Germany: Polity Style: 1871-2008 |
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| 1 Jan 1871 - 5 Jun 1945 | Deutsches Reich [1][2][3] |
| 5 Jun 1945 | Four Allied Powers issue a declaration "on the assumption of supreme power in Germany"; the polity Deutsches Reich is not formally extinguished |
| 23 May 1949 - | Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
| Sources and notes: | |
| [1] | The use of Deutsches Reich between 10 Nov 1918 and 6 Feb 1919 is largely discontinued, but no substitute style is ever officially declared. Alternative polity styles - Deutsche Sozialistische Republik, Deutsche Republik, Deutschland - are in official use, but have no Constitutional status. |
| [2] | The period of the existence of Deutsches Reich between 1919 and 1933 is commonly known in historical literature as the Weimarer Republik (Weimar Republic) as opposed to the period of the Nazi supremacy - Drittes Reich (Third Reich, 1933-1945). |
| [3] | The style Großdeutsches Reich: a) designates the territorial scope of legislation applying to the Deutsches Reich together with the Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren (from 16 Mar 1939); b) becomes part of the official style of the Head of State for external relations (from 28 Jul 1942); c) is also used for external relations as the polity style (from 26 Jun 1943); no Constitutional status given. |
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