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A good tool for understanding the political divisions of the later German Empire is this set of maps showing each German state or kingdom in 1789 found at [http://www.hoeckmann.de/germany/index.htm Historical maps - Germany at the end of the 18th century]. | A good tool for understanding the political divisions of the later German Empire is this set of maps showing each German state or kingdom in 1789 found at [http://www.hoeckmann.de/germany/index.htm Historical maps - Germany at the end of the 18th century]. | ||
===Online | ===Online Historical Atlases=== | ||
[http://www.maproom.org/00/01/index.php F. W. Putzgers Historischer Schul-Atlas, 1905] is in many ways as useful for showing the various regions, states, and political divisions of the German Empire and the World. Additional maps found in the [http://www.maproom.org/00/04/index.php 1914 edition] and [http://www.maproom.org/00/19/index.php 1923 edition] are also available online. This atlas is in German. | [http://www.maproom.org/00/01/index.php F. W. Putzgers Historischer Schul-Atlas, 1905] is in many ways as useful for showing the various regions, states, and political divisions of the German Empire and the World. Additional maps found in the [http://www.maproom.org/00/04/index.php 1914 edition] and [http://www.maproom.org/00/19/index.php 1923 edition] are also available online. This atlas is in German. | ||
Links to additional historical atlases for Germany and other countries are found at http://www.maproom.org/c/index.php . | Links to additional historical atlases for Germany and other countries are found at Maproom.org, [http://www.maproom.org/c/index.php List of Maps from Atlases and other Works]. | ||
===Printed Historical Atlases=== | ===Printed Historical Atlases=== | ||
Several good historical atlases showing progressive boundary changes within the area that becomes the Empire of Germany, with accompanying explanations are available in print. They are written in German. | Several good historical atlases showing progressive boundary changes within the area that becomes the Empire of Germany, with accompanying explanations are available in print. They are written in German. | ||
Kleiner Atlas zur deutschen Territorialgeschichte | *''Kleiner Atlas zur deutschen Territorialgeschichte'', Bernhart Jähnig, Ludwig Biewer. Bonn Germany: Kulturstiftung der Deutschen Vertriebenen, 1991. {{WorldCat|25075122|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | ||
*''Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte'', Joachim Dornbusch, Ekkehard Aner, et al. Braunschweig, Germany: Georg Westermann, 1997. {{FSC|1116658|title-id|disp=FS Library book 940 E7wg 2001}}, {{WorldCat|40326798|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | |||
=== Online Maps === | |||
*''Atlas des Deutschen Reichs'', Ludwig Ravenstein. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1883. [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A53EDHRDPXILPQ9C University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Collections]. | |||
== States and Provinces == | |||
== States and Provinces | |||
Each nation or state determined its own record-keeping practices. You may find that records differ in what they contain and where they are kept, according to who ruled that area when the record was created. | Each nation or state determined its own record-keeping practices. You may find that records differ in what they contain and where they are kept, according to who ruled that area when the record was created. | ||
The German Empire, created | The German Empire, created 18 January 1871, was made up of a patchwork of German-speaking duchies, principalities, and states. These areas often had little in common. The Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog uses 38 state or province divisions for Germany. For a list of these states and provinces, see the chart found in [[Germany Gazetteers]]. | ||
== More State Information: == | == More State Information: == | ||