Zollverein treaties

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The Zollverein treaties were a series of 19th-century agreements that created a unified customs area among numerous German states, laying economic groundwork for later political unification.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf customs union treaty ⓘ
economic integration arrangement ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction German states ⓘ
appliesToPart external tariff of the Zollverein ⓘ
internal customs borders of German states ⓘ
country German Confederation ⓘ
describedBySource historiography of German unification ⓘ
endTime 1871 ⓘ
fieldOfWork customs policy ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
trade policy ⓘ
followedBy German Empire national customs legislation ⓘ
follows fragmented customs systems of German states ⓘ
hasEffect economic integration of German states ⓘ
increase in intra-German trade ⓘ
laying economic groundwork for German political unification ⓘ
reduction of transaction costs ⓘ
standardization of customs administration ⓘ
strengthening of Prussian economic influence ⓘ
weakening of Austrian economic influence in Germany ⓘ
hasPart Prussia–Bavaria–Württemberg customs treaties of 1833 ⓘ
Prussia–Hesse customs treaty of 1828 ⓘ
Prussia–Hesse-Darmstadt customs treaty of 1828 ⓘ
Zollverein founding treaty of 1834 ⓘ
linked to: Zollverein treaties

accession treaties of Baden ⓘ
accession treaties of Frankfurt ⓘ
accession treaties of Nassau ⓘ
accession treaties of Saxony ⓘ
accession treaties of Thuringian states ⓘ
accession treaties of other smaller German states ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
location Central Europe ⓘ
mainSubject Zollverein ⓘ
pointInTime 19th century ⓘ
purpose creation of a unified customs area ⓘ
elimination of internal customs barriers ⓘ
harmonization of external tariffs ⓘ
promotion of free trade within German states ⓘ
significantEvent creation of the German Customs Union in 1834 ⓘ
significantParticipant Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
Electorate of Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
linked to: Electorate of Hesse

Free City of Frankfurt ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Hesse ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
various Thuringian principalities ⓘ
startTime 1828 ⓘ

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German Customs Union → notableWork → Zollverein treaties ⓘ
Zollverein treaties → hasPart → Zollverein founding treaty of 1834 ⓘ
linked to: Zollverein treaties