Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

(officially the Federal Republic of Germany) is a European country. Germany may also refer to:

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Kingdom of Germany The Kingdom of Germany or German Kingdom ( la, regnum Teutonicorum "kingdom of the Germans", "German kingdom", "kingdom of Germany") was the mostly Germanic-speaking East Frankish kingdom, which was formed by the Treaty of Verdun in 843, espec ...

(medieval) **

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 unt ...

(800/962–1806) **

Confederation of the Rhine The Confederated States of the Rhine, simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine, also known as Napoleonic Germany, was a confederation of German client states established at the behest of Napoleon some months after he defeated Austria a ...

, Napoleonic alliance (1806–1813) **

German Confederation The German Confederation (german: Deutscher Bund, ) was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. It was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 as a replacement of the former Holy Roman Empire, w ...

, Confederation of German-speaking states (1815–1848), (1850–1866) ** German Empire (1848–1849) ** North German Confederation (1867–1870) **

German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...

(1871–1918) **

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a Constitutional republic, constitutional federal republic for the first time in ...

(1918–1933) **

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

(1933–1945) ** West–East division (1945–1990): ***

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...

, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ***

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In t ...

, officially the German Democratic Republic *

Germany (European Parliament constituency) Germany is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of Germany. It is currently represented by ninety-six Members of the European Parliament, the most of any European Parliament const ...

, the constituency for the election of the European Parliament

People

* Germany Schaefer (1876–1919), Major League Baseball player * Germany Schulz (1883–1951), All-American football player for the University of Michigan *

Germany Smith George J. "Germany" Smith (April 21, 1863 – December 1, 1927) was an American Major League Baseball player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Primarily a shortstop, Smith played for five teams in 15 seasons. He made his major league debut for ...

(1863–1927), Major League Baseball player *

Jim Germany Jim Germany (born February 2, 1953), is a former star running back in the Canadian Football League. He played his college football at New Mexico State University, where he inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1994. Drafted by the NFL's St. Louis ...

(born 1953), Canadian Football League player *

Reggie Germany Reginald Lee Germany (born March 19, 1978) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft The 2001 NFL Draft was the 66th annu ...

(born 1978), National Football League player * Willie Germany (born 1948), National Football League player * nickname of

Maurice E. Curts Maurice Edwin Curts (March 25, 1898 – February 15, 1976) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet in 1958. Early career He was born in Flint, Michigan to Edwin James C ...

(1898–1976), United States Navy four-star admiral and commander-in-chief of the United States Pacific Fleet

Places in the United States

* Germany, Indiana, a community in the United States * Germany, Texas, a community in the United States * Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, a township in the United States * Germany Valley, West Virginia * Germany Valley (Georgia)

Other uses

* Germany (horse) (1991–2013), a thoroughbred racehorse

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