Only Cologne and Hesse-Kassel, those few countries closely tied to the Habsburg family, gained nothing.
Of course, the most wounded were England and the Habsburg family.
Hanover was divided by Prussia, Brunswick, and Oldenburg, disappearing from the map of the European continent.
Meanwhile, Austria's directly governed territories in Northern Germany were carved up and fed to neighboring countries, losing over 6,000 square kilometers.
Two days later, after all "vacant lands" had been entirely distributed, the countries signed the "Stuttgart Declaration" to fix the current borders.
Indeed, it was the result of a unanimous vote by all Northern German states, and anyone who wanted to renege on it later would be making themselves enemies with all of Northern Germany.
