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The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund [ˌdɔʏtʃɐ ˈbʊnt] ⓘ) was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. [a] It was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 as a replacement of the former Holy Roman Empire, which had been dissolved in 1806 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.
The states of the German Confederation were member states of the German Confederation, from 20 June 1815 until 24 August 1866. On the whole, its territory nearly coincided with that remaining in the Holy Roman Empire at the outbreak of the French Revolution , with the notable exception of Belgium .
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Chart illustrating how the confederation worked. The Federal Convention (or Confederate Diet German: Bundesversammlung or Bundestag) was the only general joint institution of the German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) from 1815 until 1848, and from 1851 until 1866.
States of the German Confederation, 1815–1866. The Constitution created the German Confederation as a "perpetual union" of the sovereign princes and free cities of Germany (Art. 1) with the aim of maintaining the "external and internal safety of Germany, and ... the independence and inviolability of the confederated States" (Art. 2). [1]
1815–1866: Confederation of States: Created as loose confederation of German states by the Congress of Vienna to replace the Holy Roman Empire. Weakened by the Austro-Prussian rivalry and the German Revolutions of 1848 before its final dissolution after Prussia's victory in the Austro-Prussian War. League of the Free Peoples: 1815–1820 ...
1815 establishments in Prussia (28 P) Pages in category "1815 establishments in the German Confederation" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
In the German Confederation, the Forty-eighters favoured unification of Germany, a more democratic government, and guarantees of human rights. [1] Although many Americans felt very sympathetic to their cause and were saddened by their defeat, many Forty-Eighters were Freethinkers who were more influenced by post-1789 republicanism in France and ...