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The North German Confederation (German: Norddeutscher Bund ⓘ) was initially a German military alliance established in August 1866 under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia, which was transformed in the subsequent year into a confederated state (a de facto federal state) that existed from July 1867 to December 1870.
North German Confederation, union of the German states north of the Main River formed in 1867 under Prussian hegemony after Prussia’s victory over Austria in the Seven Weeks’ War (1866). Berlin was its capital, the king of Prussia was its president, and the Prussian chancellor was also its chancellor.
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The North German Confederation was regarded by many, including Bismarck, as a halfway house to German unification which would stand for a long time. Indeed, between 1867 and 1870 the movement for German unity lost ground in southern Germany.
The North German Confederation (Norddeutscher Bund), came into existence in August 1866, as a military alliance of twenty-two states of northern Germany with the Kingdom of Prussia as the leading state. In July 1867, it was transformed into a federal state.
The United States recognized the North German Confederation (referred to by the U.S. Government at the time as the North German Union) in 1867, and established diplomatic relations. When the German Empire was created in 1871, it made the North German Confederation obsolete.
North German Confederation, 1867–71, alliance of 22 German states N of the Main River. Dominated by Prussia, it replaced the German Confederation and included the states that had supported Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War (1866).
North German Confederation. Prussia created the North German Confederation in 1867, a federal state combining all German states north of the river Main and also the Hohenzollern territories in Swabia. Besides Austria, the South German states Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, and Hesse-Darmstadt remained separate from the rest of Germany.
