German Confederation

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international organization political confederation successor state

The German Confederation was a loose association of Central European states that existed from 1815 to 1866, created after the Napoleonic Wars to coordinate the economies and maintain the independence of the German-speaking countries.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
German Confederation (via Duchy of Limburg under Dutch king) 1
German Confederation Act of 1815 1
German Confederation Diet 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization ⓘ
political confederation ⓘ
successor state ⓘ
country Central Europe ⓘ
createdBy Congress of Vienna ⓘ
dissolutionYear 1866 ⓘ
dissolvedAfter Austro-Prussian War ⓘ
dominantPower Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
endTime 1866 ⓘ
foundedAfter Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
goal coordinate economies of German-speaking countries ⓘ
maintain independence of German states ⓘ
provide collective security ⓘ
hadNo common head of state ⓘ
single constitution ⓘ
unified army ⓘ
hasCapital Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
hasLegislature Federal Assembly ⓘ
historicalRegion German-speaking Europe ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of Vienna (Final Act of the Congress of Vienna) ⓘ
surface form: Final Act of the Congress of Vienna
legislatureType permanent congress of envoys ⓘ
memberState Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Brunswick

Duchy of Holstein ⓘ
Duchy of Lauenburg ⓘ
Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hesse

Free City of Bremen ⓘ
Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
surface form: Free City of Frankfurt

Free City of Hamburg ⓘ
Free City of Lübeck ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Baden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover

Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberStateCount 39 ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
precededBy Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
replaced Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
replacedBy German Empire ⓘ
North German Confederation ⓘ
startTime 1815 ⓘ

Referenced by (54)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German Customs Union → appliesToJurisdiction → German Confederation ⓘ
Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover → associatedWith → German Confederation ⓘ
Abraham Geiger → birthPlace → German Confederation ⓘ
David Hilbert → birthPlace → German Confederation ⓘ
Karl Marx → birthPlace → German Confederation ⓘ
Max Planck → birthPlace → German Confederation ⓘ
Karl Marx → citizenship → German Confederation ⓘ
German Customs Union → country → German Confederation ⓘ
Karla von Mohl → country of citizenship → German Confederation ⓘ
Felix Adler → countryOfBirth → German Confederation ⓘ
Guillermo Kahlo → countryOfBirth → German Confederation ⓘ
Heinrich Hertz → countryOfBirth → German Confederation ⓘ
Confederation of the Rhine → followedBy → German Confederation ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → followedBy → German Confederation ⓘ
Imperial Diet → followedBy → German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Confederation Diet
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire → followedBy → German Confederation ⓘ
Elector of Hesse → hasElectoralDignityIn → German Confederation ⓘ
Biedermeier → hasGeographicRegion → German Confederation ⓘ
German-speaking Europe → hasHistoricalContext → German Confederation ⓘ
Dresden uprising of 1849 → hasLocation → German Confederation ⓘ
House of Württemberg → historicalAllegiance → German Confederation ⓘ
Westphalia → historicalRegionOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Germans → historicalState → German Confederation ⓘ
Duchy of Mecklenburg → integratedInto → German Confederation ⓘ
Duke of Limburg → laterPoliticalAssociation → German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Confederation (via Duchy of Limburg under Dutch king)
German states → legalFramework → German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Confederation Act of 1815
Duke of Nassau → locatedIn → German Confederation ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria → locatedIn → German Confederation ⓘ
Mühlhausen, Prussia → locatedIn → German Confederation ⓘ
1848 revolutions → location → German Confederation ⓘ
Austro-Prussian War → location → German Confederation ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Duchy of Nassau → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Duke of Nassau → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Baden → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Saxony → memberOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Duchy of Mecklenburg → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
German states → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Government of Prussia → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Hesse-Kassel → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
King of Württemberg → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Nassau → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Prussia → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ
Waldeck → partOf → German Confederation ⓘ