Federal Act of the German Confederation (Deutsche Bundesakte)

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The Federal Act of the German Confederation (Deutsche Bundesakte) was the 1815 founding constitutional treaty that established the German Confederation and defined its structure and competencies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document
founding constitutional treaty
founding document of an international organization
international treaty
aimedAt maintaining existing territorial order in Germany
maintaining external and internal security of the German states
preserving independence of member states
appliesToTerritory German Confederation
German states
articleCountApproximate 20 articles
bindingOn member states of the German Confederation
cameIntoForce 1815
containsNumberOfArticles 20
country German Confederation
createdBody Federal Assembly of the German Confederation
createdInstitution Bundestag of the German Confederation
dateSigned 1815-06-08
defines competencies of the German Confederation
organs of the German Confederation
relationship between member states and the Confederation
structure of the German Confederation
draftedInLanguage German
established German Confederation
followed dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
hasNameInGerman Deutsche Bundesakte
historicalPeriod post-Napoleonic era
legalForm multilateral treaty
legalStatus constitutional charter of the German Confederation
limited central authority of the Confederation
mainOrganProvided Federal Assembly in Frankfurt am Main
memberStatesWere sovereign German states
placeSigned Vienna
preserved sovereignty of individual German princes
providedFor collective defense of member states
common foreign policy coordination to a limited extent
federal intervention in member states under certain conditions
recognized Austrian Empire as a leading power in the Confederation
Kingdom of Prussia as a major member state
relatedToEvent Congress of Vienna
Napoleonic Wars
replaced constitutional vacuum after the Holy Roman Empire
signatoryParties Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Württemberg
other German princes and free cities
signedAt Congress of Vienna
supersededBy Constitution of the German Empire (1871)
Constitution of the North German Confederation
yearSigned 1815

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Federal Assembly (German Confederation) legalBasis Federal Act of the German Confederation (Deutsche Bundesakte)
subject linked to: Federal Assembly
Federal Assembly of the German Confederation legalBasis German Federal Act (Deutsche Bundesakte)
linked to: Federal Act of the German Confederation (Deutsche Bundesakte)
Federal Act of the German Confederation hasNameInGerman Deutsche Bundesakte
linked to: Federal Act of the German Confederation (Deutsche Bundesakte)
Federal Act of the German Confederation legalStatus constitutional charter of the German Confederation
linked to: Federal Act of the German Confederation (Deutsche Bundesakte)