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 NERFINISHED
unified German nation-state
appliesTo German unification
associatedWithIdeology Prussian nationalism
liberal nationalism
belongsToCategory 19th-century politics in Europe
Austro–Prussian relations NERFINISHED
German nationalism NERFINISHED
history of Germany
centersOn Prussia NERFINISHED
centersPoliticalPowerOn Prussia NERFINISHED
contrastsWith inclusion of all Habsburg lands in a German state
debatedAt Frankfurt Parliament NERFINISHED
excludes Austria NERFINISHED
Austrian Empire NERFINISHED
excludesRegion non-German Habsburg territories
favoredBy majority of Frankfurt Parliament deputies
geographicalScope German-speaking states north of the Alps
hasAlternativeName Kleindeutsche Lösung NERFINISHED
Lesser Germany solution NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
implementedThrough Austro-Prussian War NERFINISHED
Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED
unification of Germany in 1871
wars of German unification
influencedBy power rivalry between Austria and Prussia
languageOfTerm German
literalMeaning Lesser Germany NERFINISHED
opposedTo Greater Germany solution NERFINISHED
Großdeutschland solution
politicalContext German Confederation NERFINISHED
German Question NERFINISHED
proposedInCentury 19th century
reasonForExcludingAustria Austrian dominance feared by Prussian interests
multiethnic composition of Habsburg Empire
relatedEvent Revolutions of 1848 in the German states NERFINISHED
resultsIn creation of German Empire under Prussian king
exclusion of Austria from German Empire
supportedBy Prussian government NERFINISHED
many German liberals
timePeriod c. 1840s–1871

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Pan-Germanism relatedConcept Kleindeutschland solution
German National Association favored Kleindeutschland solution