The Second Schleswig War of 1864 was a pivotal conflict that ignited the flames of unity and reshaped Europe's destiny.

GERMAN historians and politicians are at loggerheads over plans to mark 2001 with an upbeat reappraisal of Prussia - a state officially dissolved 53 years ago by the Allies for being a "militaristic ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans are starting to rethink their negative views about Prussia, the state which ruled much of northern Germany for centuries and which has been viewed for decades through the ...

The great-great grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Hessian princess get married. Aug. 27, 2011— -- Germany is all atwitter with its very own royal wedding this weekend. The great-great grandson of ...

DESPITE the city-state's worsening finances, politicians in Berlin and in the state of Brandenburg that surrounds it are pressing ahead with plans to merge the two before the end of the decade. Voters ...

Translated by Babak Mohaqeq, the book was published by Ney in Tehran. In this important new survey of the Austro-Prussian relationship and its impact on Germany, John Breuilly considers Germany’s ...

Rowdyism unprecedented gibbered in the Prussian Landtag (Parliament), last week, as Prussian Finance Minister Herr Doktor Höpker-Aschoff presented for ratification his proposal (TIME, Oct. 18) to ...

The not-quite vanished state is central to the history of Europe. Riding the RE1 train from Brandenburg to the Polish border, I find its ghosts linger on. By Jeremy Cliffe The modern world is haunted ...