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German colonial empire

colonial empire of Germany
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German colonial empire
Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (DKG) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

German colonial empire is a colonial empire[1]. It draws 11,480 Wikipedia views per month (colonial empire category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Lutheranism[3]
  • Country: German Empire[4]
  • Instance of: historical country[5]
  • Capital: Berlin[6]
  • Owned by: German Empire[7]
  • Subclass of: historical region[8]
  • Part of: German Empire[9], German Reich[10]
  • Commons category: Colonialism of Germany[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1884[12]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1920[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:German colonial empire[14]
  • Native label: Deutsches Kolonialreich[15]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from the German colonial empire[16]

Why It Matters

German colonial empire has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German East Africa German Empire Hamburgisches Kolonialinstitut Konrad Adenauer

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Fernando Goncalves 1800 · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Sitelink count → 61
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