# German Federal Army

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|dates= 1815–1866
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[[File:Gardes du Corps (Hannover) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Officer and trumpeter of the [Hanoverian Army](/source/Hanoverian_Army)'s ''[Garde du Corps](/source/Garde_du_Corps)'' in 1835]]
The '''German Federal Army''' ({{langx|de|Deutsches Bundesheer}}) was the [military arm](/source/military) of the [German Confederation](/source/German_Confederation) from 1815 to 1866 whose purpose was the defence of the Confederation against external enemies. Although the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna) in 1815 decreed the formation of the army and delimited its size and purpose, no work on its formation was begun until 1841, after the [Rhine crisis](/source/Rhine_crisis) brought the threat of war to Germany. Even then, only preliminary work was accomplished on troop readiness. Most work focused on the building of [federal fortresses](/source/Fortresses_of_the_German_Confederation).<ref>Treitschke, Heinrich. History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century, vol. 5, p. 344.</ref>

Most preparations were aimed toward [France](/source/France), from where several wars of occupation had been launched in earlier times against the [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire).<ref>Franz Herre. ''Franz Joseph, Kaiser von Österreich.'' Bechtermünz, Augsburg 1997, p. 110.</ref> Cases of conflict between the federal allies, such as arose later during the [Second Schleswig War](/source/Second_Schleswig_War) (the Duke of [Holstein](/source/Duchy_of_Holstein) was simultaneously the King of [Denmark](/source/Denmark)), were not anticipated or governed. 

The [Austro-Prussian War](/source/Austro-Prussian_War), provoked by [Kingdom of Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia) against the [Austrian Empire](/source/Austrian_Empire), for domination of the German Confederation and its allies led to the defeat of the Federal Army in 1866 and thus to its disbandment.

== See also ==
* [Army of the Holy Roman Empire](/source/Army_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire)
* [Austro-Hungarian Army](/source/Austro-Hungarian_Army)
{{Commonscat|Uniforms of the army of Deutscher Bund (1843)}}

== References ==
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== Literature ==
* Allmayer-Beck, [Lessing](/source/Erich_Lessing): ''Die K.(u.)K.-Armee. 1848–1918''. Bertelsmann, Munich etc., 1974, {{ISBN|3-570-07287-8}}.
* Jürgen Angelow: ''Von Wien nach Königgrätz – Sicherheitspolitik des Deutschen Bundes.'' Oldenbourg, Munich, 1996, {{ISBN|3-486-56143-X}}.
* Georg Ball: ''Germersheim. „Die geschleifte Festung“. Geschichte und Führer.'' Verlag der Dr. E. Jaegerschen Buchhandlung, Speyer, 1930 (2nd reprint: Steimer, Germersheim, 1991).
* Siegmund Bergmann (ed.): ''Die Infanterie des Kaisers und Königs.'' In: ''Moderne Illustrierte Zeitung.'' Doppelnummer 10/11, Vienna, 1 June 1914.
* ''Officieller Bericht über die Kriegsereignisse zwischen Hannover und Preußen im Juni 1866 und Relation der Schlacht bei Langensalza am 27. Juni 1866''. Gerold, Vienna, 1866 (reprint: Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza, 2001, {{ISBN|3-934748-72-4}} (''Erinnerungen an die Schlacht bei Langensalza 1866'' 4)).
* [Gordon A. Craig](/source/Gordon_A._Craig): ''Königgrätz. 1866 – eine Schlacht macht Weltgeschichte.'' 4th edition, Zsolnay, Vienna, 1997, {{ISBN|3-552-04824-3}}.
* Heinrich A. Eckert: ''Das deutsche Bundesheer.'' Munich, 1835.
* Liliane Funcken, Fred Funcken: ''Historische Uniformen. Napoleonische Zeit, 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Preussen, Deutschland, Österreich, Frankreich, Grossbritannien, Russland.'' Orbis-Verlag, Munich, 1989, {{ISBN|3-572-07442-8}}.
* Franz Herre: ''Franz Joseph. Kaiser von Österreich.'' Bechtermünz, Augsburg, 1997, {{ISBN|3-86047-814-1}}.
* [Ian Hogg](/source/Ian_V._Hogg), John Batchelor: ''Artillerie. Das Geschütz, Eisenbahngeschütze, Küstengeschütze, Flak, Pak, Geschütze auf Selbstfahrlafetten, rückstossfreie Geschütze, Zünder''. (= ''Die Geschichte der Artillerie'') Heyne, Munich, 1977, {{ISBN|3-453-52068-8}} (''Heyne-Bildpaperback'').
* Otmar Schäuffelen: ''Die Bundesfestung Ulm und ihre Geschichte. Europas größte Festungsanlage.'' 2nd ed., Vaas, Ulm, 1982, {{ISBN|3-88360-019-9}}.
* Georg Schreiber: ''Des Kaisers Reiterei. Österreichische Kavallerie in 4 Jahrhunderten.'' Mit einem Geleitwort von [Alois Podhajsky](/source/Alois_Podhajsky). Speidel, Vienna, 1967.
* Rüdiger Wischemann: ''Die Festung Koblenz. Vom römischen Kastell und Preussens stärkster Festung zur grössten Garnison d. Bundeswehr.'' Rhenania, Koblenz, 1978.
* ''Das zehnte deutsche Bundes-Armeecorps im Lager bei Lüneburg'' In: ''Illustrirte Zeitung''. No. 26, 23. December 1843, J.J. Weber, Leipzig, 1843, pp. 403–408.
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