Reich (disambiguation)

Reich is the German word for "realm" or "empire" and may 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 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.

Entertainment

• Reich (video game), a cancelled first-person shooter developed by UTV True Games

Other uses

• 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:
  • Reich, the general article
  • Glossary of Nazi Germany

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