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German Confederation

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1815–66, union of German states provided for at the Congress of Vienna to replace the old Holy Roman Empire, which had been destroyed during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It comprised 39 states in all, 35 monarchies and 4 free cities. Its purpose was to guarantee the external and internal peace of Germany and the independence of the member states. In case of attack the members pledged mutual aid. Certain princes, however, were exempt from this provision. These were the king of England, as king of Hanover; the king of the Netherlands, as duke of Luxembourg; and the King of Denmark, as duke of Holstein and Lauenburg. As it was constituted, the confederation was little more than a loose union for mutual defense. Its main organ, a central diet that met at Frankfurt under the presidency of Austria, functioned as a diplomatic conference. Unanimity or a two-thirds majority was required for most decisions, and, in voting, the delegates were bound to instructions from their…
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Full text Article German Confederation

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(1815–66) Organization of the states of central Europe, established by the Congress of Vienna to replace the destroyed Holy Roman Empire . It was a loose political association of 39 German states, formed for mutual defense, with no central executive or judiciary. Delegates met in a federal diet…
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Full text Article German Confederation

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
1815–66, union of German states provided for at the Congress of Vienna to replace the old Holy Roman Empire, which had been destroyed during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. It comprised 39 states in all, 35 monarchies and 4 free cities. Its purpose was to guarantee the external and…
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Full text Article North German Confederation

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1867–71, alliance of 22 German states N of the Main River. Dominated by Prussia, it replaced the German Confederation and included the states that had supported Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War (1866). The South German states, notably Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, and the grand duchy of Hesse, …
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Full text Article German Confederation

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Full text Article North German Confederation

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Full text Article North German Confederation

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Full text Article German Confederation

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Otto von Bismarck as Prussia's Envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt, 1855 (oil on canvas)
Artist: Becker, Jakob (1810-40) Location: Bismarck-Museum, Friedrichsruh, Germany Credit: Otto von Bismarck as Prussia's Envoy to the Diet of the German Confederation in Frankfurt, 1855 (oil on canvas), Becker, Jakob (1810-40) / Bismarck-Museum, Friedrichsruh, Germany / The Bridgeman Art Library…
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Full text Article confederation

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Form of union of individual states or societies. Confederation insists on the individual independence of each state or society in a common union, while federation insists on the supremacy of the common government. Thus the British Commonwealth, as at present constituted, is a confederation, as was…
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Prince Diploma for the Chancellor of the North German Confederation and the Minister-President of Prussia Leopold Eduard Otto Count von Bismarck-Schoenhausen, on the 23rd April 1873 (mixed media)
Artist: German School, (19th century) Location: Bismarck-Museum, Friedrichsruh, Germany Credit: Prince Diploma for the Chancellor of the North German Confederation and the Minister-President of Prussia Leopold Eduard Otto Count von Bismarck-Schoenhausen, on the 23rd April 1873 (mixed media), German…
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