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

Current status: Former featured article

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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 (122 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	6,437	6,437	852	852
Prehistory	79	19,450	0	823
Paleolithic and Neolithic ages	9,772	9,772	475	475
Bronze Age	6,070	6,070	170	170
Iron Age	3,529	3,529	178	178
Early history: Germanic tribes, Roman conquests, and the Migration Period	79	14,760	0	934
Early migrations, the Suebi and the Roman Republic	5,181	5,181	274	274
Roman settlement of the Rhine	4,441	4,441	313	313
Migration Period and decline of the Western Roman Empire	2,339	2,339	161	161
Stem duchies and marches	2,720	2,720	186	186
Middle Ages	102	48,901	0	3,656
Frankish Empire	9,618	9,618	655	655
Foundation of the Holy Roman Empire	3,617	3,617	279	279
Ottonian dynasty	3,929	3,929	349	349
Salian dynasty	4,336	4,336	289	289
Hanseatic League	3,214	3,214	301	301
Eastward expansion	5,244	5,244	471	471
Church and state	9,107	9,107	843	843
Towns and cities	4,255	4,255	318	318
Learning and culture	5,479	5,479	151	151
Reformation and Renaissance	213	41,220	0	2,607
Social changes	7,758	7,758	374	374
Imperial reform	9,436	9,436	455	455
Protestant Reformation	4,573	4,573	559	559
Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648	4,049	4,049	428	428
Culture and literacy	4,799	4,799	363	363
Science	9,516	9,516	300	300
Colonies	876	876	128	128
1648–1815	16	26,908	0	2,504
Rise of Prussia	3,011	3,011	263	263
Wars	3,880	3,880	389	389
Enlightened absolutism	4,044	4,044	329	329
Smaller states	3,600	3,600	300	300
Social changes	1,686	1,686	84	84
Enlightenment	5,682	5,682	524	524
French Revolution, 1789–1815	1,603	4,989	218	615
French consulate suzerainty	1,300	1,300	152	152
Imperial French suzerainty	2,086	2,086	245	245
1815–1871	17	28,341	0	2,906
Overview	1,357	1,357	141	141
German Confederation	1,029	1,029	125	125
Society and economy	597	17,379	84	1,755
Population	1,064	1,064	137	137
Industrialization	3,343	3,343	212	212
Urbanization	487	487	74	74
Railways	2,902	2,902	250	250
Newspapers and magazines	1,375	1,375	135	135
Science and culture during the 18th and 19th century	3,758	3,758	351	351
Religion	3,853	3,853	512	512
Politics of restoration and revolution	76	8,559	0	885
After Napoleon	3,554	3,554	353	353
1848	1,067	1,067	108	108
1850s	565	565	75	75
Bismarck takes charge (1862–1866)	2,330	2,330	282	282
North German Confederation, 1866–1871	967	967	67	67
German Empire, 1871–1918	55	58,074	0	5,266
Overview	1,840	1,840	257	257
Bismarck era	705	23,941	83	2,276
The new empire	2,898	2,898	302	302
A federal empire	5,300	5,300	437	437
A three-class system: Aristocracy, middle class, and working class	6,157	6,157	541	541
Kulturkampf	5,568	5,568	499	499
Foreign policies and relations	3,313	3,313	414	414
Wilhelminian Era (1888–1918)	38	19,006	0	1,450
Wilhelm II	1,522	1,522	116	116
Alliances and diplomacy	6,368	6,368	648	648
Economy	6,130	6,130	514	514
Colonies	4,948	4,948	172	172
World War I	438	9,329	35	916
Causes	1,974	1,974	249	249
Western Front	1,958	1,958	181	181
Eastern Front	1,622	1,622	155	155
1918	1,119	1,119	117	117
Homefront	2,218	2,218	179	179
Revolution 1918–1919	3,903	3,903	367	367
Weimar Republic, 1918–1933	59	19,801	0	1,605
Overview	1,407	1,407	188	188
Treaty of Versailles	2,948	2,948	244	244
The early years	8,125	8,125	606	606
Economic collapse and end of the Republic, 1929–1933	3,596	3,596	310	310
Science and culture in 19th and 20th century	3,666	3,666	257	257
Nazi Germany, 1933–1945	1,982	21,108	210	1,950
Establishment of the Nazi regime	3,586	3,586	410	410
Antisemitism and the Holocaust	3,952	3,952	240	240
Persecution of Romani	849	849	34	34
Nazi eugenics	1,999	1,999	115	115
Military	1,496	1,496	121	121
Foreign policy	3,034	3,034	355	355
World War II	4,210	4,210	465	465
Germany during the Cold War, 1945–1990	1,812	41,136	168	3,809
Expulsion	1,993	1,993	109	109
Post-war chaos	8,726	8,726	659	659
East Germany	5,654	5,654	589	589
West Germany (Bonn Republic)	1,380	20,015	143	1,976
Economic miracle	2,051	2,051	185	185
1948 currency reform	3,323	3,323	376	376
Adenauer	1,245	1,245	142	142
Erhard	2,930	2,930	262	262
Grand coalition	667	667	66	66
Guest workers	2,136	2,136	143	143
Brandt and Ostpolitik	2,023	2,023	200	200
Economic crisis of 1970s	3,253	3,253	389	389
Kohl	1,007	1,007	70	70
Reunification	2,936	2,936	308	308
Federal Republic of Germany, 1990–present	8,912	15,309	710	1,215
German government response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-22)	2,258	2,258	216	216
Post-COVID period (Since 2022)	4,139	4,139	289	289
See also	703	703	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	14,395	0	0
Works cited	14,367	14,367	0	0
Further reading	21	19,572	0	4
Surveys	3,052	3,052	0	0
Medieval	1,067	1,067	0	0
Reformation	789	789	0	0
Early Modern to 1815	2,002	2,002	0	0
1815–1890	2,501	2,501	0	0
1890–1933	2,585	2,585	0	0
Nazi era	1,800	1,800	0	0
Since 1945	2,265	2,265	0	0
GDR	1,516	1,516	0	0
Historiography	1,974	1,974	4	4
Total	376,139	376,139	28,131	28,131

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Medieval naming

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]