<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> State </Th> <Th> Capital </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Kingdoms (Königreiche) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prussia (Preußen) </Td> <Td> Berlin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bavaria (Bayern) </Td> <Td> Munich </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Saxony (Sachsen) </Td> <Td> Dresden </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Württemberg </Td> <Td> Stuttgart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Grand Duchies (Großherzogtümer) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Baden </Td> <Td> Karlsruhe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hesse (Hessen) </Td> <Td> Darmstadt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mecklenburg - Schwerin </Td> <Td> Schwerin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mecklenburg - Strelitz </Td> <Td> Neustrelitz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Oldenburg </Td> <Td> Oldenburg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Saxe - Weimar - Eisenach (Sachsen - Weimar - Eisenach) </Td> <Td> Weimar </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Duchies (Herzogtümer) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anhalt </Td> <Td> Dessau </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brunswick (Braunschweig) </Td> <Td> Braunschweig </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Saxe - Altenburg (Sachsen - Altenburg) </Td> <Td> Altenburg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Saxe - Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen - Coburg und Gotha) </Td> <Td> Coburg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Saxe - Meiningen (Sachsen - Meiningen) </Td> <Td> Meiningen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Principalities (Fürstentümer) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lippe </Td> <Td> Detmold </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Reuss - Gera (Junior Line) </Td> <Td> Gera </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Reuss - Greiz (Elder Line) </Td> <Td> Greiz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Schaumburg - Lippe </Td> <Td> Bückeburg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt </Td> <Td> Rudolstadt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Schwarzburg - Sondershausen </Td> <Td> Sondershausen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Waldeck and Pyrmont (Waldeck und Pyrmont) </Td> <Td> Arolsen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Free and Hanseatic Cities (Freie und Hansestädte) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Bremen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Hamburg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Lübeck </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Imperial Territories (Reichsländer) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alsace - Lorraine (Elsass - Lothringen) </Td> <Td> Straßburg </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> State </Th> <Th> Capital </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Kingdoms (Königreiche) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Prussia (Preußen) </Td> <Td> Berlin </Td> </Tr>

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