Mitteleuropa

'The term 'Mitteleuropa' never has been merely a geographical term; it is also a political one, much as Europe, East and West, are terms that political scientists employ as synonyms for political ideas or concepts.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Mitteleuropa' Start a new discussion about 'Mitteleuropa' Answer questions from other users Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

Mitteleuropa (Central/Middle Europe) is a German

German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 term equal to Central Europe

Central Europe

Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern Europe and Western Europe Europe. In addition, Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe....
. The Ständiger Ausschuss für geographische Namen refers to the territory covered by the modern states of:

• • partially: ,

However, there is more to it then just a geographical description of the concept. The historian Jörg Brechtefeld describes 'Mitteleuropa' as the following:

'The term 'Mitteleuropa' never has been merely a geographical term; it is also a political one, much as Europe, East and West, are terms that political scientists employ as synonyms for political ideas or concepts. Traditionally, Mitteleuropa has been that part of Europa between East and West. As profane as this may sound, this is probably the most precise definition of Mitteleuropa available.'

His book: J. Brechtefeld, Mitteleuropa and German politics. 1848 to the present (London 1996)

See also

• Central Europe
  Central Europe
  
  Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern Europe and Western Europe Europe. In addition, Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe....
  
• Geographical centre of Europe
  Geographical centre of Europe
  
  The location of the geographical centre of Europe depends on the definition of the borders of Europe, mainly whether remote islands are included to define the extreme points of Europe, and on the method of calculating the final result....
  
• League of East European States
  League of East European States
  
  The League of East European States , - was a political idea conceived during World War I for the establishment of a buffer state within the Jewish Pale of Settlement of Russian Empire, composed of the Partitions of Poland, which would be a de facto protectorate of the German Empire in Mitteleuropa....
  
• People's Republic
  People's Republic
  
  People's Republic is a title that has often been used by Marxism-Leninism governments to describe their state. The motivation for using this term lies in the claim that Marxist-Leninists govern in accordance with popular sovereignty of the vast majority of the people, and, as such, a Marxist-Leninist republic is a people's republic....