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.
- the German Empire (1871–1918), "Deutsches Kaiserreich", also called the "Second Reich";
Other uses
- Reich (video game), a cancelled first-person shooter developed by UTV True Games
- Reich (surname)
- Das Reich (newspaper), a National Socialist newspaper
See also
Search for "reich" on Wikipedia.
- Deutsch (disambiguation)
- Raich (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Reich
- All pages with titles containing Reich
