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After the end of the war, Preussen formed the [[Northern German Confederation]]. | After the end of the war, Preussen formed the [[Northern German Confederation]]. | ||
Ruling Members of the German Confederation were: | |||
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. | ||
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# Austria (split into Upper Austria and Lower Austria in 1849) | # Austria (split into Upper Austria and Lower Austria in 1849) | ||
# Kingdom of Bohemia (''Bohmen'') | # Kingdom of Bohemia (''Bohmen'') | ||
# Duchy of Carinthia (''Karnten'') | # Duchy of Carinthia (''Karnten'') | ||
# Duchy of Carniola (''Krain'') | # Duchy of Carniola (''Krain'') | ||
# Littoral (consisting of Gorizia and Gradisca, Istria and Trieste) | # Littoral (consisting of Gorizia and Gradisca, Istria and Trieste) ''(Osterreichisches Kustenland'') | ||
# March of Moravia (''Morava'') | # March of Moravia (''Morava'') | ||
# Grand Duchy of Salzburg | # Grand Duchy of Salzburg | ||
# Duchy of Ober and Nieder Schlesien | # Duchy of Ober and Nieder Schlesien | ||
# Duchy of Styria | # Duchy of Styria ''(Herzogtum Steiermark'') | ||
# County of Tyrol | # County of Tyrol | ||
# Vorarlberg | # Vorarlberg | ||
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# The Principality of Lippe | # The Principality of Lippe | ||
# The Free City of Lubeck | # The Free City of Lubeck | ||
# The Free City of Frankfurt am Main | # The Free City of Frankfurt am Main | ||
# The Free City of Bremen | # The Free City of Bremen | ||
# The Free City of Hamburg | # The Free City of Hamburg | ||
[[Portal:Germany]] | |||
[[Category:Germany]] | [[Category:Germany]] |
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