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.
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]
- Braunschweig (Brunswick) [H]
- Frankfurt am Main [FS]
- [1866, Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau]
- Hannover (Hanover) [K]
- [1866 to Prussia]
- Hansestädte
- 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)
- Brandenburg/Kurmark (Electoral 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)
- Brandenburg
- 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]
- Reuß
- Waldeck [F]
- Württemberg (Wurttemberg) [K]
- Elsass-Lothringen (Alsace - Lorraine) [Reichsland]