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The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas. Meyer is particularly common in the Low German-speaking regions, especially in Lower Saxony (where it is more common than Müller). Bauer leads in eastern Upper German-speaking Bavaria. Rarer names tend to accumulate in the north and ...
The German nobility ( German: deutscher Adel) and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the beginning of the 20th century. Historically, German entities that recognized or conferred nobility ...
Field marshal ( German: Generalfeldmarschall) was usually the highest military rank in various German armed forces. It had existed, under slightly different names, in several German states since 1631. [ 1] After the unification of Germany it was the highest military rank of the Imperial German Army and later in the Wehrmacht [ a][ b] until it ...
Aachen (German nobility) House of Absberg. Adelebsen (German noble family) Ahlefeldt (noble family) Albertine branch. Althann. House of Alvensleben. Ambly des Ayvelles. Ammendorf family.
German kingdom (blue) in the Holy Roman Empire around 1000. This is a list of monarchs who ruled over East Francia, and the Kingdom of Germany (Latin: Regnum Teutonicum), from the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 and the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 until the collapse of the German Empire in 1918:
Pages in category "German masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 341 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Bätzing. Bauder. Baudisch. Bauer (surname) (previous page) ( next page ) Categories: German language. Surnames by language. Germanic-language surnames.
The Volksmarine of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic used ranks similar to those in the Soviet Navy. While technically there was a rank of Flottenadmiral (Fleet Admiral), Admiral was the highest rank any naval officer achieved. Erich Zieger (Ing.) Sigmund Moosauer (San.)