A confederation of German states ruled by princes and kings which existed from the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1815 until the [[Peace of Prague]] in 1866. [[Otto von Bismarck]] pulled together the German states into one nation, [[Germany]], with a centralized government in 1871.
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A confederation of German lands ([[German]]: ''Deutscher Bund''), ruled by princes and kings, existed from the [[Congress of Vienna]] in 1815 until the [[Peace of Prague]] in 1866. King [[William I]] and [[Otto von Bismarck]] pulled together the German states into one nation, [[Germany]] in 1871, with William I as Emperor.