After Napoleon's final defeat in 1815, the surviving member states of the defunct Holy Roman Empire joined to form the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) – a rather loose organization, especially because the two great rivals, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, each feared domination by the other.

德意志邦联（德語： Deutscher Bund ），又稱日耳曼邦联，是存在於1815～1866年间，由39個德意志邦國組建的邦聯制政體，首都为法兰克福，地处中欧。德意志邦聯不是一個統一的國家，而是一個囊括了全部德意志邦國的组织。

德意志邦联（德语： Deutscher Bund ），又称日耳曼邦联，是存在于1815～1866年间，由39个德意志邦国组建的邦联制政体，首都为法兰克福，地处中欧。德意志邦联不是一个统一的国家，而是一个囊括了全部德意志邦国的组织。

德意志邦联（德文：Deutscher Bund）是指1815年由德意志各邦组成的联盟，设有邦联议会，以奥地利帝国代表为主席。 组织松散，各邦保持完全的主权。 1866年普奥战争结束，奥地利被普鲁士打败，邦联瓦解。

German Confederation, organization of 39 German states, established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to replace the destroyed Holy Roman Empire. It was a loose political association, formed for mutual defense, with no central executive or judiciary. Delegates met in a …

The Federal Convention (or Confederate Diet German: Bundesversammlung or Bundestag) was the only general joint institution of the German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund) from 1815 until 1848, and from 1851 until 1866. The Federal Convention had its seat in the Palais Thurn und Taxis in Frankfurt. It was organized as a permanent congress ...

In its initial form, the Constitution came into effect on 8 June 1815. The preamble states that the Constitution's purpose was "the safety and independence of Germany" united in "perpetual Confederation". [1] Each state pledged to protect every other state and …

德意志邦联 （德语： Deutscher Bund），又称 日耳曼邦联 （英语： German Confederation）是一个存在于1815～1866年的全德意志国家组织，目的是团结在1806年 神圣罗马帝国 解散后余下所有的德国联邦州国，根据 维也纳会议 而成立，不过其松散程度比其原本的 神圣罗马帝国 有过之而无不及。 其永久主席国为德意志第一强国 奥地利帝国，永久副主席国为德意志第二强国 普鲁士王国，剩下的德意志国家均只能担任成员国。 在其存在的期间，德意志统一运动风起云涌，德 …

Wolf D. Gruner’s brief history of the confederation spans its fifty-one years of existence (1815-66) and emphasizes its continuity with the federative tra‐ditions of German history and its contribution to‐ward maintaining stability within the European state system.

Instead, the German princes and the remaining free cities united in a confederation of states at the Congress of Vienna in 1815: the German Confederation [Deutscher Bund]. The member states remained sovereign, but the respective governments were bound by the majority decisions of the Confederation.