Alden, Allen & Wells 1881, стр. 593, Nevertheless the official name of the German Empire remained as Deutsches Reich because the constitutional position of the head of state was officially a "presidency" of a confederation of German states led by the King of Prussia who would assume "the title of German Emperor" as referring to the German people, but was not emperor of Germany as in an emperor of a state.. Alden, Henry Mills; Allen, Frederick Lewis; Wells, Thomas Bucklin (1881). Harper's Magazine (на језику: енглески). Harper's Magazine Foundation. Приступљено 23. 8. 2018.
