German Confederation - Territorial Legacy

Territorial Legacy

The current countries whose territory were partly or entirely located inside the boundaries of German Confederation 1815–1866 are:

• Germany (all states except Southern Schleswig in den north of Schleswig-Holstein)

• Austria (all states except Burgenland)

• Luxembourg (entire territory)

• Liechtenstein (entire territory)

• Netherlands (province of Limburg - the province joined the Confederation after 1839)

• Czech Republic (entire territory)

• Slovenia (except for Prekmurje and the municipalities of Koper, Izola and Piran)

• Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodship, Lubusz Voivodship, Lower Silesian Voivodship, Opole Voivodship, part of Silesia)

• Belgium (German-speaking community and some other territory at the east of the province of Liège); the larger province of Luxembourg had left the Confederation at its accession to Belgium in 1839

• Italy (autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, the Province of Trieste, most of the Province of Gorizia except the Monfalcone enclave, and the municipalities of Tarvisio, Malborghetto Valbruna, Pontebba, Aquileia, Fiumicello and Cervignano in the Province of Udine)

• Croatia (the Pazin territory in Istria county and the coastal strip between Opatija and Plomin in the Liburnia region)

• The Danish crown had been a member only in chief of its duchy of Holstein. Schleswig first joined as part of Prussia following the Second War of Schleswig (1864).