Freiherr, Freifrau and Freiin (his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire and in its various successor states, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, etc. Traditionally, it denotes the titled rank within the nobility above Ritter (knight) and Edler (nobility without a specific title) and below Graf (count, earl). The German-language title of Freiherr is rendered in English as “Baron”, although the title was derived separately in the two languages.
Deutsches Adelsblatt has been published as the organ of the German aristocratic associations since 1883.
Deutschnationale Volkspartei (German National People’s Party) was a national conservative party in the Weimar Republic whose programme contained nationalism, national liberalism, anti-Semitism, imperial-monarchist conservatism and folkish elements. Having initially been clearly hostile to the republic and supported the Kapp Putsch of 1920, for example, it became increasingly involved in national and state governments from the mid-1920s onwards.
Deutsche Adelsgenossenschaft (also known as D. Ag.) was the largest association of German nobles in the German Empire.
Eiserne Buch Deutschen Adels Deutscher Art (Iron Book of German Nobility and Species) was a genealogical directory of German nobles based on racial-biological ideas of “blood nobility”.
