1866
After the Austro Prussian War of 1866, many Middle-German
states, Hanover, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau, The Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein and
Lauenburg and the Free City of Frankfurt, traditional allies of Austria,
were annexed by Prussia.
The north of Germany was now completely dominated by Prussia. As Austria's
traditional ambitions in Germany were now finally defeated, the German
Confederation under its leadership was discontinued. Instead the Prussians
erected a North-German Confederation including Prussia and the remaining smaller
states there.
