Germanies

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The specific phrase 'The Germanies' in history texts, historic references and diplomatic contexts almost universally in references (until the latter decades) of the 20th century almost always referred to the many disunited principalities of the Holy Roman Empire before the emergence of Modern German nation states the past two centuries — that is the term was used after the close of the Napoleonic War upto circa 1871 when Germany unification under one government and head of state as an empire became a fact.

In uses since, Germanies may refer to:

• Germany while it was divided into multiple states; notable possibilities include:
  • West Germany (FRG) and East Germany (GDR), the division of Germany from 1949–1990.
  • Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, the division of Germany after World War II from 1945–1949.
  • Kleindeutschland and Großdeutschland ("Little Germany" and "Big Germany"), two competing ideas for unifying German-speaking lands in the 19th century.
  • German Confederation, the series of German-speaking states after the Napoleonic wars from 1815–1866.
  • List of states in the Holy Roman Empire, the varying number of upto some 1600 Germanic states of the Holy Roman Empire from 1200–1815 (and the Second Treaty of Paris.
• Germania (guild) (plural: Germanies, "Brotherhoods"), artisan guilds in the Kingdom of Valencia.
  • Revolt of the Germanies, a revolt in Valencia (then part of Aragon) from 1519–1523.

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