![Geschiedenis van Duitsland](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/0e/4a/11/0e4a113bf0f83aeece982406dc40e47c.jpg)
Geschiedenis van Duitsland Tijdlijn
Proloog
Duitsland
Franken
Conrad ik
Otto III
Hanzebond
Hervorming
Franse Revolutie
Duitse Bond
Douane-unie
Het Derde Rijk
Oost-Duitsland
Heropleving
bijlagen
karakters
referenties
![Geschiedenis van Duitsland](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/0e/4a/11/0e4a113bf0f83aeece982406dc40e47c.jpg)
![Proloog](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/6b/01/cf/6b01cf7fd74b7243cb9af9c2baf72ca8.jpg)
Proloog
Denmark![Rome ontmoet Germaanse stammen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Mario_vincitore_dei_Cimbri.jpg/600px-Mario_vincitore_dei_Cimbri.jpg)
Rome ontmoet Germaanse stammen
Magdalensberg, Austria![Duitsland](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/2b/8b/cb/2b8bcb9761eb835ffe1f07d74990a9ae.jpg)
Duitsland
Alsace, France![Migratieperiode in Duitsland](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/13/c4/fc/13c4fcee642fdb816de6d4794ed29fea.jpg)
Migratieperiode in Duitsland
Europe![Franken](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Ary_Scheffer_-_Bataille_de_Tolbiac_496.jpg/600px-Ary_Scheffer_-_Bataille_de_Tolbiac_496.jpg)
Franken
France![Oostelijke nederzetting](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/47/59/b2/4759b233bf38ae1337c2b5a686e6086e.jpg)
Oostelijke nederzetting
Hungary![heilige Romeinse keizer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kaulbach_Die_Kaiserkr%C3%B6nung_Karls_des_Gro%C3%9Fen.jpg/600px-Kaulbach_Die_Kaiserkr%C3%B6nung_Karls_des_Gro%C3%9Fen.jpg)
heilige Romeinse keizer
St. Peter's Basilica, Piazza S![Verdeling van het Karolingische Rijk](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Louis_the_Pious_blessing_the_division_of_the_Carolingian_Empire_in_843_into_West_Francia%2C_Lotharingia%2C_and_East_Francia.jpg/600px-Louis_the_Pious_blessing_the_division_of_the_Carolingian_Empire_in_843_into_West_Francia%2C_Lotharingia%2C_and_East_Francia.jpg)
Verdeling van het Karolingische Rijk
Verdun, France![Koning Arnulf](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/f9/f9/cb/f9f9cbb9fd27a4a426cfc12b7b767a8a.jpg)
Koning Arnulf
Regensburg, Germany![Conrad ik](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Schlacht_bei_Pressburg.jpg/600px-Schlacht_bei_Pressburg.jpg)
Conrad ik
Germany![Hendrik de Vogelaar](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/a3/94/83/a394832edbb327f8d54fca0c1efdf420.jpg)
Hendrik de Vogelaar
Central Germany, Germany![Otto de Grote](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/e2/6b/90/e26b90d08c9f887b3dca09b05f3fb5f3.jpg)
Otto de Grote
Aachen, Germany![Otto III](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/cd/f3/75/cdf37510dc1fe4e13f847f9df9ce2590.jpg)
Otto III
Elbe River, Germany![Investituurstrijd](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Emile_Delper%C3%A9e_-_Martin_Luther_at_the_Diet_of_Worms.jpg/600px-Emile_Delper%C3%A9e_-_Martin_Luther_at_the_Diet_of_Worms.jpg)
Investituurstrijd
Germany![Duitsland onder Frederik Barbarossa](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/5f/71/23/5f71235413746ff584458a45960c2bb4.jpg)
Duitsland onder Frederik Barbarossa
Germany![Hanzebond](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Adler_von_L%C3%BCbeck.jpg/600px-Adler_von_L%C3%BCbeck.jpg)
Hanzebond
Lübeck, Germany![Pruisische kruistocht](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/92/2a/fc/922afc0ba8e449334f12679591f5159d.jpg)
Pruisische kruistocht
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia![Groot interregnum](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/63/d3/ab/63d3ab318e4f3f0095743d679ae4e9d2.jpg)
Groot interregnum
Germany![Gouden Stier van 1356](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/Golden_Bull_Metz_1356.jpg/600px-Golden_Bull_Metz_1356.jpg)
Gouden Stier van 1356
Nuremberg, Germany![Duitse renaissance](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_-_Portrait_of_Maximilian_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/600px-Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_-_Portrait_of_Maximilian_I_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
Duitse renaissance
Germany![Hervorming](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Luther_at_the_Diet_of_Worms.jpg/600px-Luther_at_the_Diet_of_Worms.jpg)
Hervorming
Wittenberg, Germany![Duitse boerenoorlog](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/c2/8c/e9/c28ce995013f223d3d9450f28eb28f4d.jpg)
Duitse boerenoorlog
Alsace, France![Dertigjarige oorlog](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Friedrich_V._von_der_Pfalz_bis.jpg/600px-Friedrich_V._von_der_Pfalz_bis.jpg)
Dertigjarige oorlog
Central Europe![opkomst van Pruisen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Frans_Luycx_-_Frederick_William%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg%2C_at_three-quarter-length.jpg/600px-Frans_Luycx_-_Frederick_William%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg%2C_at_three-quarter-length.jpg)
opkomst van Pruisen
Berlin, Germany![Grote Turkse oorlog](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/d4/48/03/d44803d93700e15bc3ac35c4c2d3b087.jpg)
Grote Turkse oorlog
Austria![Oorlogen met Lodewijk XIV](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Johan_van_Hughtenburgh_-_Belagerung_von_Namur_-_GG_1746_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum.jpg/600px-Johan_van_Hughtenburgh_-_Belagerung_von_Namur_-_GG_1746_-_Kunsthistorisches_Museum.jpg)
Oorlogen met Lodewijk XIV
Alsace, FranceSaksen-Gemenebest van Polen-Litouwen
Dresden, Germany![Saksische pretenties](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Charles_XII_is_crossing_the_D%C3%BCna%2C_1701.jpg/600px-Charles_XII_is_crossing_the_D%C3%BCna%2C_1701.jpg)
Saksische pretenties
Riga, Latvia![Silezische oorlogen](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Preu%C3%9Fische_Grenadier-Bataillone_schlagen_die_Sachsische_Garde.jpg/600px-Preu%C3%9Fische_Grenadier-Bataillone_schlagen_die_Sachsische_Garde.jpg)
Silezische oorlogen
Central Europe![Partities van Polen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Rejtan_Upadek_Polski_Matejko.jpg/600px-Rejtan_Upadek_Polski_Matejko.jpg)
Partities van Polen
Poland![Franse Revolutie](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Valmy_Battle_painting.jpg/600px-Valmy_Battle_painting.jpg)
Franse Revolutie
France![Napoleontische oorlogen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Declaration_of_victory_after_the_Battle_of_Leipzig%2C_1813_%28by_Johann_Peter_Krafft%29.jpg/600px-Declaration_of_victory_after_the_Battle_of_Leipzig%2C_1813_%28by_Johann_Peter_Krafft%29.jpg)
Napoleontische oorlogen
Germany![Koninkrijk Beieren](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/30/7e/63/307e63ecf38b7c77ce1b59e4fabf2b52.jpg)
Koninkrijk Beieren
Bavaria, GermanyOntbinding van het Heilige Roomse Rijk
Austria![Duitse Bond](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Prince_Metternich_by_Lawrence.jpeg/600px-Prince_Metternich_by_Lawrence.jpeg)
Duitse Bond
Germany![douane-unie](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Johann_Friedrich_Freiherr_von_Cotta.png)
douane-unie
Germany![Duitse revoluties van 1848-1849](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Ereignisblatt_aus_den_revolution%C3%A4ren_M%C3%A4rztagen_18.-19._M%C3%A4rz_1848_mit_einer_Barrikadenszene_aus_der_Breiten_Strasse%2C_Berlin_01.jpg/600px-Ereignisblatt_aus_den_revolution%C3%A4ren_M%C3%A4rztagen_18.-19._M%C3%A4rz_1848_mit_einer_Barrikadenszene_aus_der_Breiten_Strasse%2C_Berlin_01.jpg)
Duitse revoluties van 1848-1849
Germany![Sleeswijk-Holstein](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/D%C3%BCpplerSchanzen1.jpg/600px-D%C3%BCpplerSchanzen1.jpg)
Sleeswijk-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany![Oostenrijks-Pruisische oorlog](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Schlacht-bei-koeniggraetz-von-georg-bleibtreu.jpg/600px-Schlacht-bei-koeniggraetz-von-georg-bleibtreu.jpg)
Oostenrijks-Pruisische oorlog
Germany![Frans-Pruisische oorlog](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Battle_of_Mars-La-Tour%2C_August_16%2C1870_by_Emil_H%C3%BCnten.jpg/600px-Battle_of_Mars-La-Tour%2C_August_16%2C1870_by_Emil_H%C3%BCnten.jpg)
Frans-Pruisische oorlog
France![Duitse rijk en eenwording](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/A_v_Werner_-_Kaiserproklamation_am_18_Januar_1871_%283._Fassung_1885%29.jpg/600px-A_v_Werner_-_Kaiserproklamation_am_18_Januar_1871_%283._Fassung_1885%29.jpg)
Duitse rijk en eenwording
Germany![IJzeren kanselier](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0057%2C_Otto_von_Bismarck_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0057%2C_Otto_von_Bismarck_%28cropped%29.jpg)
IJzeren kanselier
Germany![Drievoudig Verbond](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/54/41/9a/54419a4211771ecad3321fc36a00a2b0.jpg)
Drievoudig Verbond
Central Europe![Duits koloniaal rijk](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Wilhelm_Kuhnert_Schlacht_bei_Mahenge_2.jpg/600px-Wilhelm_Kuhnert_Schlacht_bei_Mahenge_2.jpg)
Duits koloniaal rijk
Africa![Wilhelmijnse tijd](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Kaiser_Wilhelm_II_of_Germany_-_1902%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Kaiser_Wilhelm_II_of_Germany_-_1902%28cropped%29.jpg)
Wilhelmijnse tijd
Germany![Duitsland tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/ba/85/ff/ba85ffee595e879050605cdb9262c954.jpg)
Duitsland tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog
Central Europe![Republiek van Weimar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-K0623-0502-001%2C_Berlin%2C_Tanztee_im_%22Esplanade%22.jpg/600px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-K0623-0502-001%2C_Berlin%2C_Tanztee_im_%22Esplanade%22.jpg)
Republiek van Weimar
Germany![Duitse revolutie van 1918-1919](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Spartakusaufstand_Barrikaden.jpg/600px-Spartakusaufstand_Barrikaden.jpg)
Duitse revolutie van 1918-1919
Germany![Verdrag van Versailles](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Big_four.jpg/600px-Big_four.jpg)
Verdrag van Versailles
Hall of Mirrors, Place d'Armes![Grote depressie en politieke crisis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-T0706-501%2C_berlin%2C_Armenspeisung.jpg/600px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-T0706-501%2C_berlin%2C_Armenspeisung.jpg)
Grote depressie en politieke crisis
Germany![Het Derde Rijk](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/600px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg)
Het Derde Rijk
Germany![Tweede Wereldoorlog](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/German_troops_in_Russia%2C_1941_-_NARA_-_540155.jpg/600px-German_troops_in_Russia%2C_1941_-_NARA_-_540155.jpg)
Tweede Wereldoorlog
Germany![Duitsland van na de Tweede Wereldoorlog](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2003-0703-500%2C_R%C3%BCckf%C3%BChrung_deutscher_Kinder_aus_Polen.jpg/600px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2003-0703-500%2C_R%C3%BCckf%C3%BChrung_deutscher_Kinder_aus_Polen.jpg)
Duitsland van na de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Germany![Blokkade van Berlijn](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/C-54landingattemplehof.jpg/600px-C-54landingattemplehof.jpg)
Blokkade van Berlijn
Berlin, Germany![Oost-Duitsland](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/6f/c6/f8/6fc6f8d3eefaa308c22464e092f831e7.jpg)
Oost-Duitsland
Berlin, Germany![West-Duitsland (Republiek Bonn)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F038788-0006%2C_Wolfsburg%2C_VW_Autowerk%2C_K%C3%A4fer.jpg/600px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F038788-0006%2C_Wolfsburg%2C_VW_Autowerk%2C_K%C3%A4fer.jpg)
West-Duitsland (Republiek Bonn)
Bonn, Germany![Duitse hereniging](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/BerlinWall-BrandenburgGate.jpg/600px-BerlinWall-BrandenburgGate.jpg)
Duitse hereniging
Germany![Stagnatie in de jaren negentig](https://i.pinimg.com/600x/86/dc/aa/86dcaa8c3dde02a2893f462040e46c83.jpg)
Stagnatie in de jaren negentig
Germany![heropleving](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Merkelunileipzigdr.jpg/600px-Merkelunileipzigdr.jpg)
heropleving
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Appendices
APPENDIX 1
Germany's Geographic Challenge
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APPENDIX 2
Geopolitics of Germany
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APPENDIX 3
Germany’s Catastrophic Russia Problem
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Characters
![Robert Schumann](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Robert_Schumann_1839.jpg/400px-Robert_Schumann_1839.jpg)
Robert Schumann
Composer
![Chlothar I](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Assassinat_de_Thibault_et_Gonthaire.jpg/400px-Assassinat_de_Thibault_et_Gonthaire.jpg)
Chlothar I
King of the Franks
![Johannes Kepler](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/JKepler.jpg/400px-JKepler.jpg)
Johannes Kepler
Polymath
![Arminius](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Gehrts_Armin_verabschiedet_sich_von_Thusnelda_1884.jpg/400px-Gehrts_Armin_verabschiedet_sich_von_Thusnelda_1884.jpg)
Arminius
Germanic Chieftain
![Friedrich Nietzsche](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nietzsche187a.jpg/400px-Nietzsche187a.jpg)
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
![Angela Merkel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Angela_Merkel_2019_cropped.jpg/400px-Angela_Merkel_2019_cropped.jpg)
Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
![Paul von Hindenburg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C06886%2C_Paul_v._Hindenburg.jpg/400px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C06886%2C_Paul_v._Hindenburg.jpg)
Paul von Hindenburg
President of Germany
![Martin Luther](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg/400px-Lucas_Cranach_d.%C3%84._-_Martin_Luther%2C_1528_%28Veste_Coburg%29.jpg)
Martin Luther
Theologian
![Otto von Bismarck](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Franz_von_Lenbach_-_Portrait_of_Otto_Eduard_Leopold_von_Bismarck_-_Walters_371007_-_View_B.jpg/400px-Franz_von_Lenbach_-_Portrait_of_Otto_Eduard_Leopold_von_Bismarck_-_Walters_371007_-_View_B.jpg)
Otto von Bismarck
Chancellor of the German Empire
![Immanuel Kant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Kant_gemaelde_3.jpg/400px-Kant_gemaelde_3.jpg)
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
![Adolf Hitler](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg/400px-Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg)
Adolf Hitler
Führer of Germany
![Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Wolfgang-amadeus-mozart_1.jpg/400px-Wolfgang-amadeus-mozart_1.jpg)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer
![Frederick William I of Prussia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Antoine_pesne_friedrich_wil.jpg/400px-Antoine_pesne_friedrich_wil.jpg)
Frederick William I of Prussia
King in Prussia
![Wilhelm II](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Kaiser_Wilhelm_II_of_Germany_-_1902%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Kaiser_Wilhelm_II_of_Germany_-_1902%28cropped%29.jpg)
Wilhelm II
Last German Emperor
![Bertolt Brecht](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bertolt-Brecht.jpg/400px-Bertolt-Brecht.jpg)
Bertolt Brecht
Playwright
![Karl Marx](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Karl_Marx_001.jpg/400px-Karl_Marx_001.jpg)
Karl Marx
Philosopher
![Otto I](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Otton_I_Wittelsbach.jpg/400px-Otton_I_Wittelsbach.jpg)
Otto I
Duke of Bavaria
![Carl Friedrich Gauss](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss_1840_by_Jensen.jpg/400px-Carl_Friedrich_Gauss_1840_by_Jensen.jpg)
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Polymath
![Frederick Barbarossa](https://i.pinimg.com/400x/5f/71/23/5f71235413746ff584458a45960c2bb4.jpg)
Frederick Barbarossa
Holy Roman Emperor
![Helmuth von Moltke the Elder](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Field_Marshal_Count_Helmuth_von_Moltke.jpg/400px-Field_Marshal_Count_Helmuth_von_Moltke.jpg)
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
German Field Marshal
![Otto the Great](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Otto_I_Manuscriptum_Mediolanense_c_1200.jpg/400px-Otto_I_Manuscriptum_Mediolanense_c_1200.jpg)
Otto the Great
East Frankish king
![Richard Wagner](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/RichardWagner.jpg/400px-RichardWagner.jpg)
Richard Wagner
Composer
![Ludwig van Beethoven](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Beethoven.jpg/400px-Beethoven.jpg)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
![Friedrich Engels](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Friedrich_Engels_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Friedrich_Engels_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Friedrich Engels
Philosopher
![Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Christoph_Bernhard_Francke_-_Bildnis_des_Philosophen_Leibniz_%28ca._1695%29.jpg/400px-Christoph_Bernhard_Francke_-_Bildnis_des_Philosophen_Leibniz_%28ca._1695%29.jpg)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Polymath
![Maximilian I](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bernhard_Strigel_014.jpg/400px-Bernhard_Strigel_014.jpg)
Maximilian I
Holy Roman Emperor
![Charlemagne](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/D%C3%BCrer_karl_der_grosse.jpg/400px-D%C3%BCrer_karl_der_grosse.jpg)
Charlemagne
King of the Franks
![Philipp Scheidemann](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-122-29A%2C_Philipp_Scheidemann.jpg/400px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1979-122-29A%2C_Philipp_Scheidemann.jpg)
Philipp Scheidemann
Minister President of Germany
![Konrad Adenauer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Adenauer_Bouserath2.jpg/400px-Adenauer_Bouserath2.jpg)
Konrad Adenauer
Chancellor of Germany
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Philosopher
![Joseph Haydn](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Joseph_Haydn.jpg/400px-Joseph_Haydn.jpg)
Joseph Haydn
Composer
![Frederick William](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Frans_Luycx_-_Frederick_William%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg%2C_at_three-quarter-length.jpg/400px-Frans_Luycx_-_Frederick_William%2C_Elector_of_Brandenburg%2C_at_three-quarter-length.jpg)
Frederick William
Elector of Brandenburg
![Hermann Hesse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Hermann_Hesse_2.jpg/400px-Hermann_Hesse_2.jpg)
Hermann Hesse
Poet
![Louis the German](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Wandalbert_%C2%B7_Pr%C3%BCm_%C2%B7_Martyrolog%C4%ADum.jpg/400px-Wandalbert_%C2%B7_Pr%C3%BCm_%C2%B7_Martyrolog%C4%ADum.jpg)
Louis the German
First King of East Francia
![Walter Ulbricht](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Opvolger_van_Pieck%2C_Walter_Ulbricht%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-5926_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Opvolger_van_Pieck%2C_Walter_Ulbricht%2C_Bestanddeelnr_911-5926_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Walter Ulbricht
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
![Matthias](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Lucas_van_Valckenborch_-_Emperor_Matthias_as_Archduke%2C_with_baton.jpg/400px-Lucas_van_Valckenborch_-_Emperor_Matthias_as_Archduke%2C_with_baton.jpg)
Matthias
Holy Roman Emperor
![Thomas Mann](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Thomas_Mann_1929.jpg/400px-Thomas_Mann_1929.jpg)
Thomas Mann
Novelist
![Lothair III](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Lothair_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor.jpg/400px-Lothair_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor.jpg)
Lothair III
Holy Roman Emperor
![Friedrich Schiller](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg/400px-Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg)
Friedrich Schiller
Philosopher
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
![Frederick the Great](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Friedrich_ii_campenhausen.jpg/400px-Friedrich_ii_campenhausen.jpg)
Frederick the Great
King in Prussia
![Arthur Schopenhauer](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Schopenhauer.jpg/400px-Schopenhauer.jpg)
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
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