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  Germany - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Germany
Brandenburg Gate, built between 1788 and 1791 as a gateway to Berlin, was based on the design of the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
For the next four and a half decades West and East Germany were divided by the policies of the Cold War, with West Germany becoming the strongest European NATO power, and East Germany a vital member of Comecon and the Warsaw Pact.
On the inauguration of East Germany, Wilhelm Pieck became the president, Otto Grotewohl (former leader of the SDP in the East) became premier, and Walter Ulbricht deputy premier.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Germany   (5916 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Brandenburg, state, Germany, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The state of Brandenburg consists of the former Prussian province of Brandenburg minus those parts of the province lying E of the Oder and Neisse rivers in Poland (see Germany).
The Spree Forest, in Lower Lusatia, is inhabited by Slavic-speaking Wends, remnants of the population that inhabited Brandenburg at the time of its acquisition (12th cent.) by Albert the Bear.
The later history of Brandenburg is that of Prussia.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BrandenbSta.html   (571 words)

  
 Electorate of Brandenburg 1356-1701 (Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The lands extending eastward from the Elbe to the Vistula, once inhabited by Germans, were invaded by Slavic tribes who, during the sixth century of the Christian era, pushed their way as far as the Elbe and the Saale in Thuringia.
In 1701, Prussia became a kingdom and from then till 1871, it was in a continuous stage of expansion until it came to be by far the largest German state, almost as large as all the others together.
For example flags for Brandenburg are present even in the beginning of the 19th century, when all its flags were replaced since 1707 with the Prussian ones.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/de-br_hi.html   (1220 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Germany
Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land).
With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states).
The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Germany   (1006 words)

  
 Brandenburg, Germany GenWeb Main Page
During the middle ages, the rulers of Brandenburg were among the Grand Electors, or those who could elect a Holy Roman Emperor.
Brandenburg had become its' own kingdowm, with the Hohenzollern Family as the rulers.
Brandenburg was divided into 2 districts with a total of 38 counties.
www.rootsweb.com /~deubrg   (1813 words)

  
 Ancestry.com - International Databases
Emigration records from the Prussian province of Brandenburg between 1810 and 1900
Birth records from Kapsweyer, Germany between 1879 and 1902
Listing of over 3500 men, women, and children who died in the small town of Steinfeld, Germany between 1683 and 1793
www.ancestry.com /search/rectype/intl_dblist.asp   (1440 words)

  
 Napoleon's Prussian Campaign of 1806 : The Pursuit to the Oder
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26 October 1806 - Engagement at Zehdenick (Brandenburg), Germany
27 October 1806 - Engagement at Boitzenburg in der Uckermark (Mecklenburg), Germany
www.napoleonicminiatureswargame.com /1806oder.html   (474 words)

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