Several of these states had gained sovereignty following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Others were created as sovereign states after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Territories were not necessarily contiguous, such as Bavaria, or Oldenburg—many existed in several parts (enclaves and exclaves), as a result of historical acquisitions, or, in several cases, divisions of the ruling family trees.
Different from all other aforementioned constituent states, this region, comprising territory ceded by France in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War, was first administered directly by the central government, but was granted limited autonomy in 1911 with an elected state parliament of its own.
states, german, empire, german, empire, consisted, constituent, states, imperial, territory, largest, which, prussia, these, states, staaten, bundesstaaten, federal, states, name, derived, from, previous, north, german, confederation, they, became, known, länd. The German Empire consisted of 25 constituent states and an imperial territory the largest of which was Prussia These states or Staaten or Bundesstaaten i e federal states a name derived from the previous North German Confederation they became known as Lander during the Weimar Republic each had votes in the Bundesrat which gave them representation at a federal level Several of these states had gained sovereignty following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Others were created as sovereign states after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 Territories were not necessarily contiguous such as Bavaria or Oldenburg many existed in several parts enclaves and exclaves as a result of historical acquisitions or in several cases divisions of the ruling family trees Contents 1 Kingdoms 2 Grand Duchies 3 Duchies 4 Principalities 5 Free and Hanseatic Cities 6 Imperial Territory 7 See alsoKingdoms edit nbsp The flags and coat of arms of all states the Imperial Territory of Alsace Lorraine and the Prussian provincesKingdom of Bavaria Kingdom of Prussia itself subdivided into provinces including the Duchy of Saxe Lauenburg ruled in personal union until annexed 1 July 1876 Kingdom of Saxony Kingdom of WurttembergGrand Duchies editGrand Duchy of Baden Grand Duchy of Hesse Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwerin Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Strelitz Grand Duchy of Oldenburg Grand Duchy of Saxe Weimar Eisenach officially the Grand Duchy of Saxony from 1903 Duchies edit nbsp Cockades of the German statesDuchy of Anhalt Duchy of Brunswick Duchy of Saxe Altenburg Duchy of Saxe Coburg and Gotha Duchy of Saxe Lauenburg till 1876 Duchy of Saxe MeiningenPrincipalities editPrincipality of Lippe Detmold Principality of Reuss Gera Junior Line Principality of Reuss Greiz Senior Line Principality of Schaumburg Lippe Principality of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Principality of Schwarzburg Sondershausen Principality of Waldeck and PyrmontFree and Hanseatic Cities editDifferent from the above mentioned monarchies these city states were constitutionally organised as republics Free Hanseatic City of Bremen Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Free and Hanseatic City of LubeckImperial Territory editDifferent from all other aforementioned constituent states this region comprising territory ceded by France in 1871 after the Franco Prussian War was first administered directly by the central government but was granted limited autonomy in 1911 with an elected state parliament of its own Alsace LorraineSee also editProvinces of Prussia States of the German Confederation List of German monarchs in 1918 States of the Weimar Republic Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany Administrative divisions of East Germany States of Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title States of the German Empire amp oldid 1162466047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
