Reich (disambiguation)

Reich is the German word for "realm" or "empire" and may refer to:

Countries

• the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (911–1806), "Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation", also called "Old Empire" ("Altes Reich") and sometimes the "First Reich"
• the German Empire (1871–1918), "Deutsches Kaiserreich"
• the German Reich (1918–1945), "Deutsches Reich", Germany's official name from 1871–1945
• the Third Reich (1933-1945), "Drittes Reich", Nazi jargon for Germany and a common reference to that period in English

People

Reich is also a surname:

• Béla Rajki-Reich, Hungarian swimming coach and water polo coach
• Charles A. Reich, professor of law
• Christopher Reich, American author
• Eli Thomas Reich, Vice-Admiral of the US Navy
• Ferdinand Reich, German chemist
• Frank Reich, American football player
• Günter Reich (also Günther, Gunther), German-Israeli baritone
• Herman Reich, American baseball player and manager
• Jens Reich, German scientist and civil rights campaigner
• Marcel Reich-Ranicki, German literary critic
• Marco Reich, Association football player
• Otto Reich, Cuban-American diplomat
• Robert Reich, American economist, college professor, and former Secretary of Labor
• Steve Reich, American composer of classical music
• Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and pseudoscientist

Additional surnames with Reich as the main root:

• Anton Reicha (1770-1836), a Czech composer
• Irma Reichová (1859 - 1930), a Czech operatic soprano

Places

• Reich, Germany, a town in Rhineland-Palatinate

Other uses

• Das Reich (newspaper), a Nazi newspaper
• the "Fourth Reich", a neo-Nazi term for a resurrection of the Third Reich
• Many additional German words start with Reich. See:
  • Reich, the general article
  • Glossary of Nazi Germany

See also

• Deutsch (disambiguation)