The North German Confederation (German: Norddeutscher Bund) was initially a German military alliance established in August 1866 under the leadership of...

The German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund, German pronunciation: [ˌdɔɪ̯t͡ʃɐ ˈbʊnt] ) was an association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign...

The North German Confederation Treaty (in German Augustbündnis, or Alliance of August) (also called the North German Federation Treaty and the Treaty of...

The Reichstag (German: [ˈʁaɪçstaːk] ) of the North German Confederation was the federal state's lower house of parliament. The popularly elected Reichstag...

constitutes the old German imperial eagle with the surrounding scripture "German Confederation" and the colors of the former German imperial coat of arms...

southern German states concerned did not make use of this. In the north, the Kingdom of Prussia formed the North German Confederation as a new German federal...

of the North German Confederation which was formed in 1867. During the Franco-Prussian War, the German Empire was founded (i.e., the South German states...

involving Germany from 1806. It includes the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the...

called the North German Confederation (1867–1870). The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire...

created in the North German Confederation in 1867, when Otto von Bismarck became the first chancellor. With the unification of Germany and establishment...

Europe. The modern office of chancellor was established with the North German Confederation, of which Otto von Bismarck became Bundeskanzler (meaning "Federal...

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9/10 December, transformed the North German Confederation (German: Norddeutscher Bund) into the German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich). This empire was...

of the Rhine, simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation, was a confederation of German client states established at the behest...

name "Bundesrat" was used by similar bodies in the North German Confederation (1867) and the German Empire (1871). The predecessor of the Bundesrat in...

when Germany was divided, a unified Germany was called 'Gesamtdeutschland'. Since 1815, the German states had belonged to the German Confederation. Its...

Bundesstaaten, i.e. federal states, a name derived from the previous North German Confederation; they became known as Länder during the Weimar Republic) each...

German Confederation was formed in 1815. Formal unification of Germany into the modern nation-state commenced on 18 August 1866 with the North German...

the North German Confederation. This nation state for Prussia and other north and central German states was expanded to the south German states in 1870–71...

The North German Constitution was the constitution of the North German Confederation, which existed as a country from 1 July 1867 to 31 December 1870....

adoption of the North German Constitution. The process symbolically concluded when most of south German states joined the North German Confederation with the...

Versailles where the south German states, except for Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, joined the North German Confederation and the new constitution...

Confederate Diet German: Bundesversammlung or Bundestag) was the only general joint institution of the German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) from...

Imperial Germany. After Prussia defeated Austria in 1866, the North German Confederation was founded by Prussia in order to replace the former German Confederation...

Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led...

states within the German Confederation to create a German nation-state. It was created in the spring of 1848 during the German revolutions by the Frankfurt...

the German Confederation. That constitution had already incorporated some of the agreements between the North German Confederation and the four German states...

Elections to the Reichstag of the North German Confederation were held on 31 August 1867, with run-off elections during the following weeks. The National...

established and led by Austria; it was rivaled by the North German Confederation from 1866 to 1871 and German Empire led by the Kingdom of Prussia rivaled Austria...

by German Colonel General Erich Ludendorff, who wrote, "German prestige demands that we should hold a strong protecting hand, not only over German citizens...