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Germany
Charlemagne conquered the area that today is Germany during the latter
half of the 8th century. When the Frankish kingdom was
partitioned 843 a German kingdom was created by its eastern parts. The
complete name of this new state would eventually be "the Holy Roman Empire
of German Nation". The regents were German kings but also Roman emperors
since they claimed to be the successors of the Roman Empire. It was however
seriously weakened during the late middle age and was only a state by name
when most power were in the hands of the hundreds princes and self-governing
cities that made up Germany. Napoleon finally dissolved the empire 1806. In
its place a loose German confederation was created 1815. A major issue
during the 19th century was the unification of Germany into a
strong state. This was complicated by the rivalry between the two largest
German states Austria and Prussia. When Germany 1871 at last was unified it
was under Prussian leadership and without Austria, which had been defeated
in a war 1866.
German principalities outside the present border of
Germany are not included in this section. For example are
Pomerania
and Silesia located in the Polish section. |
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