What is German Confederation?
{{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Deutscher Bund'' |conventional_long_name = German Confederation |common_name = Germany |status = Confederation |year_start = 1815 |year_end = 1866 |date_start = June 8 |date_end = August 23 |event_start = [[Congress of Vienna|Established]] |event_end = [[Peace of Prague (1866)|Disestablished]] |p1 = Confederation of the Rhine |flag_p1 = |p2 = Austrian Empire |flag_p2 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg |p3 = Kingdom of Prussia |flag_p3 = Flag of Prussia (1803).gif |s1 = North German Confederation |flag_s1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg |s2 = Austrian Empire |flag_s2 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg |s3 = Kingdom of Bavaria |flag_s3 = Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg |s4 = Kingdom of Württemberg |flag_s4 = Flagge Königreich Württemberg.svg |s5 = Grand Duchy of Baden |flag_s5 = Flagge Großherzogtum Baden (1871-1891).svg |s6 = Grand Duchy of Hesse |flag_s6 = Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg |s7 = Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |flag_s7 = Flag of Luxembourg.svg |image_flag = |flag_type = |image_coat = Wappen Deutscher Bund.svg |symbol_type = Coat of arms (from 1848) |image_map = Map-GermanConfederation.svg |image_map_caption = The German Confederation in 1820. The two major powers - the [[Austrian Empire]] (yellow) and the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] (blue) - were not totally enclosed by the confederation's borders (red) |capital = [[Frankfurt|Free City of Frankfurt]] |title_leader = Presidency |leader1 = [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austria]] |title_deputy = Federal Assembly |deputy1 = [[Bundesversammlung (German Confederation)|Federal Assembly]] in [[Frankfurt|Free City of Frankfurt]] }} The '''German Confederation''' replaced the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in Central Europe. After the Holy Roman Empire fell, [[Germany]] had fallen into over 350 different small kingdoms. In 1815, the [[Congress of Vienna]] decided that these weak kingdoms were not strong enough to keep [[France]] from trying to conquer them, which it had already done once under [