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Between 1871 and 1918 the German Empire covered the largest geographical area. The FamilySearch Catalog for Germany is based on the jurisdictions listed in Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reichs, ed. E. Utrecht, published in 1912. [ [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany_Gazetteers#Using_Meyers_Gazetteer Click here ] for information about Meyers Gazetteer.] | Between 1871 and 1918 the German Empire covered the largest geographical area. The FamilySearch Catalog for Germany is based on the jurisdictions listed in Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reichs, ed. E. Utrecht, published in 1912. [ [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany_Gazetteers#Using_Meyers_Gazetteer Click here ] for information about Meyers Gazetteer.] | ||
== Proposed simplified hierarchy == | == Proposed simplified hierarchy == | ||
German States 1871- 1920<br>This list is based on the 1871-1918 state boundaries within the German Empire, with the exception of Berlin and Thüringen, which were created as states in 1920. | German States 1871- 1920<br>This list is based on the 1871-1918 state boundaries within the German Empire, with the exception of Berlin and Thüringen, which were created as states in 1920. | ||
*Anhalt | |||
*Baden | |||
*Bayern (Bavaria) | |||
*Berlin | |||
*Braunschweig (Brunswick) | |||
*Bremen | |||
*Elsass-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine) | |||
*Hamburg | |||
*Hessen | |||
*Lippe | |||
*Lübeck | |||
*Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||
*Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |||
*Oldenburg | |||
*Preußen (Preussen, Prussia) | |||
Brandenburg | |||
Hannover<br> Hessen-Nassau<br> Hohenzollern<br> Ostpreußen (Ostpreussen, East Prussia)<br> Pommern (Pomerania)<br> Posen<br> Rheinland (Rhineland)<br> Provinz Sachsen (Province of Saxony)<br> Schlesien (Silesia)<br> Schleswig-Holstein<br> Westfalen (Westphalia)<br> Westpreußen (Westpreussen, West Prussia) | |||
*Sachsen (Saxony) | |||
*Schaumburg-Lippe | |||
*Thüringen (Thuringia) | |||
Reuss ältere Linie (Reuss Older Line) | |||
Reuss jüngere Linie (Reuss Younger Line) | |||
Sachsen-Altenburg<br> Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha<br> Sachsen-Meiningen<br> Sachsen Weimar-Eisenach<br> Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt<br> Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen<br>• Waldeck<br>• Württemberg<br> | Sachsen-Altenburg<br> Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha<br> Sachsen-Meiningen<br> Sachsen Weimar-Eisenach<br> Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt<br> Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen<br>• Waldeck<br>• Württemberg<br> |
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