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Germany

polity · 1880 AD–present

Germany, a polity recorded 1880 AD–present: 10 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Names

NameIn useLanguage
Germany1880 AD–1944 AD—
Germany (Soviet)1945 AD–1959 AD—
Germany (UK)1945 AD–1959 AD—
Germany (USA)1945 AD–1959 AD—
Germany (France)1945 AD–1959 AD—
Germany1994 AD–present—

Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1880 AD–1899 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1880 ADReligion: protestant.
1900 AD–1913 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1900 ADReligion: protestant.
1920 AD–1929 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 ADReligion: protestant.
1930 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1930 ADReligion: protestant.
1938 AD–1944 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 ADReligion: protestant.
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADSubject to USSR.
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADSubject to United Kingdom.
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADSubject to United States.
1945 AD–1959 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADSubject to France.
1994 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1994 AD—

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

Sources