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History of Germany

421 recorded states lay in what is now Germany, from Caeroesi (300 BCE) to Federal Republic of Germany. 21 of them have a full profile, and 16 outside powers ruled here.

ProfileState (capital or seat)25 without a known seat not shownOpen in the atlas →

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Empires that ruled here

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4th century BCE

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1st century

Angrivarii1 CE – 300 CE · tribal confederation

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Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Germany and Central Europe → States of France and the Low Countries → All country histories →

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Germany. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/germany
MLA: “History of Germany.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/germany. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “History of Germany.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/germany.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Germany’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/germany (Accessed: ).