Westphalia
Northwestern German region
Westphalia is a historical region in northwestern Germany, centered around cities like Münster and Dortmund.
The Peace of Westphalia (1648) ended the Thirty Years' War and established principles of state sovereignty that shaped modern international relations—political scientists still speak of the Westphalian system of nation-states.
The region gives its name to Westphalian ham, a distinctively flavored cured meat.
City in northwestern Germany
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nation-stateSovereign political territory
- territorialityDefense of claimed space
- non-interferenceAbstaining from meddling
diplomacy · negotiation · ratification · plenipotentiary · ambassador · settlement · accord · protocol
Land-for-service social structure
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- HabsburgsAustrian imperial dynasty
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
princes · duchies · Prussia · Napoleon · absolutism · Bismarck · unification · diocese
Industrial city in western Germany
- EssenRuhr region metropolis
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- pumpernickelDense German rye bread
Münster
City in northwestern Germany
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- nation-stateSovereign political territory
- territorialityDefense of claimed space
non-interference · diplomacy · negotiation · ratification · plenipotentiary · ambassador · settlement · accord · protocol · treaties
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- HabsburgsAustrian imperial dynasty
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
Catholicism · princes · duchies · Prussia · Napoleon · absolutism · Bismarck · unification · diocese · bishopric
Dortmund
Industrial city in western Germany
- EssenRuhr region metropolis
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
Westphaliasupranationalism
Power above countries
empire · world government · European Union · Holy Roman Empire · United Nations
WestphaliaThirty Years' War
1618-1648 European religious conflict
Congress of Vienna · Treaty of Versailles · Yalta · Potsdam · Augsburg
- Treaty of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing peace
- Peace of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing treaties
- Westphalian systemNation-state diplomatic framework