Talk:History of Germany

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 19, 2004	Refreshing brilliant prose	Kept
April 11, 2005	Featured article review	Demoted

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The content of Germany (terminology) was merged into History of Germany. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Section sizes

Section size for History of Germany (91 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	4,480	4,480	572	572
Prehistory	47	13,577	0	390
Paleolithic and Neolithic ages	7,255	7,255	209	209
Bronze Age	3,787	3,787	70	70
Iron Age	2,488	2,488	111	111
Germanic tribes, Roman conquests, and the Migration Period	63	12,045	0	759
Early migrations, the Suebi and the Roman Republic	4,541	4,541	206	206
Roman settlement of the Rhine	2,699	2,699	259	259
Migration Period and decline of the Western Roman Empire	2,442	2,442	163	163
Stem duchies and marches	2,300	2,300	131	131
Middle Ages	16	39,237	0	2,912
Frankish Empire	8,303	8,303	591	591
Foundation of the Holy Roman Empire	2,595	2,595	244	244
Ottonian dynasty	3,283	3,283	312	312
Salian dynasty	4,288	4,288	267	267
Hanseatic League	2,975	2,975	279	279
Eastward expansion	3,190	3,190	283	283
Church and state	7,425	7,425	645	645
Towns and cities	2,905	2,905	196	196
Learning and culture	4,257	4,257	95	95
Reformation and Renaissance	129	29,834	0	1,346
Social changes	6,649	6,649	268	268
Imperial reform	5,216	5,216	98	98
Protestant Reformation	3,228	3,228	352	352
Thirty Years' War, 1618–48	3,153	3,153	307	307
Culture and literacy	3,300	3,300	177	177
Science	7,844	7,844	115	115
Colonies	315	315	29	29
1648–1815	16	20,926	0	1,810
Rise of Prussia	2,850	2,850	236	236
Wars	3,065	3,065	274	274
Enlightened absolutism	4,702	4,702	363	363
Social changes	1,614	1,614	72	72
Enlightenment	4,677	4,677	394	394
French Revolution, 1789–1815	1,077	4,002	143	471
French control	2,925	2,925	328	328
1815–71	14	21,967	0	2,239
German Confederation	1,893	1,893	226	226
Society and economy	568	13,043	79	1,320
Population	1,012	1,012	127	127
Industrialization	3,236	3,236	193	193
Urbanization	452	452	68	68
Railways	1,649	1,649	196	196
Science and culture	2,871	2,871	241	241
Religion	3,255	3,255	416	416
Political developments	2,490	7,017	220	693
Revolutions of 1848–49	1,386	1,386	148	148
Bismarck takes charge (1862–66)	2,215	2,215	263	263
North German Confederation, 1866–71	926	926	62	62
German Empire, 1871–1918	55	35,248	0	2,939
Bismarck era	19	14,969	0	1,310
The new empire	2,363	2,363	235	235
A federal empire	4,943	4,943	388	388
A three-class system	5,331	5,331	413	413
Foreign policy	2,313	2,313	274	274
Wilhelminian Era (1888–1918)	37	12,040	0	856
Wilhelm II	1,368	1,368	86	86
Alliances and diplomacy	3,860	3,860	350	350
Economy	4,802	4,802	316	316
Colonies	1,973	1,973	104	104
World War I	3,461	4,578	342	456
Homefront	1,117	1,117	114	114
Revolution 1918–19	3,606	3,606	317	317
Weimar Republic, 1918–33	57	17,146	0	1,266
Treaty of Versailles	2,811	2,811	221	221
The early years	7,489	7,489	538	538
Economic collapse and end of the Republic, 1929–33	3,351	3,351	269	269
Science and culture in 19th and 20th century	3,438	3,438	238	238
Nazi Germany, 1933–1945	1,581	16,990	173	1,443
Establishment of the Nazi regime	3,101	3,101	347	347
Antisemitism and the Holocaust	4,379	4,379	212	212
Nazi eugenics	1,837	1,837	105	105
Military	1,398	1,398	113	113
Foreign policy	1,173	1,173	120	120
World War II	3,521	3,521	373	373
The Cold War, 1945–90	71	26,544	0	2,109
Expulsion	1,756	1,756	74	74
Post-war chaos	7,021	7,021	390	390
East Germany	4,023	4,023	412	412
West Germany	1,076	11,116	96	978
Economic miracle	3,112	3,112	267	267
Guest workers	1,840	1,840	97	97
Brandt and Ostpolitik	1,869	1,869	181	181
Economic crisis of 1970s and Kohl	3,219	3,219	337	337
Reunification	2,557	2,557	255	255
Federal Republic of Germany, 1990–present	7,055	10,720	446	650
Covid to present	3,665	3,665	204	204
See also	679	679	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	14,219	0	4
Works cited	14,191	14,191	4	4
Total	263,636	263,636	18,439	18,439

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Medieval naming

Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The introduction says "When the Frankish Empire was divided among Charles the Great's heirs in 843, the eastern part became East Francia, and later Kingdom of Germany." I feel the last part should read later called The Kingdom of Germany. What people called The Kingdom of Germany was not a new entity it was a continuation of the state of East Frankia just with one name falling out of favor in preference to the other. Firestar47 (talk) 22:58, 12 February 2026 (UTC)Reply