The Reich Chancellery (German: Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the German Chancellor (Reichskanzler). Today the office is usually called Kanzleramt (Chancellor's Office), or more formally Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellor's Office).
The term Reichskanzlei also refers to various buildings that housed the upper echelons of Germany's government.
When the military alliance of the North German Confederation was reorganised ...
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The Reich Chancellery (German: Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the German Chancellor (Reichskanzler). Today the office is usually called Kanzleramt (Chancellor's Office), or more formally Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellor's Office).
The term Reichskanzlei also refers to various buildings that housed the upper echelons of Germany's government.
When the military alliance of the North German Confederation was reorganised as a federal state with effect from July 1, 1867, the office of a Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler) was implemented at Berlin and staffed with the Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck. After the unification of Germany on January 18, 1871 by accession of the South German states, Bismarck became Reich Chancellor of the new German Empire.
In 1869 the Prussian state government had acquired the former city palace of Prince Antoni Radziwiłł on Wilhelmstrasse No. 77, which from 1875 was rebuilt as the official building of the Chancellery and...
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