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Coordinates: 52°31′7″N 13°22′34″E / 52.51861°N 13.37611°E / 52.51861; 13.37611
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German Empire
Deutsches Reich (German)
Motto: Gott mit uns (German)[1]
"God with us"
Anthem: Heil dir im Siegerkranz[2]
"Hail to Thee in the Victor's Crown"
Capital
and largest city
Berlin
52°31′7″N 13°22′34″E / 52.51861°N 13.37611°E / 52.51861; 13.37611
Official languagesGerman
Common languagesLow German, Polish
Religion
(1880)
Majority:
62.63% Protestant

Minorities:
35.89% Roman Catholic
0.07% other
Demonym(s)German
GovernmentFederal parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
Emperor 
• 1871–1888
Wilhelm I
• 1888
Friedrich III
• 1888–present (current)
Wilhelm II
Chancellor 
• 1871–1890
Otto von Bismarck
• 1890–1894
Leo von Caprivi
• 1894–Present (current)
C. zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
LegislatureBicameral
• Upper house
Bundesrat
• Lower house
Reichstag
History 
18 January 1871
16 April 1871
15 November 1884
11 August 1919
Area
• Total
1,750,000 km2 (680,000 sq mi)
Population
• 1871
41,058,792
• 1900
56,367,178
CurrencyGerman gold mark
(1873–1914)
German Papiermark
(1914–1918)
  1. ^ Preble (1894), p. 102.
  2. ^ Fischer, Senkel & Tanner (2010).