States of the German Empire
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The German Empire was a federation of 25 constituent states plus the imperial territory of Alsace–Lorraine. The states were the successors of the over 300 individual political entities of numerous typ
The chamber of the Bundesrat in the Reichstag Palace, around 1894
Otto von Bismarck in 1873. His efforts to bring the south German states into the German Empire led to the reserve rights granted to Bavaria and Württemberg.
Kingdom of Bavaria
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The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the
States of the German Empire
…was the Confederation's federal authority. In the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the states south of the Main – Baden, Upper Hesse, Bavaria and Württemberg – joined the North German Confederation to form the German Empire and complete the unification of Germany. The new empire was a federation…
Maximilian von Montgelas
Portrait of Ludwig I by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1826
Aerial view of the Walhalla memorial of Ludwig I
The Crown of Bavaria, Munich Residence