When did the Germans begin to call themselves Deutsche?

There is a text written by Luther called "an den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation" (exact spelling!). So the word "deutsch" is very old. read more

Very generally, before the foundation of a common country, Germans still called themselves "Deutsche" and not "Bayer", "Schwabe" or "Rheinländer". read more

Particularly during the revolution of 1848 the population of the German states would call themselves “Germans”. They started to sing “Deutschland Deutschland über alles” in order to eliminate separatism from their minds. read more