Germania (disambiguation) explained

Germania was the Roman term for the historical region in north-central Europe initially inhabited mainly by Germanic tribes.

Germania may also refer to:

Arts and culture

• Germania (band), a project of the Slovenian group Laibach
• Germania (book), a historical and ethnographic work by Tacitus. c. AD 98
• a book on German culture by Simon Winder
• Germania (guild), artisan guilds in the Kingdom of Valencia in Spain
• Germania (opera), a 1902 opera by Alberto Franchetti
• Germania (personification), a figure representing the German Nation or the Germans as whole
  • Germania (Philipp Veit), a painting created in 1834–1836
  • Germania (St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main), a painting created in 1848
• Germania (stamp), a definitive stamp design from 1900 to 1922 in Germany
• "Germania" (Beethoven), patriotic song by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Germania (German-American culture), aspects of German American culture

Places

Antiquity

• Germania Antiqua, an abandoned province of the Roman Empire in Europe
• Germania Superior, a province of the Roman Empire in Europe
• Germania Inferior, a province of the Roman Empire in Europe
• Germania in Dacia, a Roman town, current-day Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria
• Germania in Numidia, an ancient city and Roman bishopric, in current-day Algeria

Modern

United States

• Germania, Michigan
• Germania Township, Todd County, Minnesota
• Germania, Missouri
• Germania, New Jersey
• Germania, Texas
• Germania, Wisconsin
• Germania, Iron County, Wisconsin
• Germania, Marquette County, Wisconsin
• Germania, Wyoming

Elsewhere

• Germania (city), the projected renewal of Berlin, Germany during the Nazi period
• Germania, Ontario, Canada
• Germania District, Siquirres Canton, Costa Rica
• Germania Land, Greenland
• Germania, Djursholm, Sweden

Sports

German football clubs

• BFC Germania 1888, from Berlin
• Germania Bieber
• Germania Bietigheim (disambiguation)
• Germania Bochum, defunct
• SC Germania 1899 Bremen, defunct
• Germania Breslau, defunct
• Germania Brötzingen
• 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder
• VfL Germania 1894, from Frankfurt am Main
• FC Germania Friedrichstal
• VfB Germania Halberstadt
• Germania Kattowitz, defunct
• Mannheimer FG Germania 1897, defunct
• FC Germania 1899 Mühlhausen, now SV 1899 Mühlhausen
• 1. FC Germania 08 Ober-Roden
• DFC Germania Prag, defunct
• SV Germania Schöneiche
• FC Germania 06 Schwanheim
• Germania Teveren
• SG Germania Wiesbaden
• TSV Germania Windeck

Other uses in sports

• FC Germania Helsinki, a sports club in Finland
• SC Germânia, now Esporte Clube Pinheiros, in São Paulo, Brazil
• SC Germania List, a German rugby union club
• Germania F.V., a defunct Mexican football club
• Germania Königshütte, a former German football club, now Polish club AKS Chorzów

Transportation

• Germania (ship), 1869–1891
• Germania (yacht), 1908–1930
• , a number of steamships with this name
• , a German trawler in service 1934–39 and as the vorpostenboot V 403 Germania and V 410 Germania 1939–44
• Germania (airline), a defunct German airline
• Germania Flug, now Chair Airlines, a Swiss airline

People

• Germania Poleo (born 1994), Venezuelan journalist

Other uses

• Germanía, the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 15th and 16th centuries
• Germania Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer during World War I
  • Germania C.I
  • Germania C.IV
• Germanium dioxide or Germania, an inorganic compound
• Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft (or Germaniawerft, 'Germania shipyard'), a former German shipbuilding company
• 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking", originally SS-Division Germania
• 241 Germania, a main-belt asteroid

See also

• Germania Building (disambiguation)
• Germanic (disambiguation)
• Germany (disambiguation)
• Germanicopolis (disambiguation)
• Germanicia, now Kahramanmaraş in Turkey
• Germaniciana, now in Tunisia
• Germanium, a chemical element