The territory was formerly the northern part of East Prussia; the remaining southern ... After the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War, the German-conquered territory was given to ...

The process of industrialization, globalization and urbanization—spreading out from urban centers into the countryside—is one ...

When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, every patriotic young German eagerly looked to the day when Germany would eliminate the Polish Corridor which joins Poland to the Baltic and separates the ...

It commemorates the barricade fighters of the 1848 revolution, who defended themselves against the Second Royal Regiment of Prussia. The words on the plaque, says Ascherson, include a German ...

Latest weather maps show snow could fall across a 400-mile stretch from as far west as Northern Ireland and as far east as East Anglia ... from Northern Ireland to Germany - 44 UK counties ...

Attractions are spread out along the old political boundaries of east and west Berlin ... Berlin Mitte contains some of the most famous German landmarks; it was a pivotal locale for several ...

Between August 1961 and December 1989, however, it lay marooned just behind the Berlin Wall in Communist East Germany – clearly ... When Napoleon conquered Prussia in 1806, he pinched the ...

The Old Town is no longer surrounded by fortifications as it was during medieval times, but three of the city gates – the Isar Gate (Isartor) to the east and ... short walk to Germany’s ...

Brandenburg eine Alte und eine neue Stadt - a giant east German mural by Emil Spiess in Brandenburg an der Havel, saved from demolition in 2009 and now exhibited at a former steel mill.

Jan. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. His reign ended upon his death March 9, 1888, and he was succeeded by his son ...