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List of historic states of Germany

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Germany is traditionally a country organized as a federal state. The dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and the Napoleonic Wars led to an interregnum of federalized control. But after Congress of Vienna in 1815, the German-speaking territories of the former Holy Roman Empire became allied in the German Confederation (1815–1866), a league of states with a shared army and some federal elements to regulate issues that affected multiple states. After the Austro-Prussian War, the Northern states joined into a federal state called the North German Confederation (1867–1870), led by Prussia. The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933).

Present-day Germany is a federal republic which combines the States of Germany.

States of the [[German Confederation]]

Main article: States of the German Confederation

In 1864, Austria and Prussia together became the new sovereign of Holstein (a member of the confederation) and Schleswig (outside the confederation). After the Austro-Prussian War, Austria was forced to relinquish Schleswig and Holstein to Prussian control.

States of the [[North German Confederation]]

A map of the North German Confederation.

States of the [[German Empire]]

Main article: States of the German Empire

States of the [[Weimar Republic]]

Main article: States of the Weimar Republic

A map of the Weimar Republic.

States of Special Status

Territory of the Saar Basin
Klaipėda Region
Free City of Danzig

References

(1884). "History of Germany". Henry Holt & Company.

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