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Atlas-country Germany Deutschland Deutsch Deutschland - Bundesrepublik DeutschlandDie Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist ein Bundesstaat und ein Mitgliedsland der Europäischen Union. Sie liegt in Mitteleuropa und hat gemeinsame Grenzen mit Dänemark, Polen, Tschechien, Österreich, der Schweiz, Frankreich, Luxemburg, Belgien und den Niederlanden. Im Norden bilden die Nordsee und die Ostsee die natürlichen Staatsgrenzen. Damit ist die Bundesrepublik das Land mit den meisten Nachbarländern Europas. Hornjo-serbsce[1] Němska - Zwjazkowa republika NěmskaNěmska oficielnje Němska zwjazkowa republika je srjedźnoeuropski stat. Mjezuje z Danskej na sewjeru, z Nižozemskej, z Belgiskej a Luxemburgskej na zapadźe, z Francoskej na juhozapadźe, z Šwicarskej na juhu, z Awstriskej na juhu a na juhowuchodźe, z Čěskej a z Pólskej na wuchodźe, z Baltiskej morju na sewjerowuchodźe, z Sewjerskej morju na sewjerozapadźe. Dansk[2] Tyskland - Forbundsrepublikken TysklandForbundsrepublikken Tyskland er en føderal stat bestående af 16 delstater beliggende i det vestlige Mellemeuropa. Landet grænser i nord op til Danmark, i vest til Frankrig, Luxembourg, Belgien og Nederlandene, i syd til Schweiz og Østrig og i øst til Tjekkiet og Polen. Hovedstaden er Berlin. Germandialects Nedderdüütsch: Düütschland (Förbundsrepubliek Düütschland) is en Förbundsrepubliek, de in'n Zentrum vun Europa liggt un sik vun de Waterkant (Noord- un Oostsee) to de Alpen, vun'n Rhien to de Oder erstreckt. Navers sünd Belgien, de Nedderlannen, Däänmark, Polen, Tschechien, Österriek, de Swiez, Frankriek un Luxemburg. De Hööftstadt is Berlin. Düütschland warrt indeelt in Bundslänner.Seeltersk: Ju Buundesrepublik Düütsklound is n Buundesstoat un n Meeglidstoat fon ju Europäiske Union. Dät lait in Middeleuropa un häd gemeensoame Scheede mäd Dänemark, Polen, Tschechien, Aastriek, de Swaits, Frankriek, Luxembuurich, Belgien un do Niederlounde. In dät Noude bildje ju Noudsee un ju Aastsee do natüürelke Stoatsscheede. Deermäd is et dät Lound mäd do maaste Noaberlounde fon Europa.Allemanisch: Ditschlånd (Bundesrepublik Ditschlånd) isch an Schtaat in Mittleuropa und hot gmiinsame Grenza mit Dänemark, Pole, Tschechie, Eeschdtriich, dr Schwiiz, Frankriich, Luxeburg, Belgien und dr Niderlander. Im Norde bildet d`Nordsee und d`Oschdtsee a natirliche Grenz. English Germany - Federal Republic of GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered on the north by the North Sea, ► Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, on the east by ► Poland and the ► Czech Republic, on the south by ► Austria and ► Switzerland, and on the west by ► France, ► Luxembourg, ► Belgium (► Wallonia) and the ► Netherlands. Short name Germany Official name Federal Republic of Germany Status Independent country since 843, but divided in various entities, united since 1871, re-united since 1990, member of the ► European Union since 1957 Location Central Europe Capital Berlin Population 83,019,213 inhabitants Area 357,030 square kilometres (137,850 sq mi) Languages German (official) Religions Protestantism, Roman Catholicism More information Germany, Geography of Germany, History of Germany and Politics of Germany More images Germany - Germany (Category).

General maps

Deutsch: Übersichtskarte von Deutschland
Political map of Germany
Political map of Germany
Cities in Germany

Clickable map of Germany. Cities in landscapes. With all cities and small towns in Germany. Links go to Wikipedia articles.

Geographical distinctions

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Districts and district-free towns (yellow) in Germany

Geography maps

Physical geography I (with labelling of landscapes)
Physical geography II (without labelling of landscapes)
Main natural regions

Human Geography maps

Population density

Geology maps

Surficial geology (simplified)
Earthquake hazard zones

History maps

Early History

The southern part of present-day Germany is under the influence of Celt. This map shows the possible extent of (proto-)Celtic influence 800-400 BCDie Kelten in Europa. Ocker: Kernbereich Nordwestalpine Hallstattkultur (ca. 750–500/450 v. Chr.) grün: Ausbreitung La-Tène-Kultur, bzw. orange: der keltischen Sprache (3. Jh. v. Chr.)
Another map of the Celts in EuropeDie Kelten in Europa

The Germanic tribes

IN the first millenium BCE Germanic peoples enter from Scandinavia into present-day North Germany. Proto-Germanische Völker
This map shows the gradual expansion of their territory during the 1st millennium BCE
This (old) map shows the distribution area of ancient germanic tribes. Here it is called "Germania" after a Roman ascription.Verbreitungsgebiet germanischer Stämme. Germanien ist eine römische Zuschreibung und beschreibt hier kein politisches Gebiet.

The Romans and the Germanic tribes

Drusus campaigns in Germany from 12 B.C. to 9 B.C.
Tiberius campaigns (4-6 A.D.) and Domitius Aenobardus campaigns (3-1 B.C.) in Germany
Germania provincia in 9 A.D.
The battle of Teutoburgus (9 A.D.)
Germania Magna in 10 A.D.
The battle of Angrivaran's Wall (16 A.D.)
Germanic peoples in Germany at the time of Augustus.
Around 68 BCE the ► Roman Empire conquers the south-west part of present-day Germany. The other parts remain under control of germanic tribes. Map showing the pre-Migration Age distribution of the Germanic tribes in Proto-Germanic times, and stages of their expansion up to 50 BC, AD 100 and AD 300. The extent of the Roman Empire in 68 BC and AD 117 is also shown.Proto-Germanische Völker
Rhaetian and Upper Germanic LimesObergermanisch-raetischer Limes
The Roman Empire in CE 120 and GermaniaDas Römische Reich und Germanien im Jahre 120
AlamanniDie Alamannen
Further expansionTerritoriale Entwicklung der Alemannen
After the division of the Western Roman Empire Germanic tribes enter the Empire and gradually take over control. This map shows invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
White Serbia in the 6th century (around 560), according to the book of Francis Dvornik
Dervan's Serbia, 7th century

The Franks

The Franks become the dominant tribe and establish their realm. The Frankish Realm includes large parts of present-day Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. In 751 the Carolingian dynasty comes to power with Pepin the Short, but his succesor, Charlemagne reunites in 771 the Frankish domains. Charlemagne is crowned Emperor of the Romans, or Roman Emperor in the West, by Pope Leo III in 800. This map shows the rise of the Frankish Empire
The Treaty of Verdun, 843, confirms the division of the Empire in three. The East Frankish Kingdom develops with the coronation of the first German king in 919 into the Kingdom of Germany, a feudal country, divided in a growing number of more or less independent states.

The Holy Roman Empire

King Otto I of Germany conquers Italy and is crowned Emperor of the Romans in 962, forming what would come to be known as the Holy Roman Empire and in the 15th century as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (also referred to simply as Germany). This map shows Central Europe, i.e. the Kingdom of Germany, 919-1125.
The Duchy of Bavaria in the 10th century
The Holy Roman Empire during the reign of the Hohenstaufens (13th century)

Hanseatic League

Hanseatic trade routes
The Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century
The Holy Roman Empire and its circles in 1512
The religious situation in central Europe about 1618
Area controlled by the Holy Roman Empire around 1630. The most important countries inside the empire (and partially outside) are ► Austria and ► Brandenburg-Prussia.
The Holy Roman Empire in 1789, just before the French Revolution.

Kleinstaaterei

Under French pressure the Holy Roman Empire is dissolved in 1806. Germany fell apart in several countries from very small to rather big. In the period between 1806 en 1870 part of these states are member of several confederations. Between 1806 and 1870 the following states exist. In the following list the countries are listed with the membershops of the confederation. RB = Rhine Confederation (1806-1813), DB = German Confederation (1815-1866) and NB = North German Confederation (1866-1870). More information about these confederations can found in the next section. Anhalt - Duchy of Anhalt, since 1863 - DB, NB Anhalt-Bernburg - Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg, merged into Anhalt in 1863 - RB, DB Anhalt-Dessau - Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau, continued as Anhalt since 1863 - RB, DB Anhalt-Köthen - Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen, merged into Anhalt-Dessau in 1847 - RB, DB Arenberg - Duchy of Arenberg, dissolved in 1814 - RB Austria - Empire of Austria - DB - Maps in the Atlas of Austria. Baden - Grand Duchy of Baden - RB, DB - Maps in the Atlas of Germany. Bavaria - Kingdom of Bavaria - RB, DB - Maps in the Atlas of Germany. Berg - Grand Duchy of Berg, annexed to Prussia in 1813 - RB Bremen - Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, since 1814 - DB, NB Brunswick - Duchy of Brunswick, since 1815 - DB, NB Frankfurt - Free City of Frankfurt, between 1816 and the annexation to Prussia in 1866 - DB Frankfurt - Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, since 1810, dissolved in 1813 - RB Hamburg - Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, since 1814 - DB, NB Hanover - Kingdom of Hanover, between 1814 and the annexation to Prussia in 1866 - DB Hesse - Grand Duchy of Hesse( and by Rhine) - RB, DB, NB (only partly) - Maps in the Atlas of Germany. Hesse-Homburg - Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, since 1813, annexed to Hesse in 1866, later that year to Prussia - DB Hesse-Kassel - Electorate of Hesse, since 1813, annexed to Prussia in 1866 - DB Hohengeroldseck - Principality of Hohengeroldseck, annexed to Austria in 1815 - RB Hohenzollern-Hechingen - Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, annexed to Prussia in 1850 - RB, DB Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen - Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, annexed to Prussia in 1850 - RB, DB Holstein - Duchy of Holstein, in personal union with Denmark, annexed to Prussia in 1866 - DB Isenburg - Sovereign Principality of Isenburg, annexed to France in 1810 - RB Lauenburg - Duchy of (Saxe-)Lauenburg, since 1864 - DB, NB Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein - RB, DB - Maps in the Atlas of Liechtenstein. Limburg - Duchy of Limburg, since 1839, part of the Netherlands, separate status ceded in 1866 - DB - Maps in the Atlas of the Netherlands. Lippe-Detmold - Principality of Lippe-Detmold - RB, DB, NB Lübeck - Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck, since 1814 - DB, NB Luxembourg - Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, since 1815 in personal union with the Netherlands - DB - Maps in the Atlas of Luxembourg. Mayence - Archbishopric of Mayence, reorganized in 1810 into Grand Duchy of Frankfurt - RB[3] Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin - RB, DB, NB Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - RB, DB, NB Nassau - Duchy of Nassau - RB, DB Oldenburg - (Grand) Duchy of Oldenburg - RB, DB, NB Prussia - Kingdom of Prussia - DB, NB - Maps in the Atlas of Germany. Prussia becomes fully independent outside the French influence. Reuss-Ebersdorf - Principality of Reuss-Ebersdorfcontinued by Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf in 1824 - RB, DB Reuss Elder Line - Principality of Reuss Elder Line - RB, NB Reuss-Lobenstein - Principality of Reuss-Lobensteincontinued by Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf in 1824 - RB, DB Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf - Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf, merged into Reuss Younger Line in 1848 - DB Reuss-Schleiz - Principality of Reuss-Schleiz, continued by Reuss Younger Line in 1848 - RB, DB Reuss Younger Line - Principality of Reuss Younger Line, since 1848 - DB, NB Salm - Principality of Salm, annexed to France in 1810 - RB Saxe-Altenburg - Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, since 1826 - DB, NB Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, since 1826 - DB, NB Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld - Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, reorganized into Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1826 - RB, DB Saze-Eisenach - Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach, merged into Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1809 - RB Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg - Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, divided between Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg in 1826 - RB, DB Saxe-Hildburghausen - Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen, merged into Saxe-Meiningen in 1826 - RB Saxe-Meiningen - Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen - RB,DB, NB Saxe-Weimar - Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, continued by Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1809 - RB Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - {Grand-)Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, since 1809 - RB, DB, NB Saxony - Kingdom of Saxony - RB, DB, NB Schaumburg-Lippe - Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe - RB, DB, NB Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt - RB, DB, NB Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen - Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - RB, DB, NB Waldeck-Pyrmont - Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont - RB, DB, NB Westphalia - Kingdom of Westphalia, dissolved in 1813, e.g. into Hesse-Kassel and Hanover, member since 1807 - RB Württemberg - Kingdom of Württemberg - RB - Maps in the Atlas of Germany. Würzburg - Grand Duchy of Würzburg, annexed by Bavaria in 1813 - RB

The confederations

At the same time and in the following years parts of Germany are annexed to the ► French Empire in 1811
The Confederation of the Rhine in 1812
1815-1867: German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) - confederation of German states, including Prussia and Austria
After the defeat of France in 1813, there is no central authority in Germany, but at the Vienna Congress in 1815, the German Confederation, a loose confederation of states in Germany including Prussia and Austria, is founded.
Borders of the German Confederation in 1820
After a revolution in 1848 Germany is temporarily united in the German Empire, but the next year the German Confederation is restored. The confederation comes to an end after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. This map shows the alliances of the member-states of the German Confederation in the Austro-Prussian War, 1866
This map shows the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War (1866).
In 1867 the North German states form the North German Confederation, a loose confederation of states. Baden, Bavaria, Württemberg and the south part of Hesse remained outside the North German Confederation. In a way they were independent between 1867 and 1871, when they joined the German Empire.
This map shows the North German Confederation (1867-1871)

German Empire

1871-1918: German Empire (Deutsches Reich) - independent monarchy, led by Prussia
Map of the German Empire
Germany 1871-1914
Prussia in the German Empire 1871-1918
French map of the German Empire 1887
The distribution of Christian denominations in the German Empire, ca. 1895
The distribution of Judaism in the German Empire, ca. 1895
Emperor William II's dynamic expansion of military power contribute to tensions on the continent. The fragile European balance of power, which Bismarck had helped to create, breaks down in 1914. World War I is a fact. This map shows Germany's demands in 1915 according to British propaganda.
British propaganda publication "Germany's Future", allegedly according to an officially circulated pamphlet published in the beginning of 1917.
German colonialism
Map showing in blue the German colonies at the beginning of World War I

Weimar Republic

1918-1933: German Empire (Deutsches Reich) - independent republic
The aftermath, including the Treaty of Versailles, leads to the end of the monarchy and to territorial losses, shown by this map. The ► Saar region is separated from Germany, as are eastern parts of Germany (to ► Poland), the ► Memel Territory and the ► Free City of Danzig. The German Empire becomes a republic.
Germany 1918-1937
Übersichtskarte der Wahlen zur Nationalversammlung 1919Map for the National Assembly in 1919
Germany in 1925

Nazi Germany

Germany in 1939
After the invasion of ► Poland World War II is a fact. Germany invades and occupies a lot of European countries and the NSDAP implements a program of genocide, at first through incarceration and forced labor and then by establishing death camps. This map shows the borders of Germany on August 31, 1939Die deutsche Grenze, 31. August, 1939
Administrative districts in territories under the control of Nazi Germany in 1941.Großdeutschland im Jahre 1941
Eastern front of the Second World War circa 1941-1942.
Administrative units of the NSDAP 1944
Germany 1944 (German)
Germany 1944 (English)

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Several plans, such as the Morgenthau Plan exist for the division and dismemberment of Germany after its defeat. Germany is to be divided into two separate states, while the Ruhr and its surrounding territories are to become an Internationally administered area. The Saar, East Prussia, and Upper Silesia are to be removed from Germany .

Germany after the Nazis

During the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and during the Potsdam Comference of August 1945 the Allies discussed the dismemberment and annexation of German territory. As context data in the discussions with their Allies the United States Department of State created a map roughly showing how many millions of German that they would have to deport as a consequence of the various proposals for a new German border in the east.
After Germany's unconditional surrender in 1945, the German Empire is dissolved and the United States, the United Kingdom, the USSR and, later, France occupy the country and assume responsibility for its administration.
Oder-neisse
Map of the occupation zones in Germany, 1945. It uses the German borders from 1937 since the Allies had decided to invalidate the 1938 German annexation of the German speaking Sudetenland and the Anschluss of Austria. It shows what would become the Inner German border in black and It also shows the area from which U.S. and British troops withdrew in the summer of 1945, including parts of the Sudetenland (which thereafter was ethnically cleansed).
Occupation Zones in Germany in 1947, using the 1937 external borders. It shows how the French have detached the Saar and turned it into a protectorate and the East German territories (east of the Oder-neisse line) that are under Polish and Soviet administration (de-facto annexation). In West German politics the annexation of the Eastern quarter of Germany remained for decades regarded as only temporary and the land was still considered German despite the 1944-1950 Expulsion of Germans after World War II, partly due to the political influence of this group of more than 12 million people, most of which now were in West Germany.
The commanders in chief exercised supreme authority in their respective zones and act in concert on questions affecting the whole country. ► Saarland becomes a separate polity aligned with France. Some Eastern parts are incorporated into Poland and the USSR. The German capital Berlin gets a separate status. Though the United States, the United Kingdom and the USSR agree in 1945 to treat Germany as a single economic unit with some central administrative departments in a decentralized framework, Soviet policy turns increasingly toward dominating that part of Europe where their armies are present, including eastern Germany. The United States and the United Kingdom move to establish a nucleus for a future German government by creating a central Economic Council for their two zones. The program later provides for a constituent assembly, an occupation statute governing relations between the Allies and the German authorities, and the political and economic merger of the French with the British and American zones.
1945-1946
Soviet Sector of Germany (1945-1949), shown with pre-war German borders
In 1948 the Soviets, in an attempt to abrogate agreements for Four-Power control of the city, blockade Berlin. Until May 1949 the Allied-occupied part of Berlin is kept supplied only by an Allied airlift. The "Berlin airlift" succeeds in forcing the Soviets to accept, for the time being, the Allied role and the continuation of freedom in a portion of the city, West Berlin. This map shows the four sectors of the occupied Berlin[4]
The four sectors of Berlin

Divided Germany

The United States and the United Kingdom move to establish a nucleus for a future German government by creating a central Economic Council for their two zones. The program later provides for a constituent assembly, an occupation statute governing relations between the Allies and the German authorities, and the political and economic merger of the French with the British and American zones. With the support of the United States, the United Kingdom and France the Federal Republic of Germany is constituted in 1949. At the same time in the USSR occupation zone the ► German Democratic Republic is established.
States in 1949
Dismantling of "surplus" German heavy industry as reparations had the goal of lowering German standards of living to pre-defined minimum subsistence levels and thereby permanently removing the German industrial capacity to wage war. In West Germany the dismantling, which by then was occuring principaly in the Steel industry of the Ruhr area and had slowed down considerably, was ended in 1951 in connection with the German signing of the treaty for the European Coal and Steel Community.
States in 1952
In 1957 Saar rejoined the Federal Republic of Germany. This map shows the states in 1957
The Berlin Wall is the symbol of the controversy over Berlin.

United Germany: Federal Republic of Germany

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German federate states, the Länder, as created 1945-1947 after WWII. In red as of united Germany BRD in 1990.

Linguistic maps

German language througout the world
Map of West Germanic dialects around 1900.
Orange: Upper GermanYellow: Middle GermanBlue: Low GermanPurple: DutchOrange: Frisian
German dialects
Low Saxon dialects since 1945

Religion maps

Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical provinces
The member churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany
Church membership, 2022
Membership in the Evangelical Church in Germany, 2022
Membership in the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, 2022
Membership in other religious groups as well as irreligion, 2022

Other maps

Motorways (Autobahnen) in Germany
Motorways (Autobahnen) in Germany with borders of counties
German railways
Airports in Germany
Comparison of international airports in Germany
Public transport systems in Germany
Public transport associations in Germany
Nuclear energy in Germany
Research nuclear energy in Germany
Höchstspannungsnetz Deutschland
Windkraftanlagen in Deutschland (2011)
Sonnenstrahlung Karte – Deutschland
Centres of Deutsche Post AG for distribute letters
Map of the ARD member broadcasters
Map of German Green Belt
Wildlife parks in Germany
National parks in Germany
Biosphere Reserves in Germany
Wine regions
Show caves in Germany
Planetariums in Germany
World Heritage Sites in Germany
Car number plates in Germany
Kopftuchverbote im Schuldienst in Deutschland

External link to National Atlas of the Federal Republic of Germany (2005). From here you can access the complete PDF files of all twelve volumes.

See also

Satellite maps

Notes and references

General remarks:

  1. Sorbian is a recognized minority language in eastern Germany.
  2. Danish is a recognized minority language in northern Germany.
  3. In fact there was no stat Archbishopric of Mayence, but the Archbishop was member of the Confederation. He was the ruler of countries like the Principalities of Aschaffenburg and Regensburg and the County of Wetzlar
  4. See for more maps of Berlin: Maps of Berlin

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