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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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