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The process symbolically concluded when most of south German states joined the North German Confederation with the ceremonial proclamation of the German Empire i.e. the German Reich having 25 member states and led by the Kingdom of Prussia of Hohenzollerns on 18 January 1871; the event was later celebrated as the customary date of the German Empire's foundation, although the legally meaningful ...
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands'), is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the ...
On formation in December 1914, XXXXI Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions. but was weaker than an Active Corps the divisions were organised as triangular rather than square divisions with three infantry regiments rather than four, but had a brigade of two field artillery regiments
German Empire (1848–1849), a democratic, revolutionary and unified German state with its capital at Frankfurt; German Reich, the unified state of Germany over the whole period from 1871 to 1945; German colonial empire, German colonial territories (1884–1918) Weimar Republic, (1918–1933) Nazi Germany, Germany between 1933 and 1945, under ...
" Heil dir im Siegerkranz" (pronounced [ˈhaɪ̯l diːɐ̯ ʔɪm ˈziːɡɐkʁant͡s]; German for "Hail to Thee in the Victor's Crown", literally: "Hail to Thee in the Victor's Wreath") was the Kaiserhymne (imperial anthem) of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 and royal anthem of Prussia from 1795 to 1918.
The predecessor of the German Empire, the North German Confederation (1867–1870), had a Bundesrat that was carried over to the newly united Germany with little change. Emperor Wilhelm I (r. 1871–1888) wished to rename the Bundesrat to the "Reichsrat", but his chancellor, Otto von Bismarck , convinced him that the federal character of the Empire should continue to be emphasized.
26th Division (26.Division); from August 2, 1914, 26th Infantry Division (26.Infanterie-Division); Active: 1871–1919: Country Kingdom of Württemberg German Empire
