German Confederation

Confederation of States in Germany from 1815 to 1866

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The German Confederation was a loose alliance of independent German states that existed from 1815 to 1866, created after the Napoleonic Wars to maintain stability in Central Europe. It matters because it represented an important period of German political organization before the states were unified into a single German nation.

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Population: 29200000
Area: 630100
Image: Map - Deutscher Bund 1820.png

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Commons category: German Confederation
inception: 1815-06-10
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1866-08-24
native label: Deutscher Bund

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The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund [ˈdɔʏtʃɐ ˈbʊnt] ) was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe. It was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to replace the Holy Roman Empire, which dissolved in 1806 as a result of the Napoleonic Wars.

The Confederation had only one organ, the Bundesversammlung, or Federal Convention (also Federal Assembly or Confederate Diet). The Convention consisted of the representatives of the member states. The most important issues had to be decided unanimously. The Convention was presided over by the representative of Austria, but this was a formality, as the Confederation had no head of state, since it was not a state.