List of member states in the German Confederation

The list of territories in the German Confederation provides information about the member states of the German Confederation and the respective areas. The largest German federal states Austria and Prussia were each partly outside the federal territory.

States and federal territories

Map of the member states in the German Confederation

Federal members were (in addition, the current location of the areas coded according to ISO 3166 ):

• the Austrian Empire with the Crown Lands
  • Archduchy of Austria , AT, CZ
  • Kingdom of Bohemia , CZ
  • Margraviate of Moravia , CZ
  • Duchy of Silesia , CZ, PL
  • Fürstete Grafschaft Tirol , AT (North and East Tyrol), IT (Trentino-South Tyrol)
  • 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:
    • Duchy of Carinthia , AT, IT ( Canal Valley ), SI ( Unterdrauburg , Seeland )
    • Duchy of Carniola , SI
    • Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca ; SI, IT
    • Imperial City of Trieste , IT
    • Margraviate of Istria , SI, HR
  • since 1818 also the westernmost part of Galicia ( Auschwitz , Saybusch , Zator ), PL

• the Prussian monarchy with the provinces
  • Province of Brandenburg , DE-BE, DE-BB, DE-MV, PL
  • Province of Pomerania , PL, DE-MV
  • Province of Silesia , PL, DE-SN, CZ ( Hultschin )
  • Provinces of Jülich-Kleve-Berg and Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine (later merged to form the Rhine Province ), DE-NW (Aachen, Düsseldorf, Essen, Cologne), DE-RP (Koblenz, Trier), DE-SL (Saarbrücken), BE ( Eupen-Malmedy ), DE-HE ( exclave Wetzlar ), from 1849 also DE-BW (exclave 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 Prussia and West Prussia (the kingdom , meanwhile combined to form the Province of Prussia), PL ( Pomerellen , Warmia-Masuria ), RU ( Samland ), LT ( Memelland )
  • 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 Franconia (Nuremberg, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Würzburg) to the right of the Rhine, DE-BY, DE-HE (Bad Orb)
  • Exclave Rheinpfalz left of the Rhine, DE-RP, DE-SL ( Homburg )
  • Aura in Sinngrund , a condominium with the Electorate of Hesse, from 1860 entirely to Bavaria, 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, DE-BW consisting of
  • Starkenburg (province) left of the Main, DE-HE (Darmstadt), DE-BW (exclave Bad Wimpfen )
  • Rheinhessen (province) largely to the left of the Rhine, DE-RP (Mainz), DE-HE
  • Exclave Upper Hesse (province) to the right of the Main, DE-HE ( Giessen )
• the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (the western part of Luxembourg left the Federation in 1839 after unification with Belgium), LU, BE ( Arel )

• 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 Fürstenberg boots of the Stargard rule)
• the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , DE-TH (Weimar, Eisenach, Jena)

• the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg consisting of
  • Oldenburg region, DE-NI
  • Exclave part of the country Eutin , DE-SH
  • Birkenfeld region exclave , DE-RP, DE-SL

• the Electorate of Hesse , DE-HE, DE-TH, including
  • Exclave Grafschaft Schaumburg , DE-NI ( Rinteln )
  • Exclave Herrschaft Schmalkalden , DE-TH
  • Aura im Sinngrund , a condominium with the Kingdom of Bavaria, from 1860 entirely to Bavaria, DE-BY

• the Duchy of Holstein , DE-SH, DE-HH ( Altona , Wandsbek )
• the Duchy of Saxony-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 Saxony-Coburg , DE-BY, until 1834 with exclave Principality of Lichtenberg also DE-SL (St. Wendel), DE-RP ( Baumholder ), until 1826 also DE-TH (exclave Landesteil Saalfeld)
• the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen , DE-TH
• the Duchy of Saxony-Hildburghausen (from 1826 Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg ), DE-TH
• the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau , DE-ST
• the Duchy of Anhalt-Koethen , DE-ST
• the Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg , DE-ST
• the Duchy of Limburg (from 1839) a Dutch province whose population was supposed to make up for the loss of West Luxembourg, NL
• the Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (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 older line , DE-TH ( Greiz )
• the Principality of Reuss younger line , DE-TH ( Gera )
• the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe , DE-NI ( Bückeburg )
• 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 Landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg (from 1817 ) consisting of
  • Homburg region, DE-HE
  • Part of the country Meisenheim , DE-RP
• the Free City of Bremen , DE-HB, DE-NI
• the Free City of Frankfurt , DE-HE
• the Free City of Hamburg , DE-HH, DE-SH ( Geesthacht ), DE-NI ( Cuxhaven )
• the Free City of Lübeck , DE-SH

The Duchy of Schleswig had been part of an Austro-Prussian condominium since the German-Danish War in 1864 , together with the federal members Holstein and Lauenburg. In the remaining time of the Federation, however, it no longer became a federal member.

Delimitation to parts of Austria and Prussia outside the federal government

The following did not belong to the federal government but to the Austrian Empire:

• 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
• Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto , IT
• Kingdom of Dalmatia , HR
• Grand Duchy of Transylvania , RO
• Parts of the Kingdom of Illyria , SI, AT, IT, HR, 1850 divided into:
  • Duchy of Carinthia , AT, IT ( Canal Valley ), SI ( Unterdrauburg , Seeland )
  • Duchy of Carniola , SI
  • Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca ; SI, IT
  • Imperial City of Trieste and its territory , IT
  • Margraviate of Istria , SI, HR

Not to the federal government but to the Prussian state belonged

• 1815–1848, 1851–1866 the provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia (the Kingdom of Prussia , meanwhile combined to form the Province of Prussia ), PL, RU, LT
• 1815–1848, 1851–1866 western and northern part of the Posen Province (the Duchy of Gniezno ), PL
• rest of the Province of Poznan ( Grand Duchy of Poznan ), PL

Demarcation from states in real union or personal union with member states of the federal government

Outside the federal government, the following states were in real union or personal union with member states of the federal government:

• Kingdom of Denmark (personal union with Holstein and Lauenburg until 1864)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (personal union with Hanover until 1837)
• Kingdom of the Netherlands (personal union with Luxembourg; from 1839 with Limburg)
• Principality of Neuchâtel (personal union with Prussia, republic in 1848, recognized by the Prussian king in 1857)
• Duchy of Schleswig (Realunion with Holstein), Danish imperial fief until 1864, part of the Prussian-Austrian condominium in 1864

Delimitation to German-speaking areas outside the German Confederation

The following areas with German-speaking parts of the population did not belong to the German Confederation:

• the German-speaking areas of Switzerland , CH
• the French departments in Alsace and Lorraine , FR
• the multilingual Duchy of Schleswig, v. a. in the southern part German-speaking, DE-SH, DK
• the British island of Helgoland , DE-SH
• the German-speaking parts of the Kingdom of Hungary, in particular Burgenland , AT, Banat , RO, RS, the Grand Duchy of Transylvania , RO
• the Turkish and Russian province of Bessarabia , MD , UA
• the settlement area of ​​the Volga Germans , RU

See also

• List of princes in the German Confederation
• List of territories in the Holy Roman Empire

literature

• Gerhard Oestreich : Constitutional history from the end of the Middle Ages to the end of the old empire ; Paperback edition [d.] 9., revised. 6th edition, Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich: 1986 (Handbook of German History; Bd. 11 dtv; 4211: Wissenschaft) License d. Klett-Verl., Stuttgart. ISBN 3-423-04211-7 .

• Johann Jakob Moser : German state law . Part 9 and 10. Leipzig, Vollrath 1743. From the contents: The imperial estates, their preservation, continuation, contestation, transfer and suspension; Evangelical imperial estates and their justice; Catholic imperial estates and their rights.