Google is not the answer. Go to Wikipedia for details. Holy Roman Empire covering Germany ENDED in 1806. Germany's unification without Austria started in 1815 in different forms and did not united whole Germany until 1871. *Unification of Germany **Confederation of the Rhine (formed by Napoleon after he defeated Austria and Russia) **German Confederation (pathetic attempt in 1815, dissolved in 1866 when two members went at each other - Austria and Prussia) **Zollverein (just a Customs Union with power in the hands of Prussians, lasted until 1919, and included Luxembourg) **German Revolutions of 1848 (failed attempt by liberals and nationalists) **North German Confederation (covered almost entire northern part of Germany, excluding Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Baden and Hesse) *The German Reich (began in 1871) **German Empire (began 1871 and lasted until 1918) If you would stop and look at the U.S. Census, there's no mention of Germany in 1850, 1860 and 1870. It is Prussia, Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Oldenburg, Hannover, Baden, Luxembourg. David Samuelsen On 6/8/2012 10:27 AM, Phil Stevens wrote: > I George an group , The place NOW known as Germany was the Holy Roman > empire of Germany ,,, If any body would like more info , google and do " > unification of Germany " be prepared to spend more than 30 minutes reading