Reich (disambiguation)

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Reich is the German word for "realm" or "empire" and may refer to:

Countries

the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (911–1806), "Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation", also called "Old Empire" ("Altes Reich") and sometimes the "First Reich";
the German Reich, "Deutsches Reich", Germany's official name from 1871 to 1945:
- the German Empire (1871–1918), "Deutsches Kaiserreich", also called the "Second Reich";
- the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), which continued to use Deutsches Reich as its official name;
- the Third Reich (1933–1945), "Drittes Reich", Nazi jargon for Germany and a common reference to that period in English.

Reich is also a surname:

Béla Rajki-Reich, Hungarian swimming coach and water polo coach
Charles A. Reich, professor of law
Christopher Reich, American author
Eli Thomas Reich, Vice-Admiral of the US Navy
Ferdinand Reich, German chemist
Frank Reich, American football player
Günter Reich (also Günther, Gunther), German-Israeli baritone
Herman Reich, American baseball player and manager
Jens Reich, German scientist and civil rights campaigner
Kathy Reichs, American anthropologist and crime writer
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, German literary critic
Marco Reich, Association football player
Otto Reich, Cuban-American diplomat
Robert Reich, American economist, college professor, and former Secretary of Labor
Steve Reich, American composer of classical music
Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and founder of orgonomy

Additional surnames with Reich as the main root:

Das Reich (newspaper), a Nazi newspaper
the "Fourth Reich", a neo-Nazi term for a resurrection of the Third Reich
Many additional German words start with Reich. See:
- Reich, the general article
- Glossary of Nazi Germany