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 South German Customs Union
surface form: Prussia–Bavaria–Württemberg customs treaties of 1833

Prussia–Hesse customs treaty of 1828
Prussia–Hesse customs treaty of 1828
surface form: Prussia–Hesse-Darmstadt customs treaty of 1828

Zollverein treaties self-linksurface differs
surface form: Zollverein founding treaty of 1834

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 Deutscher Zollverein
surface form: 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
surface form: Electorate of Hesse-Kassel

Free City of Frankfurt
Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Kingdom of Bavaria
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Württemberg
various Thuringian principalities
startTime 1828

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German Customs Union notableWork Zollverein treaties
Zollverein treaties hasPart Zollverein treaties self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Zollverein founding treaty of 1834