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{{Infobox Former Country
|conventional_long_name = The Greater German Empire
|common_name = German Empire
|native_name = ''Größer Deutsch Reich''
|continent = Europe
|region = Central Europe
|era = [[Middle Ages]]<br />[[Early modern period]]
|status = Empire
|government_type = [[Elective monarchy]]
|year_start = 1517
|year_end = 1921
|event_start = [[Maximilian I of Greater Germany|Maximilian I]] is [[Declaration of Protestant Rebel State of Germany|declared Emperor of the protestant rebel state of Germany]]
|date_start = 2 February
|date_event1 = 2 February 1033
|event1 = [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] assumes crown of [[Kingdom of Arles|Burgundy]]
|date_event2 = 25 September 1555
|event2 = [[Peace of Augsburg]]
|date_event3 = 24 October 1648
|event3 = [[Peace of Westphalia]]
|date_event4 = 2 December 1805
|event4 = [[Battle of Austerlitz]]
|date_end = 6 August
|event_end = [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]] abdicated
|flag_p1 = Karl der Große 800.jpg
|p1      = Saxony
|flag_p2 = Ludwig der Deutsche.jpg
|p2      = Anhalt
|s1 = Confederation of the Rhine
|flag_s1 = 
|s2 = Austrian Empire
|flag_s2 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg
|s3 = Kingdom of Prussia
|flag_s3 = Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg
|image_flag = Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor with haloes (1400-1806).svg{{!}}border
|flag = Flags of the Holy Roman Empire
|flag_type = Imperial Banner
|image_coat = Coat of Arms of Leopold II and Francis II, Holy Roman Emperors-Or shield variant.svg
|symbol = Coats of arms of the Holy Roman Empire
|symbol_type = Coat of arms of the Holy Roman Emperor<br /><small>(current Leopold II and Francis II)</small>
|image_map = Greater German Empire - 1550 extent -superimposed over current borders.png
|image_map_caption = The Greater German Empire around 1550, superimposed over current state borders
|capital = Berlin
|national_motto = 
|national_anthem = ''officially none'',<br />''de facto'' [[Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser]] (after [[1797]])<br /><small>"God Save Emperor Francis"</small>
|common_languages = ''Various''{{efn|[[German language|German]], [[Low German]], [[Latin]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[French language|French]], [[Frisian languages|Frisian]], [[Romani language|Romani]], [[Slovene language|Slovene]], [[Sorbian languages|Sorbian]], [[Yiddish]] and other languages.}}
|religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]]{{efn|Roman Catholicism constituted the single official religion of the Empire until 1555.}}<br />[[Protestantism]]{{efn|[[Lutheranism]] was officially recognized in the [[Peace of Augsburg]] of 1555, and [[Calvinism]] in the [[Peace of Westphalia]] of 1648. Those two constituted the only officially recognized Protestant denominations, while various other Protestant confessions such as [[Anabaptists|Anabaptism]], [[Arminianism]], etc. coexisted illegally within the Empire.}}
|currency =
|demonym =
|legislature = [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]]
|stat_pop1 = 5000000<ref name="Ostrovski, Rome 1998, page 70">"Atlas of Europe in the Middle Ages", Ostrovski, Rome, 1998, page 70</ref>
|stat_year1 = 1200
|stat_pop2 = 16000000<ref name="globalsecurity.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/hre-2.htm|title=Holy Roman Empire - 1500 - The German Empire|author=John Pike|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="Reich und Glaubensspaltung">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVYgJMQJVZEC&pg=PA27|title=Reich und Glaubensspaltung, Deutschland 1500-1600|publisher=}}</ref>
|stat_year2 = 1500
|stat_pop3 = 21000000<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8z9-V9f6w5EC&pg=RA1-PT105|title=Introduction to Global Politics|publisher=}}</ref>
|stat_year3 = 1618
|stat_pop4 = 16000000<ref name="ReferenceA" />
|stat_year4 = 1648
|stat_pop5 = 26265000<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LFueQp0s50C&pg=PA401|title=Nation und Nationalismus in Deutschland, 1770-1990|publisher=}}</ref>
|stat_year5= 1786
|deputy1 = [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] <small>(first)</small>
|deputy2 = [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]] <small>(last)</small>
|year_deputy1 = 962–973
|year_deputy2 = 1792–1806
|title_deputy = [[Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor]]
|today = {{Collapsible list |titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|title=&nbsp;|{{flag|Austria}}<br />{{flag|Czech Republic}}<br />{{flag|France}}<br />{{flag|Germany}}<br />{{flag|Italy}}<br />{{flag|the Netherlands}}<br />{{flag|Poland}}<br />[[File:Flag of Saxony.png|22px]] [[Saxony]]<br />[[Schleswig-Holstein-Jutland]]<br />{{flag|Slovenia}}<br />{{flag|Switzerland}}}}
}}'''''PLEASE NOTE: '''The Infobox on the right is currently inaccurate and needs updating as soon as the associated information is created.''

<nowiki> </nowiki>The '''Greater German Empire '''

== Name: ==

== History: ==

=== '''Middle Ages: (1500-1600)''' ===

==== '''Prior Events to Formation of Greater German Empire: (-1517)''' ====

==== '''Formation: (1517)''' ====

==== '''Conflicts with Holy Roman Empire: (1517-1600)''' ====

=== '''Early Modern Period: (1600-1700)''' ===

=== '''Modern Period: (1700-1800)''' ===

=== '''Nineteenth Century: (1800-1900)''' ===

==== '''Civil War: (1801-1806)''' ====

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=== '''World Wars I: (1900-1919)''' ===

=== '''Collapse: (1919-1921)''' ===

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===Successor Nations===
The Greater German Empire's territory covered areas in the current nations of the [[Netherlands]], {{W|France}}, {{W|Switzerland}}, [[Germany (Nearly Real World)|Germany]], {{W|Italy}}, {{W|Slovenia}}, {{W|Austria}}, the {{W|Czech Republic}}, {{W|Poland}}, {{W|Sweden}}, [[Denmark (Nearly Real World)|Denmark]], [[Schleswig-Holstein-Jutland]] and [[Saxony]].

====The Seafaring Confederation====
Two successor nations, namely Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein-Jutland, would later become two important parties in the formation of the [[Seafaring Confederation]].

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