Federal Convention (German Confederation)

The Federal Convention, usually called the Federal Diet, was the only central institution of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. It sat in Frankfurt, in the Thurn und Taxis palace, as a permanent congress of envoys from the member states, with Austria presiding. It enforced repressive measures such as the Carlsbad Decrees, and its vote to mobilise against Prussia in 1866 led to the Austro-Prussian War and the end of the confederation.