Past - Present Border Changes

My people didn't come from that country!

Countries change over the years. Borders change over the years. Here is the basic guideline to know the current and former lands.

Germany (within): Bavaria (Bayern), Rheinland, Westfalen (Westphalia), Hannover, Saxony (Sachsen), Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Reuss, Lippe, Lubeck, Hamburg, Bremen (Bremenhaven), Hessen, Pommern, East Prussia, West Prussia, Posen, Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Schlesien, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Cobura, Saxe-Eisenath

Canada (within): Alberta, British Columbia, Saskawatchen, Manitoba, Quebec, Ottawa, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Cape Breton (now part of Nova Scotia), New Brunswick

Formerly part of Germany: Poland

Formerly part of Austria: Czechoslovakia, Poland (Galicia), Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Jugoslavia, Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia

Formerly part of Russia: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland

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