Königshütte, a former German football club, now Polish club AKS Chorzów

Transportation

* ''Germania'' (ship), 1869–1891 * ''Germania'' (yacht), 1908–1930 * , a number of steamships with this name * , a German trawler in service 1934–39 and as the ''vorpostenboot'' V 403 ''Germania'' and V 410 ''Germania'' 1939–44 *

Germania (airline) Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH, trading as Germania (), wasflgermania.com
retrieved 5 February 2019

, a defunct German airline * Germania Flug, now

Chair Airlines Chair Airlines AG, branded as chair and formerly named ''Germania Flug'', is a Swiss airline headquartered in Glattbrugg in Greater Zurich and based at Zürich Airport. History Germania Flug The airline was founded in August 2014, in cooper ...

, a Swiss airline

Other uses

Germanía Germanía () is the Spanish term for the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 16th and 17th centuries. Its purpose is to keep outsiders out of the conversation. The ultimate origin of the word is the Latin word , through Catalan ...

, the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 15th and 16th centuries * Germania Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer during World War I ** Germania C.I ** Germania C.IV *

Germanium dioxide Germanium dioxide, also called germanium(IV) oxide, germania, and salt of germanium, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ge O2. It is the main commercial source of germanium. It also forms as a passivation layer on pure germaniu ...

or Germania, an inorganic compound *

Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

(or Germaniawerft, 'Germania shipyard'), a former German shipbuilding company * 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking", originally SS-Division Germania *

241 Germania Germania ( minor planet designation: 241 Germania) is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as a B-type asteroid and is probably composed of dark, primitive carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Robert Luther on 12 September 18 ...

, a main-belt asteroid