States of the German Confederation

The list of territories in the German Confederation provides information on the member states of the German Confederation and the respective associated areas. The largest member states of the German Confederation Austria and Prussia were each partially outside of the Federal territory.

Member States and the territories belonging to collar

Member States of the German Confederation were ( in addition the present situation of the regions encoded according to ISO 3166 ):

  • The Empire of Austria with the Crown Lands Archduchy Austria, AT, CZ
  • Kingdom of Bohemia, CZ
  • Margraviate of Moravia, CZ
  • Duchy of Silesia, CZ, PL
  • Gefürstete County of Tyrol, AT ( North Tyrol and East Tyrol ), IT ( Trentino -Alto Adige )
  • Vorarlberg, AT
  • Since 1850 Duchy of Salzburg, AT
  • Duchy of Styria, AT, SI ( Lower Styria )
  • Parts of the Kingdom of Illyria, SI, AT, IT, HR, 1850 divided into the Duchy of Carinthia, Carniola Duchy, Gorizia and Gradisca Gefürstete County, Empire Direct Trieste, Margraviate of Istria
  • Since 1818 the western part of Galicia (Auschwitz, Saybusch, Zator ), PL
  • Prussia with the provinces Brandenburg, DE -BE, DE -BB, DE -MV, PL Province
  • Pomerania, PL, DE- MV Province
  • Silesia, PL, DE -SN, CZ Province ( Hultschin )
  • Provinces of Jülich -Cleves -Berg and the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine (later combined into the Rhine Province ), DE -NW (Aachen, Dusseldorf, Essen, Cologne ), DE -RP ( Koblenz, Trier ), DE -SL (Saarbrücken ), BE ( Eupen - Malmedy ), DE -HE ( exclave Wetzlar ), 1849 and DE- BW ( exclave of Hohenzollern)
  • Province of Westphalia, DE -NW ( Arnsberg, Minden, Münster, Dortmund, Bielefeld)
  • Province of Saxony, DE -ST ( Halle, Magdeburg, Merseburg ), DE -TH (Erfurt ), DE -BB, DE -SN ( Torgau )
  • 1848-1851 provinces of East and West Prussia (the kingdom, in the meantime merged with the province of Prussia), PL ( Pomerellen, Warmia and Masuria ), RU ( Sambia ), LT ( Memel )
  • 1848-1851 western and northern part of the province of Poznan, PL
  • The Kingdom of Bavaria consisting of Old Bavaria (Munich, Landshut, Regensburg ), Swabia ( Augsburg) and Franks (Nuremberg, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Würzburg) east of the Rhine, DE -BY, DE -HE ( Bad Orb )
  • Exclave Rhine Palatinate west of the Rhine, DE -RP, DE -SL ( Homburg )
  • Aura in the sense reason a Kondominat with the Electorate of Hesse, in 1860 not to Bayern, DE -BY
  • The Kingdom of Saxony, DE -SN, PL
  • The Kingdom of Hanover, DE -NI, DE -HH (Harburg ), DE -HB
  • The Kingdom of Württemberg, DE - BW
  • The Grand Duchy of Baden, DE - BW
  • Grand Duchy of Hesse, DE -HE, DE -RP consisting of Starkenburgring (Province) left of the Main, DE -HE (Darmstadt)
  • Rheinhessen ( province ) largely left of the Rhine, DE -RP (Mainz ), DE -HE
  • Enclave of Upper Hesse ( province ) right of the Main, DE -HE (casting )
  • The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, DE - MV ( Schwerin, Rostock)
  • The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg -Strelitz, DE - MV, DE -SH (western parts of the Principality of Ratzeburg ), DE -BB (so-called Fürstenberger boots the reign Stargard )
  • The Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar- Eisenach, DE -TH (Weimar, Eisenach, Jena)
  • The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg consisting of Part of the country Oldenburg, DE -NI
  • Exclave part of the country Eutin, DE -SH
  • Part of the country exclave Birkenfeld, DE -RP, DE -SL
  • The Electorate of Hesse, DE -HE, DE -TH, including Exclave County Schaumburg, DE -NI ( Rinteln )
  • Exclave of Schmalkalden, DE -TH
  • Aura in the sense reason a Kondominat with the Kingdom of Bavaria, from 1860 not to Bayern, DE -BY
  • The Duchy of Holstein, DE -SH, DE -HH (Altona, Wandsbek )
  • The Duchy of Schleswig ( 1864 ), DE -SH ( Southern Schleswig ), DK (North Schleswig )
  • The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, DE -SH
  • The Duchy of Nassau, DE -HE ( Wiesbaden ), DE -RP ( Montabaur )
  • The Duchy of Braunschweig, DE -NI, DE -ST
  • The Duchy of Saxe-Gotha, DE -TH
  • The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg, DE -BY
  • The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, DE -TH
  • The Duchy of Saxe -Hildburghausen ( 1826 Duchy of Saxe -Altenburg ), DE -TH
  • The Duchy of Anhalt- Dessau, DE -ST
  • The Duchy of Anhalt- Köthen, DE -ST
  • The Duchy of Anhalt- Bernburg, DE -ST
  • The Duchy of Limburg ( 1839 ), NL
  • Principality of Hohenzollern - Hechingen, the ( until 1849 ), DE - BW
  • The Principality of Hohenzollern -Sigmaringen ( until 1849 ), DE - BW
  • The Principality of Liechtenstein, FL
  • The Principality of Lippe, DE -NW
  • The Principality of Reuss elder line, DE -TH ( Greiz )
  • The Principality of Reuss Younger Line, DE -TH ( Gera )
  • The Principality of Schaumburg -Lippe, DE -NI ( Biickeburg )
  • The Principality of Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, DE -TH
  • The Principality of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen, DE -TH
  • The Principality of Waldeck, DE -HE ( Arolsen ), DE -NI ( Pyrmont )
  • The Hesse- Homburg ( 1817 ) consisting of Part of the country Homburg, DE -HE
  • Part of the country Meis home, DE -RP

Demarcation from parts of Austria and Prussia outside the Federal

But the Empire of Austria were not to collar:

  • Kingdom of Hungary, HU, SK, AT, UA, RS, RO
  • Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia, HR
  • Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (exception see above), PL, UA
  • Since 1850 Duchy of Bukovina, RO, UA
  • Lombardo - Venetian Kingdom, IT
  • Kingdom of Dalmatia, HR
  • Grand Principality of Transylvania, RO
  • Parts of the Kingdom of Illyria, SI, AT, IT, HR, 1850 divided into the Duchy of Carinthia, Carniola Duchy, Gorizia and Gradisca Gefürstete County, Empire Direct Trieste, Margraviate of Istria.

Not for the federal government but to the Kingdom of Prussia included:

Demarcation States in Real Union or personal union with member states of the federation

Outside of the Federal the following States were in personal union with Real Union or Member States of the Federation:

  • Kingdom of Denmark ( personal union with Holstein and Lauenburg to 1864 )
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( personal union with Hanover to 1837 )
  • Kingdom of the Netherlands ( personal union with Luxembourg, from the 1839 Limburg)
  • Principality of Neuchâtel ( personal union with Prussia, 1848 Republic in 1857 recognized by King of Prussia )
  • Duchy of Schleswig ( Real Union with Holstein) in 1864 entry into the covenant

Demarcation from German-speaking areas outside of the German Federal

Not for the German Confederation included the following territories with German population parts:

  • The German-speaking cantons of Switzerland, CH
  • The French territories of Alsace and Lorraine, FR
  • The multilingual Duchy of Schleswig, DE -SH, DK, in 1864 to collar
  • The British island of Helgoland, DE -SH
  • The German-speaking parts of the Kingdom of Hungary, especially Burgenland, AT, the Banat, RO, RS, the Grand Duchy of Transylvania, RO
  • The Turkish or Russian province of Bessarabia, MV, UA
  • The settlement area of the Volga Germans, RU
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