Kleindeutschland solution

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The Kleindeutschland solution was a 19th-century proposal for German unification that envisioned a "Lesser Germany" excluding Austria and centering political power around Prussia.

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instanceOf 19th-century political concept
political proposal
unification plan
aimedToCreate Prussia-led German Empire
linked to: German Empire

unified German nation-state
appliesTo German unification
associatedWithIdeology Prussian nationalism
liberal nationalism
belongsToCategory 19th-century politics in Europe
Austro–Prussian relations
German nationalism
linked to: Pan-Germanism

history of Germany
centersOn Prussia
centersPoliticalPowerOn Prussia
contrastsWith inclusion of all Habsburg lands in a German state
debatedAt Frankfurt Parliament
excludes Austria
Austrian Empire
excludesRegion non-German Habsburg territories
favoredBy majority of Frankfurt Parliament deputies
geographicalScope German-speaking states north of the Alps
hasAlternativeName Kleindeutsche Lösung
Lesser Germany solution
historicalOutcome implemented in formation of German Empire in 1871
historicalSignificance defined Prussia as core of modern Germany
shaped borders of the German Empire
implementedBy Otto von Bismarck
implementedThrough Austro-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
unification of Germany in 1871
wars of German unification
influencedBy power rivalry between Austria and Prussia
languageOfTerm German
literalMeaning Lesser Germany
opposedTo Greater Germany solution
Großdeutschland solution
politicalContext German Confederation
German Question
proposedInCentury 19th century
reasonForExcludingAustria Austrian dominance feared by Prussian interests
multiethnic composition of Habsburg Empire
relatedEvent Revolutions of 1848 in the German states
resultsIn creation of German Empire under Prussian king
exclusion of Austria from German Empire
supportedBy Prussian government
many German liberals
timePeriod c. 1840s–1871

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Pan-Germanism relatedConcept Kleindeutschland solution
German National Association favored Kleindeutschland solution
Unification of Germany relatedConcept Kleindeutschland solution