Unification of Germany (1871)
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Was the unification of 25 German states into the German Empire under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia, officially proclaimed on 18 January 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France.
Chronology
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January 1871: Unification of German States.
January 1871: Unification of Germany into a German Empire with tight political and administrative integration, replacing the decentralized German Confederation and Holy Roman Empire, was officially proclaimed on 18 January 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France.
January 1871: From 1871 Lippe was a state within the German Empire.
January 1871: Lübeck became a member state of the German Empire in 1871.
January 1871: Bremen became an autonomous state of the newly founded German Empire in 1871.
January 1871: In 1871, the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont became a constituent state of the new German Empire.
January 1871: Prussia becomes part of the German Empire.
January 1871: In 1871, Oldenburg joined the German Empire.
January 1871: While the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia in 1866, the Duchy of Brunswick remained sovereign and independent. It joined first the North German Confederation and in 1871 the German Empire.
January 1871: From January 18, 1871, the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen belonged to the German Reich.
Selected Sources
Köbler, G. (2014) Historische Enzyklopädie der Länder der Deutschen, C.H. Beck München, pp. 28-31
O'Mahony, C. I. (2013). War within the Walls: Conflict and Citizenship in the Murals of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris. Journal of War & Culture Studies, 6(1), 6-23.
