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.

August Spies → placeOfBirth → German Confederation ⓘ
Arthur Schopenhauer → placeOfDeath → German Confederation ⓘ
North German Confederation → precededBy → German Confederation ⓘ
dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire → relatedTo → German Confederation ⓘ