Rulers of Germany
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Heads of state

  • Presidents of Germany
    President of Germany
    The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial...

  • List of German presidents since 1919
  • List of German monarchs
    • German rulers in 1874
    • German rulers in 1875
    • German rulers in 1876
    • German rulers in 1877
    • German rulers in 1878
    • German rulers in 1879
    • German rulers in 1904

Heads of government

  • Chancellors of Germany
    Chancellor of Germany
    The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...

  • Deputy and Vice-Chancellors

Ministers

  • Foreign ministers
  • Interior ministers
  • Finance ministers
  • Justice ministers
  • Postal ministers
  • Colonial ministers
  • Naval ministers
  • Defence ministers
  • Economics ministers
  • Agriculture ministers
  • Labour ministers
  • Transportation ministers
  • Treasury Minister of Germany
  • Reconstruction Minister of Germany
  • Occupied Territories Minister of Germany
  • Propaganda Minister of Germany
  • Aviation Minister of Germany
  • Science Minister of Germany
  • Education Minister of Germany
  • Ecclesiastical Affairs Minister of Germany
  • Munitions Minister of Germany
  • Occupied Eastern Territories Minister of Germany
  • Construction Minister of Germany
  • Family Affairs Minister of Germany
  • Women and Youth Minister of Germany
  • Health Minister of Germany
  • Economic Cooperation Minister of Germany
  • Environment Minister of Germany

Federal Republic of Germany


German Democratic Republic

  • Premiers of East Germany

Prussia

  • Kings of Prussia
  • Prime Ministers of Prussia
    Prime Minister of Prussia
    The office of Minister President or Prime Minister of Prussia existed in one form or another from 1702 until the dissolution of Prussia in 1947. When Prussia was an independent kingdom the Minister President or Prime Minister functioned as the King's Chief Minister and presided over the Prussian...

  • Deputy Prime Ministers of Prussia
    Deputy Prime Minister of Prussia
    This page lists deputy prime ministers or ministers-president of Prussia. See also Prime Minister of Prussia.-Deputy prime ministers and ministers-president of Prussia, 1873-1918:*Otto Camphausen 1873-1878*Count Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode 1878-1881...

  • Foreign Ministers of Prussia
    Foreign Minister of Prussia
    This page lists Foreign Ministers of Prussia. See also Foreign Minister of Germany and Prime Minister of Prussia. After the creation of the German Empire in 1871, the Imperial Chancellor was normally also Foreign Minister of Prussia...

  • Interior Ministers of Prussia
    Interior Minister of Prussia
    This page lists Prussian Ministers of the Interior. See also Interior Ministers of Germany.-Prussian Ministers of the Interior, 1808-1918:*Count Alexander von Dohna-Schlobitten 1808-1810*Count Karl August von Hardenberg 1810-1814...

  • War Ministers of Prussia
    Prussian Minister of War
    The Prussian War Ministry was gradually established between 1808 and 1809 as part of a series of reforms initiated by the Military Reorganization Commission created after the disastrous Treaty of Paris. The War Ministry was to help bring the army under constitutional control, and, along with the...


Princely states

  • Kingdom of Hanover
    Kingdom of Hanover
    The Kingdom of Hanover was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg , and joined with 38 other sovereign states in the German...

     and Province of Hanover
    Province of Hanover
    The Province of Hanover was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of the German Confederation...

  • Rulers of Bavaria
  • Counts Palatine of the Rhine and Electors Palatine
  • Rulers of Württemberg
    Rulers of Württemberg
    This is a list of the rulers of the German state of Württemberg, originally a county and eventually a kingdom until the ruling dynasty was overthrown in 1918.- Counts of Württemberg to 1495 :* Konrad I 1089–1122...

  • Rulers of Saxony
    Rulers of Saxony
    This article lists Dukes, Electors, and Kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 9th century to the end of the Saxon Kingdom in 1918.-Dukes of Saxony:...

  • Rulers of Baden
  • Rulers of Hesse
    Rulers of Hesse
    This is a list of rulers of Hesse during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These rulers belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, originally the Reginar...

  • Counts, Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    -Noble jurisdictions:Prince Karl Eitel of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and descendants of his nephew Ferdinand ruled over the Kingdom of Romania, as Karl Eitel did not have children...

  • Rulers of Mecklenburg
  • Counts, Princes of Reuss
  • Margrave of Ansbach
  • Counts, Princes, and Dukes of Arenberg
    Arenberg
    Arenberg, also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg, is a historic county, principality and finally duchy located in modern Germany. The Dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian aristocratic family.- History :...

  • Rulers of Baden
  • Counts and dukes of Bar
    Counts and dukes of Bar
    Bar was a historic duchy of both the Holy Roman Empire and the crown of France, though later totally incorporated with Lorraine into France in 1766. The duchy of Bar includes the "pays" of Barrois.- History :...

  • List of rulers of Bavaria
  • Margrave of Bayreuth
  • Counts of Bentheim
    Bentheim (county)
    Bentheim was a county of Holy Roman Empire, located in modern southwestern Lower Saxony, Germany. The borders of the county correspond largely to the modern borders of the District of Bentheim. Originally, the county was largely made up of fens, with settlement concentrated along the banks of the...

  • Counts of Bentheim-Alpen
    Bentheim-Alpen
    Bentheim-Alpen was a short-lived County of the Holy Roman Empire, created as a partition of Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1606. It was remerged to Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1629....

  • Counts of Bentheim-Bentheim
    Bentheim-Bentheim
    Bentheim-Bentheim was a County of southeastern Lower Saxony, Germany. The borders of Bentheim-Bentheim by 1806 were the modern borders of the District of Bentheim. It was one of the original partitions of the County of Bentheim in 1277, and it partitioned between itself and Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1454...

  • Counts of Bentheim-Limburg
    Bentheim-Limburg
    Bentheim-Limburg was a short-lived County of the Holy Roman Empire, created as a partition of Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1606. It was remerged to Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1632....

  • Counts of Bentheim-Lingen
    Bentheim-Lingen
    Bentheim-Lingen was a County based around Lingen in Germany. Bentheim-Lingen emerged as a partition of Bentheim-Tecklenburg in 1450, and was absorbed by Spain in 1555...

  • Counts of Bentheim-Steinfurt
    Bentheim-Steinfurt
    Bentheim-Steinfurt was a County of Germany, located in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia in the region surrounding Steinfurt. Bentheim-Steinfurt was a partition of Bentheim-Bentheim...

  • Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
    Bentheim-Tecklenburg
    Bentheim-Tecklenburg was a German district based in the region around Tecklenburg in northern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Bentheim-Tecklenburg emerged as a partition of the County of Bentheim in 1277, and was partitioned between itself and Bentheim-Lingen in 1450. Count Conrad converted his...

  • Counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
    Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda
    Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda was a County of northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and southwestern Lower Saxony, Germany. Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda emerged as a partition of Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1606, and was mediatised to Prussia in 1806....

  • Electors of Brandenburg, see: List of rulers of Brandenburg and Hohenzollern
  • Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
    Brunswick-Lüneburg
    The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , or more properly Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, was an historical ducal state from the late Middle Ages until the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, in what is now northern Germany...

  • Counts of Castell
    Counts of Castell
    The family appears already in 1057 with Robbrath de Castello. The County of Castell was created in AD1200, in the modern region of Franconia in northern Bavaria, Germany. Rulership of Castell was shared between the brothers Louis and Rupert II in 1223, and later with the brothers Albert II,...

  • Counts of Castell-Castell
    Castell-Castell
    Castell-Castell was a County in the Holy Roman Empire. It was established as a partition of Castell-Remlingen in 1668, and it was partitioned between itself and Castell in 1709...

  • Counts of Castell-Rüdenhausen
    Castell-Rüdenhausen
    Castell-Rüdenhausen was a County in the Holy Roman Empire. It was created as a partition of Castell. In 1806, it was mediatised to Bavaria.-Counts of Castell-Rüdenhausen :*Godfrey *George Frederick...

  • Counts of Celje
    Counts of Celje
    The Counts of Cilli or Celje represent the most important medieval aristocratic and ruling house with roots and territory in present-day Slovenia....

  • Dukes of Cleves, see Duchy of Cleves
    Duchy of Cleves
    The Duchy of Cleves was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was situated in the northern Rhineland on both sides of the Lower Rhine, around its capital Cleves and the town of Wesel, bordering the lands of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster in the east and the Duchy of Brabant in the west...

  • Counts and Princes of East Frisia
  • Counts of Fürstenberg
    Fürstenberg (state)
    Fürstenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in Swabia, present-day southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-History:...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Baar
    Fürstenberg-Baar
    Fürstenberg-Baar was a County of medieval Germany, located in southern Baden-Württemberg in the historical territory of Baar. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1441. It inherited the County of Fürstenberg-Geisingen in 1483, and Fürstenberg-Wolfach in 1490...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Blomberg
    Fürstenberg-Blomberg
    Fürstenberg-Blumberg was a County located in Blumberg, southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Donaueichingen
    Fürstenberg-Donaueichingen
    Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen was a County of Fürstenberg, created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg. It was inherited in 1698 by Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg with the extinction of its line.-Counts of Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen :...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
    Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
    Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg was the name applied to two historical states in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Both Counties were named after the state of Fürstenberg and the castle of the same name. The first County was created as a partition of the County of Fürstenberg in 1408...

  • Princes of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
    Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg
    Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg was the name applied to two historical states in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Both Counties were named after the state of Fürstenberg and the castle of the same name. The first County was created as a partition of the County of Fürstenberg in 1408...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Geisingen
    Fürstenberg-Geisingen
    Fürstenberg-Geisingen was a mediæval County, located in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A partition of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg, it was inherited by the Counts of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1483.-Counts of Fürstenberg-Geisingen :...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
    Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
    Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was a County of southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the historical territory of Heiligenberg. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559, and suffered one partition: between itself and Fürstenberg-Donaueichingen in 1617...

  • Princes of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
    Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg
    Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was a County of southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the historical territory of Heiligenberg. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg-Baar in 1559, and suffered one partition: between itself and Fürstenberg-Donaueichingen in 1617...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Möhringen
    Fürstenberg-Möhringen
    Fürstenberg-Möhringen was a County of Fürstenberg. It was a partition of Fürstenberg-Blomberg, and was inherited by the Counts of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen in 1641.-Counts of Fürstenberg-Möhringen :*Wratislaw I...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch
    Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch
    Fürstenberg-Messkirch was a County of Fürstenberg located on Messkirch. It was a partition of Fürstenberg-Blumberg, was raised to a Principality in 1716, and was inherited by the Counts of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1744....

  • Princes of Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch
    Fürstenberg-Mötzkirch
    Fürstenberg-Messkirch was a County of Fürstenberg located on Messkirch. It was a partition of Fürstenberg-Blumberg, was raised to a Principality in 1716, and was inherited by the Counts of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1744....

  • Princes of Fürstenberg-Pürglitz
    Fürstenberg-Pürglitz
    Fürstenberg-Pürglitz was a line of noble family hailing from southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, which was seated at Křivoklát Castle in Bohemia. Fürstenberg-Pürglitz emerged as a partition of Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1762, and it gained Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg in 1804...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
    Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
    Fürstenberg-Stühlingen was a County of mediæval Germany, located in the territorial Landgraviate of Stühlingen. It emerged as a partition of Fürstenberg-Blomberg in 1614...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Taikowitz
    Fürstenberg-Taikowitz
    Fürstenberg-Taikowitz was a line of Counts of Fürstenberg of southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, based in Moravia in the Czech Republic. Fürstenberg-Taikowitz was as a partition of Fürstenberg-Weitra, and was "mediatised" to Austria in 1806....

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Weitra
    Fürstenberg-Weitra
    Fürstenberg-Weitra was a line of Counts of Fürstenberg of southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, based in Bohemia in the Czech Republic. Fürstenberg-Weitra emerged as a partition of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen, and was partitioned between itself and Fürstenberg-Taikowitz in 1759...

  • Counts of Fürstenberg-Wolfach
    Fürstenberg-Wolfach
    Fürstenberg-Wolfach was a mediæval County, which was located in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the region surrounding Wolfach. It was created as a partition of Fürstenberg in 1408...

  • Kingdom of Hanover
    Kingdom of Hanover
    The Kingdom of Hanover was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg , and joined with 38 other sovereign states in the German...

  • Rulers of Hesse
    Rulers of Hesse
    This is a list of rulers of Hesse during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These rulers belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant, originally the Reginar...

  • Counts, Princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    Hohenzollern-Hechingen
    Hohenzollern-Hechingen was a county and principality in southwestern Germany. Its rulers belonged to a branch of the senior Swabian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.-History:...

  • Counts, Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    -Noble jurisdictions:Prince Karl Eitel of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and descendants of his nephew Ferdinand ruled over the Kingdom of Romania, as Karl Eitel did not have children...

  • Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp
    Holstein-Gottorp
    Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Other parts of the duchies were ruled by the kings of Denmark. The...

  • Princes of Klingenberg
    Klingenberg
    Klingenberg was a Principality of northwestern Bavaria and northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In 1789, it became a short-lived partition of Stephanswald-Franconia containing the traditional German lands of Schwarzenberg. It was mediatised to Bavaria and Württemberg in 1806.-Prince of...

  • Dukes of Krumau
    Krumau
    Krumau is the German name for two towns in the Czech Republic:* Český Krumlov ** Duchy of Krumau * Moravský Krumlov...

  • Prince of Liechtenstein
  • Dukes, Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Mecklenburg-Schwerin
    Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a duchy in northern Germany created in 1348, when Albert II of Mecklenburg and his younger brother John were raised to Dukes of Mecklenburg by King Charles IV...

  • Dukes, Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy and later grand duchy in northern Germany, consisting of the eastern fifth of the historic Mecklenburg region, roughly corresponding with the present-day Mecklenburg-Strelitz district , and the western exclave of the former Bishopric of Ratzeburg in modern...

  • List of Margraves of Meißen
  • Counts of Nassau
    House of Nassau
    The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as...

  • Burgrave of Nuremberg
    Burgrave of Nuremberg
    - Further reading :* Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus : Geschichte Frankens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts . 3rd edition. Beck, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-406-39451-5...

  • Rulers of Oldenburg
    Rulers of Oldenburg
    right|120px|thumb|Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg120px|thumb|right|Shield of the Counts of Oldenburg-DelmenhorstThis is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg.-Counts of Oldenburg:* 1101–1108 Elimar I* 1108–1143 Elimar II...

  • Counts of Ortenburg-Neuortenburg
    Ortenburg-Neuortenburg
    Ortenburg-Neuortenburg was a minor county and Imperial State in present-day Lower Bavaria, Germany. It was located on the lands around Ortenburg Castle, about west of Passau...

  • Counts of Öttingen-Öttingen
    Öttingen-Öttingen
    Oettingen-Oettingen was a noble family and county in modern-day eastern Baden-Württemberg and western Bavaria, Germany.Oettingen-Oettingen was created as a partition of Oettingen in 1423, became extinct in 1731 and was inherited by Oettingen-Wallerstein....

  • Counts Palatine of the Rhine and Electors Palatinate
  • Dukes of Pomerania
  • Palatinate-Simmern
    Palatinate-Simmern
    Palatinate-Simmern was one of the collateral lines of the Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach.The Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach was divided into four lines after the death of Rupert III in 1410, including the line of Palatinate-Simmern with its capital in Simmern. This line...

  • Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
  • Dukes and Kings of Prussia, see List of rulers of Prussia
  • Counts, Princes of Reuss
  • Counts of Salm
    Salm (state)
    Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France.-Origins:The County of Salm arose in the 10th century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of present Belgium...

  • Counts of Salm-Horstmar
    Salm-Horstmar
    Salm-Horstmar was a short-lived Napoleonic County in far northern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located around Horstmar, to the northeast of Münster. It was created in 1803 for Wild- and Rhinegrave Frederick Charles Augustus of Salm-Grumbach following the loss of Grumbach and other territories...

  • Wildgraves, Rhinegraves, Princes of Salm-Kyrburg
    Salm-Kyrburg
    Salm-Kyrburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, one of the various partitions of Salm. It was twice created: the first time as a Wild- and Rhinegraviate , and secondly as a Principality...

  • Counts of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck was a small County of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory was the area around Dyck in present North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...

  • Counts of Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach was a German statelet, which was a partition of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur. It was mediatised in 1811.-Counts of Salm-Reifferscheid-Hainsbach :* Leopold Anthony * Francis Wenceslaus...

  • Counts, Princes of Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim was a German statelet, which was created as a succession of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur in 1803. It was raised to a Principality in 1804, and was mediatised to the Austrian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806....

  • Counts of Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz
    Salm-Reifferscheid-Raitz was a noble family of German descent established in Central Moravia . It came into existence after a partition of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedbur line in 1734, and was raised to Princely dignity in 1790....

  • Counts, Princes of Salm-Salm
    Salm-Salm
    The Principality of Salm-Salm was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French départements of the Bas-Rhin and the Vosges and was one of a number of partitions of Salm.-History:...

  • Counts of Sayn-Berleburg
  • Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohnstein
  • Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
    Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...

  • Rulers of Saxony
    Rulers of Saxony
    This article lists Dukes, Electors, and Kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 9th century to the end of the Saxon Kingdom in 1918.-Dukes of Saxony:...

  • List of rulers of Schleswig-Holstein
  • Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid
  • Counts of Solms-Braunfels
    Solms-Braunfels
    Solms-Braunfels was a County in what is today the federal Land of Hesse in Germany.Solms-Braunfels was a partition of Solms, and was raised to a Principality in 1742. Solms-Braunfels was partitioned between: itself and Solms-Ottenstein in 1325; itself and Solms-Lich in 1409; and itself,...

  • Counts of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
    Solms-Hohensolms-Lich
    Solms-Hohensolms-Lich was a County of northern Baden-Württemberg and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was originally created as a union of Solms-Hohensolms and Solms-Lich, and it was raised to a Principality in 1792...

  • Counts of Solms-Laubach
    Solms-Laubach
    Solms-Laubach was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was originally created as a partition of Solms-Lich. Solms-Laubach partitioned between itself and Solms-Sonnenwalde 1561; between itself, Solms-Baruth and Solms-Rödelheim 1607; and between itself and...

  • Counts of Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
    Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim
    Solms-Rödelheim-Assenheim was a County of southern Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was thrice created by a union of the Counts of Solms-Assenheim and Solms-Rödelheim, and on the first two occasions repartitioned into those statelets...

  • Counts of Solms-Wildenfels
    Solms-Wildenfels
    Solms-Wildenfels was a minor County of southern Hesse, Germany. It was a partition of Solms-Baruth. In 1741 it was partitioned between itself and Solms-Sachsenfeld, and reintegrated that County upon its extinction in 1896...

  • Counts of Stadion-Thannhausen
    Stadion-Thannhausen
    Stadion-Thannhausen was a County located in and around Thannhausen in western Bavaria, Germany. Stadion-Thannhausen was a partition of Stadion, and was mediatised to Bavaria in 1806.-Counts of Stadion-Thannhausen:* Hugo Philip...

  • Counts of Stadion-Warthausen
    Stadion-Warthausen
    Stadion-Warthausen was a County located in around Warthausen in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Stadion-Warthausen was a partition of Stadion County, and was mediatised to Austria and Württemberg in 1806.-Counts of Stadion-Warthausen:...

  • Counts of Stolberg-Stolberg
    Stolberg-Stolberg
    Stolberg-Stolberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the southern Harz region. Its capital was the town of Stolberg, now in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....

  • Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode
    Stolberg-Wernigerode
    The Principality of Stolberg-Wernigerode was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in the Harz region around Wernigerode, now part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.-History:...

  • Dukes of Swabia
    Duke of Swabia
    The following is a list of Dukes of Swabia in southwest Germany.Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany. The most notable family to hold Swabia were the Hohenstaufen, who held it, with a brief...

  • Princes of Thurn and Taxis
  • Rulers of Thuringia
    Rulers of Thuringia
    This is a list of the rulers of Thuringia, an historical and political region of Central Germany.-Kings of Thuringia:*450–500 Bisinus*500–530 Baderich*500–530 Berthachar*500–531 Herminafried*fl...

  • Counts of Toggenburg
    Counts of Toggenburg
    The Counts of Toggenburg ruled the Toggenburg region of today's Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, as well as parts of the Canton of Glarus, Thurgau, Grisons, Vorarlberg, and Zurich when their influence was most extensive....

  • Counts of Veldenz
    Count of Veldenz
    The County of Veldenz was a principality in the contemporary Land Rhineland-Palatinate. The county was located partially between Kaiserslautern, Sponheim and Zweibrücken, partially on the Mosel in the so-called Erzstift Trier...

  • Counts of Waldburg-Waldsee
    Waldburg-Waldsee
    Waldburg-Waldsee was a County located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Bad Waldsee. Waldburg-Waldsee was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg...

  • Counts of Waldburg-Wurzach
    Waldburg-Wurzach
    Waldburg-Wurzach was a county located on the southeastern border of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Wurzach . Waldburg-Wurzach was a partition of Waldburg-Zeil...

  • Counts of Waldburg-Zeil
    Waldburg-Zeil
    Waldburg-Zeil was a County located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located around Zeil. Waldburg-Zeil was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil...

  • Princes of Waldeck
    Waldeck (state)
    Waldeck was a sovereign principality in the German Empire and German Confederation and, until 1929, a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony, ....

  • Rulers of Württemberg
    Rulers of Württemberg
    This is a list of the rulers of the German state of Württemberg, originally a county and eventually a kingdom until the ruling dynasty was overthrown in 1918.- Counts of Württemberg to 1495 :* Konrad I 1089–1122...


Barbarian
Barbarian
Barbarian and savage are terms used to refer to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized. The word is often used either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage...

 States

  • Hasdingii rulers, see Vandal
  • Visigothic rulers, see Visigoth
    Visigoth
    The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. These tribes were among the Germans who spread through the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period...

  • Suevi rulers, see Suevi or Kingdom of Galicia
    Kingdom of Galicia
    The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...

  • Ostrogothic rulers, see Ostrogoth
    Ostrogoth
    The Ostrogoths were a branch of the Goths , a Germanic tribe who developed a vast empire north of the Black Sea in the 3rd century AD and, in the late 5th century, under Theodoric the Great, established a Kingdom in Italy....


Heads of subdivisions

  • Minister-Presidents of Baden-Württemberg
    Baden-Württemberg
    Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

  • Ministers-President of Bavaria
    Bavaria
    Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

  • Mayors of Berlin
    Berlin
    Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

  • Minister-Presidents of Brandenburg
    Brandenburg
    Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

  • Mayors of Bremen
    Bremen (state)
    The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is the smallest of Germany's 16 states. A more informal name, but used in some official contexts, is Land Bremen .-Geography:...

  • Mayors of Hamburg
    Hamburg
    -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

  • Minister-Presidents of Hesse
    Hesse
    Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

  • Minister-Presidents of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

  • Minister-Presidents
    Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
    The Minister-President of Lower Saxony , also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head of government of the German state of Lower Saxony. The position was created in 1946, when the states of Brunswick, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe and the State of Hanover were merged to form the state...

     of Lower Saxony
    Lower Saxony
    Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

  • Minister-Presidents of North Rhine-Westphalia
    North Rhine-Westphalia
    North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

  • Minister-Presidents of Rhineland-Palatinate
    Rhineland-Palatinate
    Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

  • Minister-Presidents of Saarland
    Saarland
    Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...

  • Minister-Presidents of Saxony
    Saxony
    The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

  • Minister-Presidents of Saxony-Anhalt
    Saxony-Anhalt
    Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

  • Minister-Presidents of Schleswig-Holstein
    Schleswig-Holstein
    Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

  • Minister-Presidents of Thuringia
    Thuringia
    The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....


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