Before Germany was an empire, it was a patchwork of rival states. Otto von Bismarck changed that forever—and rewrote European history in the process.

For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century’s most important figures.

List of Chancellors of Germany (1871-2025) The list of Chancellors of Germany encompasses leaders from the 19th century to the present. Notable figures include Otto von Bismarck, who unified ...

The exemplar for economic nationalism in the Western world is pre-World War II Germany, starting with Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who completed the unification of the German state in 1871.

The Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has called on Berlin to embrace a more robust, nationalist foreign policy in the tradition of Otto von Bismarck. A week before federal elections ...

How an €83m inheritance feud with Germany’s playboy prince could tear apart Otto von Bismarck’s dynasty A bitter inheritance feud is plunging the Bismarck dynasty into scandal, exposing ...

The siblings are the great-great-grandchildren of Otto von Bismarck, who masterminded the unification of Germany in the 19th century. Carl-Eduard, 63, has earned a reputation as the black sheep of ...

Carl-Eduard’s younger brother Gregor (pictured) inherited the family seat and adjoining forestry estate. (Alamy Stock Photo) The siblings are the great-great-grandchildren of Otto von Bismarck, who ...

(Alamy Stock Photo) The siblings are the great-great-grandchildren of Otto von Bismarck, who masterminded the unification of Germany in the 19th century.

Bismarck Tower in Zagan, Poland. Credit: Mohylek / Wikimedia Commons The construction of 184 monuments in honor of Otto von Bismarck between 1869 and 1934 in Germany seems logical. After all, the ...

Prussian Otto von Bismarck oversaw the unification of Germany in 1871. (Getty: London Stereoscopic Company) That difference was highlighted in the 18th and 19th centuries when it was the Kingdom ...