Langes 19. Jahrhundert | Deutsches Kaiserreich
Foundation of the German Empire 1871
In 1848, the unity of Germany finally seems within reach. But although the bourgeois revolution fails, the dream of unity and democracy remains. Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck ultimately takes the initiative and, in 1871, ensures that the Reich is founded "from above", taking advantage of the national euphoria after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. His design: the people should get their longed-for unity, but the German princes should retain a large part of their power. The new imperial constitution is not democratic: at its head is now the Emperor. Yet, the Reichstag has a say in decisions, electoral rights are relatively progressive, and both law and order are modernized.
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