German Confederation

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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.

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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
Grand Duchy of Hesse
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
Kingdom of Württemberg
memberStateCount 39
officialLanguage German
precededBy Holy Roman Empire
replaced Holy Roman Empire
replacedBy German Empire
North German Confederation
startTime 1815

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Schwarz-Rot-Gold usedBy German Confederation
Baden partOf German Confederation
Emilie Oppenheim countryOfCitizenship German Confederation
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff birthPlace German Confederation
Württemberg Army alliance German Confederation
Friedrich List citizenship German Confederation
Eduard Buchner placeOfBirth German Confederation
Province of Prussia partOf German Confederation
Holstein historicalAffiliation German Confederation
Grand Duchy of Posen wasPartOf German Confederation
this entity surface form: German Confederation (indirectly via Prussia)
Adolphus Busch birthPlace German Confederation
Count of Schaumburg-Lippe usedIn German Confederation
Ernestine duchies partOf German Confederation
Ernestine duchies partOf German Confederation
this entity surface form: German Confederation principalities
Duchy of Nassau (annexed by Prussia, then part of Prussia) memberOf German Confederation
subject surface form: Duchy of Nassau
Duchy of Nassau (annexed by Prussia, then part of Prussia) partOf German Confederation
subject surface form: Duchy of Nassau
Principality of Waldeck locatedIn German Confederation
Free City of Hamburg partOf German Confederation
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine partOf German Confederation
Federal Assembly country German Confederation
subject surface form: Federal Assembly (German Confederation)
Federal Assembly appliesToJurisdiction German Confederation
subject surface form: Federal Assembly (German Confederation)
Federal Assembly legislativeBodyFor German Confederation
subject surface form: Federal Assembly (German Confederation)
Free City of Bremen partOf German Confederation
Principality of Lippe locatedIn German Confederation
Principality of Lippe memberOf German Confederation
Free City of Lübeck partOf German Confederation
German War mainTheater German Confederation
German War belligerent German Confederation
Saxony-Meiningen memberOf German Confederation
Saxony-Meiningen sovereignState German Confederation
Deutscher Zollverein country German Confederation
Zollverein congress location German Confederation
Zollverein treaties country German Confederation
King of Bavaria partOf German Confederation
Henschel & Sohn countryOfOrigin German Confederation
Albert countryOfCitizenship German Confederation
subject surface form: Albert Bierstadt
South German Customs Union locatedIn German Confederation
South German Customs Union historicalPeriod German Confederation
this entity surface form: age of German Confederation
Saxony-Altenburg memberOf German Confederation
Prince Louis of Battenberg countryOfCitizenship German Confederation
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz memberOf German Confederation
The Merry Wives of Windsor (opera by Otto Nicolai) originalLanguageCountry German Confederation
subject surface form: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt partOf German Confederation
Anhalt memberOf German Confederation
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin partOf German Confederation
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin memberOf German Confederation