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''[[Germany|Germany]] > [[German Chronological Jurisdictions|German Chronological Jurisdictions]] > The German Confederation'' | ''[[Germany|Germany]] > [[German Chronological Jurisdictions|German Chronological Jurisdictions]] > The German Confederation'' | ||
The German Confederation was | The German Confederation was a loose association created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 after the final defeat of Napoleon, to serve as successor to the German Holy Roman Empire. Revolutions in 1848 and attempts at unification of a German state failed, resulting in its brief re-establishment. Rivalry between Austria and Prussia over the rights to rule German lands, led to the Austro-Prussian War, also called the Seven-Week War, (''Deutscher Krieg'' in German), ''Osterreichisch-preussischer Krieg'' or ''Brüderkrieg''. | ||
After the end of the war, | After the end of the war, Prussia formed the [[Northern German Confederation|Northern German Confederation]]. | ||
On the whole, its territory nearly coincided with that remaining in the Holy Roman Empire when Napoleon caused its end; with the exception of the two rivalling major powers, Habsburg and Prussia, and the western left bank of the Rhine (which France had annexed, with tiny Katzenellenbogen) the other member states or their precursors, most of present Germany, had been within his Confederation of the Rhine. | On the whole, its territory nearly coincided with that remaining in the Holy Roman Empire when Napoleon caused its end; with the exception of the two rivalling major powers, Habsburg and Prussia, and the western left bank of the Rhine (which France had annexed, with tiny Katzenellenbogen) the other member states or their precursors, most of present Germany, had been within his Confederation of the Rhine. | ||
The Austrian Empire (without the Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania, Bukovina, and Croatia, which became the apostolic kingdom of Hungary within the Danubian Dual Monarchy, the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (constituting parts lost to Italy in 1859- viz. 1866), the kingdoms of Dalmatia and Galicia) | The Austrian Empire (without the Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania, Bukovina, and Croatia, which became the apostolic kingdom of Hungary within the Danubian Dual Monarchy, the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (constituting parts lost to Italy in 1859- viz. 1866), the kingdoms of Dalmatia and Galicia) | ||
Members of the German Confederation were: | |||
*Austria (split into Upper Austria and Lower Austria in 1849) | *Austria (split into Upper Austria and Lower Austria in 1849) | ||