States of the German Confederation


The states of the German Confederation were those member states that from 20 June 1815 were part of the German Confederation, which lasted, with some changes in the member states, until 24 August 1866, under the presidency of the Austrian imperial House of Habsburg, which was represented by an Austrian presidential envoy to the Federal diet in Frankfurt.

Explanation

On the whole, its territory nearly coincided with that remaining in the Holy Roman Empire at the outbreak of the French Revolution, with the notable exception of Belgium. Except for the two rival major powers, Austria and Prussia, and the western left bank of the Rhine, the other member states or their precursors, making up most of present Germany, had been within Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine.
  1. The Austrian Empire, excluding the Kingdom of Hungary, the Principality of Transylvania, and the Kingdom of Croatia, the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, the Duchy of Bukovina, and the kingdoms of Dalmatia and Galicia
  2. #Archduchy of Austria
  3. #Kingdom of Bohemia
  4. #Margraviate of Moravia
  5. #Grand Duchy of Salzburg
  6. #Duchy of Carinthia
  7. #Duchy of Carniola
  8. #Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia
  9. #Duchy of Styria
  10. #Littoral
  11. #County of Tyrol
  12. #Vorarlberg
  13. The Kingdom of Prussia
  14. #Brandenburg
  15. #Pomerania
  16. #Rhine Province
  17. #Saxony
  18. #Silesia
  19. #Westphalia
  20. The Kingdom of Bavaria
  21. #Upper Bavaria
  22. #Upper Franconia
  23. #Swabia
  24. #Upper Palatinate
  25. #Middle Franconia
  26. #Lower Bavaria
  27. #Lower Franconia
  28. #Palatinate
  29. The Kingdom of Hanover
  30. The Kingdom of Saxony
  31. The Kingdom of Württemberg
  32. The Electorate of Hesse
  33. The Grand Duchy of Baden
  34. The Grand Duchy of Hesse
  35. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
  36. The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  37. The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  38. The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
  39. The Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  40. The Duchy of Brunswick
  41. The Duchy of Holstein
  42. #The Duchy of Schleswig government of Schleswig-Holstein joined Schleswig to the Confederation. This was not recognized by the Confederation and the Danish government, and the peace settlement in 1851 specified that Schleswig was not a member.
  43. The Duchy of Limburg
  44. The Duchy of Nassau
  45. The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
  46. The Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
  47. The Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen
  48. The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
  49. The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
  50. The Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg
  51. The Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau
  52. The Duchy of Anhalt-Köthen
  53. The Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
  54. The Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
  55. The Principality of Liechtenstein
  56. The Principality of Lippe
  57. The Principality of Reuss Junior Line
  58. The Principality of Reuss Senior Line
  59. The Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
  60. The Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
  61. The Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
  62. The Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
  63. The Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg
  64. The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
  65. The Free City of Frankfurt upon Main
  66. The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  67. The Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck
The four free cities were republics by constitution, while all the others were monarchies, some constitutional and some absolutist.