Reich (disambiguation)

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Reich is a German noun meaning "realm" or "empire"; reich is a German adjective meaning "rich". It may also refer to:

Places

  • Reich, Germany, a town in Rhineland-Palatinate
  • the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (911–1806), "Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation", also called "Old Empire" ("Altes Reich") and sometimes the "First Reich";
  • the German Reich, "Deutsches Reich", Germany's official name from 1871 to 1945:
    • the German Empire (1871–1918), "Deutsches Kaiserreich", also called the "Second Reich";
      • the German colonial empire, the colonies of the German Empire;
    • the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), which continued to use Deutsches Reich as its official name;
    • the Third Reich (1933–1945), "Drittes Reich", term for Nazi Germany and a one possible reference to that period in English.

Other uses

  • Reich (video game), a cancelled first-person shooter developed by UTV True Games
  • Reich (surname)
  • Das Reich (newspaper), a National Socialist newspaper
  • the "Fourth Reich", a neo-nazi term for a resurrection of the Third Reich
  • Many additional German words start with Reich. See:

See also

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  • Deutsch (disambiguation)
  • Raich (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Reich
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