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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Kleindeutschland solution canonical 3

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ