Encyclopedia > List of German Confederation member states
The following List of German Confederation member states shows those states that in 1815 were part of the German Confederation, which lasted, with some changes in the member states, until 1866. 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The German Confederation (German Deutscher Bund) was a loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to organize the surviving states of the Holy Roman Empire, which had been abolished in 1806. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
The GermanConfederation (German Deutscher Bund) was a loose association of Germanstates formed by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
However, the defeat of Napoleon, enabled reactionary states such as Prussia and Austria to survive, laying the for groundwork for the Congress of Vienna,the alliance that strove to oppose radical demands for change ushered in by the French Revolution.
Throughout the GermanConfederation, Austrian influence was paramount, drawing the ire of the nationalist movements.