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  1. 4 days ago · The unification of Germany ( German: Deutsche Einigung, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ] ⓘ) was a process of building the first nation-state for Germans with federal features based on the concept of Lesser Germany (one without Habsburgs ' multi-ethnic Austria).

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      The term "Lesser Germany" (German: Kleindeutschland,...

  2. 4 days ago · The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

    • 19 July 1870 – 28 January 1871, (6 months, 1 week and 2 days)
    • German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
    • France and the Rhine Province, Prussia
    • German victory
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  4. 3 days ago · The German Empire consisted of 25 states, each with its own nobility, four constituent kingdoms, six grand duchies, five duchies (six before 1876), seven principalities, three free Hanseatic cities, and one imperial territory.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AlsaceAlsace - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · As a result, Alsace was transformed into a mosaic of Catholic and Protestant territories. On the other hand, Mömpelgard (Montbéliard) to the southwest of Alsace, belonging to the Counts of Württemberg since 1397, remained a Protestant enclave in France until 1793. German Land within the Kingdom of France

    • 8,280 km² (3,200 sq mi)
    • FR-A
    • Alsatian
    • France
  6. May 11, 2024 · It became the principal residence of the counts about 1320, and after 1482 it was successively the capital of the Württemberg county, duchy, kingdom, and state. Prosperity in the 16th century was followed by a decline during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) and the French invasions of Louis XIV (1681–84), from which it did not recover ...

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  7. 1 day ago · Baden-Württemberg ( / ˌbɑːdən ˈvɜːrtəmbɜːrɡ / BAH-dən VURT-əm-burg, [6] German: [ˌbaːdn̩ ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk] ⓘ ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state ( Land) in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FranconiaFranconia - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · On 25 April 1952 this state merged with Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern (both from the former French occupation zone) to create the present state of Baden-Württemberg. On 1 December 1945 the state of Hesse was founded.

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