East Elbia

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The German Empire with East Elbia colored in. (Map in Korean).

East Elbia (German: Ostelbien) was an informal denotation for those parts of the German Reich until World War II that lay east of the river Elbe.

The region comprised the

Posen-West Prussia) as well as the free states of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein
were not included, even if located East and North, respectively of the Elbe.

East Elbia was noted for its historic manorialism and serfdom, as well as for political conservatism, combined with the predominantly Protestant confession of the local population. During the German Empire (1871–1918), the "East Elbian Junker" formed the monarchy's reactionary backbone. During the Weimar Republic (1918–1933), it became a politically charged term used especially by the leftist parties to denote the rich civil servants of the conservative, right-wing German National People's Party (DNVP) who fit the stereotype.

History

The former social structure of this region with relatively large

small farms.[3][4] Still, the term "East Elbia" has vanished from common use outside historical contexts and is usually glossed in texts aimed at a general audience.[5][6][7][8][9]

See also

References

  • McNeill Eddie, Scott (2008) Landownership in Eastern Germany before the Great War : a quantitative analysis. Oxford Univ. Press.
    ISBN 0198201664
  1. ^ Niemetz, Daniel (3 September 2020). "'Junkerland in Bauernhand' – Bodenreform in der Sowjetzone" ["Junker-land in peasant's hand": land reform in the Soviet zone]. MDR.DE (in German).
  2. ^ "'Junkerland in Bauernhand': Justizia, der Adel und der Staat" ["Junker-land in peasant's hand": justice, nobility and the state]. MDR.DE (in German). 30 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Durchschnittliche genutzte landwirtschaftliche Fläche pro Betrieb in Deutschland 2020" [Average used agricultural area per farm in Germany 2020] (in German). Statista.
  4. ^ "Landwirtschaft in Ostdeutschland: Amerikanische Verhältnisse" [Agriculture in East Germany: American conditions]. Die Tageszeitung (in German). 10 December 2013.
  5. ^ Reichwein, Marc (4 June 2018). "Problem Ostelbien: James Hawes' 'Kürzeste Geschichte Deutschlands'" [The problem of East Elbia: James Hawes' "The Shortest History of Germany"]. Die Welt (in German).
  6. ^ Winkler, Heinrich August (18 September 2003). "Aufstand des schlechten Gewissens: Preußischer Adel und Nationalsozialismus – das Ende einer Legende" [Rebellion of bad conscience: Prussian nobility and National Socialism – the end of a legend]. Die Zeit (in German).
  7. ^ Julke, Ralf (16 May 2018). "Die fatale Rolle des preußischen Ostelbiens in der deutschen Geschichte der letzten Jahrhunderte". Leipziger Zeitung.
  8. JSTOR 43568302
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  9. ^ "Geschichte Ostelbiens". ostelbien.de.


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