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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Waldeck-Pyrmont dynasty country German Confederation
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress controlledBy German Confederation
Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse partOf German Confederation
Vormärz country German Confederation
Ludwig Borchardt placeOfBirth German Confederation
Prince of Eichstätt partOf German Confederation
subject surface form: Kingdom of Bavaria
Free City of Frankfurt country German Confederation
Free City of Frankfurt partOf German Confederation
Free City of Frankfurt memberOf German Confederation
Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg country German Confederation
Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg partOf German Confederation
Jacob Schiff birthCountry German Confederation
Duchy of Anhalt partOf German Confederation
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen partOf German Confederation
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen memberOf German Confederation
prince of Schaumburg-Lippe memberOf German Confederation
subject surface form: Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
this entity surface form: German Confederation (through the principality)
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg country German Confederation
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg memberOf German Confederation
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe partOf German Confederation
Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe memberOf German Confederation
Principality of Reuss Elder Line partOf German Confederation
Duchy of Lauenburg locatedIn German Confederation
Duchy of Lauenburg memberOf German Confederation
Principality of Reuss Younger Line partOf German Confederation
Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt partOf German Confederation
Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia birthPlace German Confederation
Hanoverian government partOf German Confederation
Royal arms of German states historicalPeriod German Confederation
Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen country German Confederation
Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen memberOf German Confederation
House of Fürstenberg associatedWithState German Confederation
German National Association country German Confederation
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel usedInPeriod German Confederation
Ferdinand von Zeppelin birthPlace German Confederation
Flag of the Electorate of Hesse usedIn German Confederation
Kurhessen partOf German Confederation
this entity surface form: Deutscher Bund
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg memberOf German Confederation
Duchy of Carinthia partOf German Confederation
House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin partOf German Confederation
Mecklenburg-Schwerin partOf German Confederation
Emil Hansen placeOfBirth German Confederation
Mathilde Drumann countryOfCitizenship German Confederation
Henry Villard countryOfBirth German Confederation
Grand Duke of Baden partOf German Confederation
Grand Duke of Baden memberOf German Confederation
Bentheim integratedInto German Confederation