Großdeutschland (German for "Greater Germany" or "Large Germany") is a term referring to the concept of one German nation-state with adequate "living space" (Lebensraum) for all of the Germanic peoples. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For the online game see Jennifer Government NationStates. The nation-state is a certain form of State that derives its legitimacy ( German for " habitat " or literally "living space" served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany 's territorial aggression The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European -speaking peoples originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic The counter-concept is known as "Small Germany", or "Little Germany" (Kleindeutschland). The Kleindeutsche Lösung ("Lesser German Solution" was a 19th century political idea postulating the idea of a unified Germany consisting of the members

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In the 19th century, Greater Germany (Großdeutschland) was the idea of a unified Germany including Austria, as opposed to the Prussian-promoted alternative of Lesser Germany (Kleindeutschland), which excluded Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The Kleindeutsche Lösung ("Lesser German Solution" was a 19th century political idea postulating the idea of a unified Germany consisting of the members With the foundation of the German Empire in 1871, which did not include Austria, the Kleindeutschland solution was put into practice. The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Others proposed a unified Germany including all lands of the Austrian Empire. For the history of these states before 1804 see Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and articles on each of the component countries. One of the main obstacles to this vision was the large Hungarian and Slavic component of the Austrian Empire (including Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Rusyns, Ukrainians, Slovenians, Croatians, and Serbs) that had no desire to be united with the German speaking lands. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is Rusyns (also referred to as Русины Ruthenians Ruthenes Rusins Carpatho-Rusyns and Rusnaks) are a Slavic Ethnic group that speaks Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens Slovenes or Slovenians ( Slovene Slovenci, dual Slovenca, singular Slovenec, feminine Slovenke, dual Slovenki Croats (Hrvati are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, For this reason, the liberals of 1848 proposed an alternative Großdeutschland vision which would include Austria proper, Bohemia-Moravia-Silesia and the Austrian Slovenian lands, but not the lands of the Kingdom of Hungary (Hungary and Croatia) or Galicia. " Germany " at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 had been a collection of 39 States loosely bound together in the German Confederation. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, The Kingdom of Hungary (short form Hungary) was a considerable state in Central Europe that existed from 1001 to 1918 then from 1919 to 1946 Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria official (Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien mit dem Großherzogtum Krakau und den Herzogtümern Auschwitz und Zator official However, this would have required the dismantling of the Austrian Empire, and the Czechs anyway rejected the idea. For the history of these states before 1804 see Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and articles on each of the component countries.

After World War I, the Austrian National Assembly and the German National Assembly supported the unification of the successor-states of the two nations (reichs), but this was prohibited by the Allies. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All (ˈraɪk German ˈʁaɪç is a German Loanword cognate with the English Reign, Region, and Rich, but used most to designate The Entente Powers (from Triple Entente) were the countries at war with the Central Powers during World War I. In a reference to the earlier concept of Großdeutschland, after the 1938 annexation of Austria into Germany (Anschluss) to form a new German nation (Deutsches Reich), the state was (first informally and, from 1943, formally) renamed to the Greater Germany (Großdeutsches Reich). Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Deutsches Reich was the name for Germany from 1871 to 1945 in the German language. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers

Initially, the movement can be understood as part of a more general nation-building process in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries when the multi-national Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman empires were replaced by nation-states. For nation-building in the sense of enhancing the capacity of state institutions building state-society relations and also external interventions see State-building The German nation-building process can be compared to similar movements in Italy (Italia irredenta), Hungary, Serbia, and in pre-1914 Poland. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland A century later, with the Nazi movement in power, it became a propaganda screen to dominate other, non-German countries.

Creating a German national state integrating the German-speaking territories in Austria, i. e. Großdeutschland, was also an attempt to balance the power of the authoritarian Prussian monarchy within a future Germany by a larger weight of the more liberally-minded South German states. In fact, the large weight of Prussia within Germany became a political problem for all German governments up to 1933.

Großdeutschland became a reality after the Anschluss with Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938. The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers During the war, Nazi Germany directly annexed Alsace-Lorraine and Eupen-Malmedy which were lost in 1919 but also took over Luxembourg, the Sudetenland portions of the present-day Czech Republic, and large parts of Poland. Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen generally Elsass - Lothringen) was a territorial entity created by the German Empire in 1871 Eupen-Malmedy, or the East Cantons (in German, die Ostkantone; in French, les Cantons de l'Est; in Dutch, de Oostkantons Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Sudetenland ( Czech and Polish: Sudety) is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the western regions of The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, The areas annexed by German were considered part of a Greater German state, in contrast to parts of Poland under the General Government and the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia, both of which were German controlled, but not part of Greater Germany. The General Government (Generalgouvernement refers to a part of the territories of Poland (and Ostrava Czechoslovakia under German Military occupation The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren Protektorát Čechy a Morava was the majority ethnic-Czech Protectorate which This came to an end with the Surrender of Germany to the Allies in 1945. The German Instrument of Surrender was the Legal instrument by which the High Command of the German Armed Forces surrendered simultaneously to the Supreme In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose

Because of its association with Nazi Germany there are no mainstream political groups in Austria or Germany that endorse the concept of Greater Germany today, and those that do are considered Fascist or Neo-Nazi. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology The term neo-Nazism refers to post- World War II Political movements Social movements and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism,

The idea of Großdeutschland translates the idea of nationality based on a common heritage, culture and language, instead of the idea of nationality based on being born on the national territory, such as in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES

National assembly meeting in St. Paul's Church, 1848/49. The Paulskirche is a church in Frankfurt am Main with important political symbolism in Germany.

Germany's way to "Greater Germany" between 1937 and 1939 (Animation).

See also

• Germania
• Frankfurt National Assembly of 1848

References