For information on the military unit see Großdeutschland Division. Wachregiment Berlin Kommando der Wachtruppe Wachtruppe Berlin Wach-Regiment Berlin Infanterie-Regiment Großdeutschland (mot) Infanterie-Division Großdeutschland (mot) Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland Panzer-Korps Großdeutschland The Großdeutschland Division (lit. ...

Großdeutschland (German Großdeutschland, literally "Greater Germany") was historically an irredentist term that referred to the concept of one German nation-state. Irredentism is claiming a right to territories belonging to another state on the grounds of common ethnicity and/or prior historical possession, actual or alleged. ...

National assembly's meeting in St. Paul's Church, 1848/49

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German Unification

Großdeutschland was a 19th century political idea postulating the (never realized) idea of a unified Germany, led by Habsburg Austria and with Vienna as its capital, as opposed to the Prussian-led alternative, known as Kleindeutschland (Small Germany). With the foundation of the German Empire in 1871, which did not include Austria, the Kleindeutschland solution was put into practice. One of the main obstacles to the "Großdeutschland" option was the large Hungarian and Slavic component of the Austrian Empire (Hungarians, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Slovenians, Croatians, and Serbs) that had no desire to be united with the German speaking lands. In particular, the Czechs of Bohemia-Moravia-Silesia had rejected the idea already in 1848. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... For the German Neighbourhood Kleindeutschland in New York see Little Germany, New York Kleindeutschland (literally Small Germany) was a 19th century political idea postulating the idea of a unified Germany led by Hohenzollern Prussia, with Berlin as capital, and excluding the Austrian Empire. ... Flag of the German Empire, 1871–1919: black-white-red The term German Empire commonly refers to Germany, from its foundation as a unified nation-state on January 18, 1871, until the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

After the first world war, the Austrian as well as the German National Assembly supported the unification of the successor-states of the two Reichs, but this was prohibited by the Entente Powers. World War I, also known as the First World War, and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice (cessation of hostilities) on November 11, 1918. ... European military alliances in 1915. ...

Nazi propaganda poster

Germany with protectorates in August 1939

In a reference to the earlier concept of Großdeutschland, after the Anschluss (attachment) of Austria to the Deutsches Reich (German Empire) in 1938, the state was informally renamed to Großdeutsches Reich. Image File history File links Grossdeutschland. ... Image File history File links Grossdeutschland. ... Download high resolution version (998x896, 151 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (998x896, 151 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... Flag of the German Empire, 1871–1919: black-white-red The term German Empire commonly refers to Germany, from its foundation as a unified nation-state on January 18, 1871, until the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• Frankfurt National Assembly of 1848