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States of the German Empire
The
German Empire
consisted originally of 27, and later (as of 1876) 26 constituent states, the largest of which was
Prussia
. These states, or
Staaten
(or
Bundesstaaten
, i.e.
federal states
, a name derived from the previous
North German Confederation
; they became known as
Länder
during the
Weimar Republic
) each had votes in the
Bundesrat
, which gave them
representation
at a federal level.
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