The German word Reichsland (imperial country, or reich country) can refer to several entities in German constitutional history:
* the territory of the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...
*
Alsace-Lorraine as part of the ''Reichsgebiet'' (
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...
) between 1871 and 1918
* a concept for Prussia in reform plans for the
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was the German Reich, German state from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclai ...
, transforming the member state Prussia into a territory directly controlled by the federal level (Reich)
* ''Reichsland Saarland'', the
Saar territory governed by a German commissioner from 1935 to 1945
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