Gastein Convention

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The Gastein Convention was an 1865 agreement between Austria and Prussia that temporarily settled their rivalry over the administration of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein before the Austro-Prussian War.

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Convention of Gastein 1
Convention of Gastein (1865) 1
Gastein Convention canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement
international treaty
affectedEntity Duchy of Holstein
Duchy of Lauenburg
Duchy of Schleswig
aimedTo regulate joint administration of Schleswig and Holstein
alsoKnownAs Convention of Gastein
linked to: Gastein Convention
assignedToAdminister Holstein to Austria
Schleswig to Prussia
concludedBetween Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
considerationForTransfer financial payment by Prussia to Austria
dateSigned 1865-08-14
endedBy outbreak of the Austro‑Prussian War in 1866
enteredIntoForce 1865
follows Second Schleswig War
historicalPeriod 19th century Europe
language German
legalStatus temporary arrangement
negotiatedBy Austrian statesman Alexander von Mensdorff‑Pouilly
Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck
linked to: Otto von Bismarck
partOf German question
Schleswig‑Holstein question
party Austria
Prussia
politicalConsequence heightened tensions between Austria and Prussia
increased Prussian influence in northern Germany
precedes Austro‑Prussian War
linked to: Austro-Prussian War
providedFor Austrian right of transit across Prussian territory to Holstein
Prussian acquisition of Kiel naval base rights
Prussian acquisition of the Duchy of Lauenburg
Prussian control of postal and telegraph services in Schleswig
region Schleswig‑Holstein
linked to: Schleswig-Holstein
relatedConflict Austro‑Prussian War
linked to: Austro-Prussian War

Second Schleswig War
resultedIn temporary settlement of the Schleswig‑Holstein question
signedAt Bad Gastein
signedBy representatives of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
representatives of King William I of Prussia
signedIn Austrian Empire
significance step toward Prussian dominance in Germany
subject Austro‑Prussian rivalry
administration of Holstein
administration of Schleswig
transferredTerritory Duchy of Lauenburg to Prussia
yearSigned 1865

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Second Schleswig War relatedTo Gastein Convention
Schleswig-Holstein Question resultedIn Convention of Gastein (1865)
linked to: Gastein Convention
Treaty of Vienna (1864) followedBy Gastein Convention (1865)
linked to: Gastein Convention
Gastein Convention alsoKnownAs Convention of Gastein
linked to: Gastein Convention