User:Tombricks/sandbox/Third Reich

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German Reich
Deutsches Reich
1921–1939[1][2][3]
Coat of arms (1919–1928) of Third Reich
Coat of arms
(1919–1928)
Motto: Gott mit uns
("God with us")
Anthem: "Das Lied der Deutschen"
("The Song of the Germans")
Third Reich in 1930
Third Reich in 1930
CapitalBerlin
Common languagesOfficial:
German
Religion
1925 census:[4]
GovernmentFederal parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy under a military-presidential dictatorship
President 
• 1921-1939
Paul von Hindenburg
Chancellor 
• 1921-1932 (first)
Oskar Hergt
• 1939 (last)
Kurt von Schleicher
LegislatureReichstag
Reichsrat
Historical eraInterwar period
• Established
9 November 1921
11 August 1919
• Government by decree begins
29 March 1930[5]
• Hitler appointed Chancellor
30 January 1933
27 February 1933
23 March 1939[1][2][3]
Area
1925[6]468,787 km2 (181,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1925[6]
62,411,000
Currency
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Weimar Republic
United Nations - German Zone
Today part ofGermany
Poland
Russia
  1. ^ Hosch, William L. (March 23, 2007). "The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act of March 23, 1933". Britannica Blog. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  2. ^ "The law that 'enabled' Hitler's dictatorship". DW.com. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  3. ^ Mason, K.J. Republic to Reich: A History of Germany 1918–1945. McGraw-Hill.
  4. ^ Volume 6. Weimar Germany, 1918/19–1933 Population by Religious Denomination (1910–1939) Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch, Volume III, Materialien zur Statistik des Deutschen Reiches 1914–1945, edited by Dietmar Petzina, Werner Abelshauser, and Anselm Faust. Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1978, p. 31. Translation: Fred Reuss.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ThomasAdam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b "Das Deutsche Reich im Überblick". Wahlen in der Weimarer Republik. Retrieved 26 April 2007.