BundestagFederal parliament of GermanyThe Bundestag (German pronunciation:, 'Federal Diet') is the federal parliament of Germany. It is the only constitutional body in the country directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz) in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany, the other being the Bundesrat.
German EmpireToday part ofGermanyPolandRussiaLithuaniaFranceDenmarkBelgiumNetherlandsCzech RepublicArea and population not including colonial possessionsThe German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany or the Second Reich, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when Germany changed its form of government to a republic.
Platz der Republik (Berlin)Platz der Republik (German:, Republic Square) is a square in Berlin, Germany. It is located in the Tiergarten (borough Mitte), directly in front (west) of the Reichstag building. The square has an area of about 36,900 square meters and is almost completely covered by grass but is decorated with some hedges and a few trees. Before 1926 and between 1933 and 1948 it was called Königsplatz (German:, King's Square).
President of GermanyThe president of Germany, officially titled the federal president of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is the head of state of Germany. The current officeholder is Frank-Walter Steinmeier who was elected on 12 February 2017 and re-elected on 13 February 2022. He is currently serving his second five-year-term, which began on 19 March 2022.
Tiergarten (district)Tiergarten (German:, literally Animal Garden, historically meaning deer park or hunting game park) is a locality within the borough of Mitte, in central Berlin (Germany). Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin.
German ReichName for the German state (1871–1945) German Reich (lit. 'German Empire' or 'German Realm', from German: Deutsches Reich) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 1871 to 1945.
BerlinBerlin is the capital and largest city of Germany. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union (EU). The metropolis is also one of the states of Germany, being the third-smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, bordering Brandenburg's capital Potsdam to the southwest.Federal Convention (Germany)The Federal Convention, also known as the Federal Assembly (German: Bundesversammlung [ˈbʊndəsfɛɐ̯ˌzamlʊŋ] ), is, together with the Joint Committee, one of two non-permanent constitutional bodies in the institutional framework of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Paul WallotJohann Paul Wallot (26 June 1841 Oppenheim am Rhein – 10 August 1912 Bad Schwalbach) was a German architect of Huguenot descent, best known for designing the Reichstag building in Berlin, erected between 1884 and 1894. He also built the adjacent Palace of the President of the Reichstag, finished in 1904, and the former Saxon Ständehaus state diet building of 1906 at Brühl's Terrace in Dresden.
Weimar RepublicGerman state from 1918 to 1933Today part ofGermanyPolandRussiaLithuaniaNetherlandsAlthough the Weimar Republic was effectively dissolved in 1933, its constitution was not formally abolished, meaning the Weimar Republic de jure lasted until 1945, when the Berlin Declaration formally abolished it.The coat of arms of the Weimar Republic shown above is the version used before 1928; after 1928, it was changed to the model by Karl-Tobias Schwab, which is the same model that was readopted in 1950.The flag of Nazi Germany shown above is the version introduced after the fall of the Weimar Republic in 1933 and used until 1935, when it was replaced by the swastika flag, similar, but not the same as the flag of the Nazi Party that had already been used since 1933 as a mandatory party flag along with the tricolour national flag (see also: Flag of Nazi Germany).
Spree (river)The Spree (English: , German:; Sorbian languages: Sprjewja, Lower Sorbian:, Upper Sorbian:; in Lower Sorbian also called Rěka, lit.'The River'; Czech: Spréva) is a river in Germany and the Czech Republic. With a length of approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi), it is the main tributary of the Havel River. The Spree is much longer than the Havel, which it flows into at Berlin-Spandau; the Havel then flows into the Elbe at Havelberg.
Renaissance Revival architectureRenaissance Revival architecture (also referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of Renaissance architecture modes.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.