German Crown Jewels

The German Crown Jewels (german: Deutsche Kronjuwelen) encompass the

Imperial Regalia The Imperial Regalia, also called Imperial Insignia (in German ''Reichskleinodien'', ''Reichsinsignien'' or ''Reichsschatz''), are regalia of the Holy Roman Emperor. The most important parts are the Crown, the Imperial orb, the Imperial sce ...

of the

German Kingdom The Kingdom of Germany or German Kingdom ( la, regnum Teutonicorum "kingdom of the Germans", "German kingdom", "kingdom of Germany") was the mostly Germanic-speaking East Frankish kingdom, which was formed by the Treaty of Verdun in 843, especi ...

within the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...

until 1806. From 1871 until 1918 the Prussians kings redenominated the

Prussian Crown Jewels The Prussian Crown Jewels (German language, German: ''Preußischen Kronjuwelen'') is the Regalia, royal regalia, consisting of two crown (headgear), crowns, an Globus cruciger, orb and a sceptre, used during the Coronations in Europe#Prussia, co ...

as Crown jewels of the

German Emperors The German Emperor (german: Deutscher Kaiser, ) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the German Empire. A specifically chosen term, it was introduced with the 1 January 1871 constitution and lasted until the offi ...

. Formally the

German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...

had no physical Crown jewels, though a model of a

German State Crown In 1871 a design and a model for a new state crown (german: Staatskrone) were created to reflect the new German Empire. The model was based upon the Crown of the Holy Roman Empire and was kept in the Hohenzollern museum at Schloss Monbijou in ...

was created and used in emblems. The term may also be used in reference to regalia of the various constitutive

German monarchies This is a list of monarchs who ruled over East Francia, and the Kingdom of Germany (''Regnum Teutonicum''), from the division of the Frankish Empire in 843 and the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 until the collapse of the German Empir ...

that sprang from the Holy Roman Empire and later were unified in the German Empire. Since the end of the German monarchies in 1918, the regalia and jewels of the different states have been kept in museums since all of Germany remains under republican rule. {{Germany-stub Crown jewels Monarchy in Germany National symbols of Germany