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 | | The German Confederation (German Deutscher Bund) was a loose association of German states formed by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. |
 | | Inspired by the Napoleonic organization of German and Italian principalities, the ostensibly liberal reforms of Karl August von Hardenberg and Count Stein were thoroughly conservative, enacted to preserve aristocratic privilege and institutions during an era of reform, reaction, and revolution opened up by the French Revolution by forging a competent national army. |
 | | Throughout the German Confederation, Austrian influence was paramount, drawing the ire of the nationalist movements. |
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