A union of German states for uniformity of customs, established, in 1819. It continued until the unification of the German empire, including Prussia. Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Hesse Cassel, Brunswick, and Mecklenburg-Strellts, and all intermediate principalities. It ha, now bcen superseded by the German empire; and the federal council of the empire has taken the place of that of the Zoll-Verein. Wharton.