German States 1871

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Germany in the 1871 borders

Please Note: For the purpose of genealogical research--and only for this purpose--the term "Germany" when applied to an event occurring prior to 1945 refers to the area within the boundaries of the German Empire as established in 1871.

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F = Fürstentum (principality); FS = Freie Stadt (free city); GH = Großherzogtum (grand duchy); H = Herzogtum (duchy); K = Königreich (kingdom)

• Anhalt [H] (1863-)
  • Anhalt-Bernburg (-1863)
  • Anhalt-Dessau (-1863)
  • Anhalt-Köthen (-1847)
• Baden [GH]
• Bayern (Bavaria) [K]
  • Bayern
    • Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria)
    • Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria)
  • Franken (Franconia)
    • Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia)
    • Oberfranken (Upper Franconia)
    • Unterfranken (Lower Franconia)
  • Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate)
  • Rheinpfalz (also called Rheinbayern)
  • Schwaben (Swabia)
• Braunschweig (Brunswick) [H]
• Frankfurt am Main [FS]
  • [1866, Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau]
• Hannover (Hanover) [K]
  • [1866 to Prussia]
• Hansestädte
  • Bremen [FS]
  • Hamburg [FS]
  • Lübeck [FS]
• Hessen (Hesse)
  • Hessen-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt) [GH]
  • Hessen-Homburg (Hesse-Homburg) [Landgraviate] (1817-1866)
  • Hessen-Kassel/Kurhessen (Hesse-Kassel) [Electorate]
  • Rheinhessen
• Hohenzollern
  • Hohenzollern-Hechingen (-1849)
  • Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (-1849)
• Lippe (Detmold) [F]
• Mecklenburg
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin [GH]
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz [GH]
• Nassau [H]
  • [1866 to Prussia]
• Oldenburg [GH]
  • Birkenfeld (Fürstentum)
  • Lübeck (Fürstentum)
  • Oldenburg in Oldenburg [Herzogtum]
• Preußen (Prussia) [K]
  • Brandenburg
    • Brandenburg/Kurmark (Electoral March)
      • Stadt Berlin
    • Neumark (New March)
  • Hannover (Hanover)
    • [Prussian province from 1866]
  • Hessen-Nassau
    • [Prussian province formed 1866 from the electorate of Hessen-Kassel, the duchy of Nassau, part of the landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg, and the free city of Frankfurt am Main ]
  • Hohenzollern [ceded to Prussia in 1849, administered as part of the Rheinprovinz]
  • Pommern (Pomerania)
    • Hinterpommern (Further Pomerania)
    • Vorpommern (Hither Pomerania)
  • Posen
  • Province of Prussia (Preußen)
    • East Prussia (Ostpreußen)
    • West Prussia (Westpreußen)
  • Rhineland (Rheinprovinc) [Includes, from 1866, part of the landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg]
  • Provinz Sachsen (Province of Saxony)
  • Nordhausen (Landkreis)
  • Silesia (Schlesien)
    • Lower Silesia (Niederschlesien)
    • Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien)
  • Schleswig-Holstein
    • Holstein
    • Lauenburg
    • Schleswig
  • Westphalia (Westfalen)
• Saxony (Sachsen) [K]
• Schaumburg-Lippe [F]
• Thuringia (Thüringen)
  • Reuß
    • Reuß-Ebersdorf (-1848) (jüngere Linie)
    • Reuß-Greiz [F] (ältere Linie)
    • Reuß-Lobenstein (-1824) (jüngere Linie)
    • Reuß-Schleiz [F] (jüngere Linie)
  • Sachsen-Altenburg (Saxe-Altenburg) [H] (1825-)
  • Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) [H] (1825-)
  • Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) (-1825)
  • Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) (-1825)
  • Sachsen-Hildburghausen (Saxe-Hildburghausen) (-1825)
  • Sachsen-Meiningen (Saxe-Meiningen) [H]
  • Sachsen-Weimar (Saxe-Weimar) [GH]
  • Schwarzburg
    • Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt [F]
    • Schwarzburg-Sondershausen [F]
• Waldeck [F]
• Württemberg (Wurttemberg) [K]
• Elsass-Lothringen (Alsace - Lorraine) [Reichsland]