"Kleindeutschland" redirects here. For the neighborhood in New York City, see Little Germany, Manhattan. For the political fragmentation of Germany during and following the Holy Roman Empire, see Kleinstaaterei.
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The term "Lesser Germany" (German: Kleindeutschland, pronounced[ˌklaɪ̯nˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃlant]ⓘ) or "Lesser German solution" (German: Kleindeutsche Lösung) denoted essentially exclusion of the multinational Austria of the Habsburgs from the planned German unification as an option for solving the German question, in opposition to the one of 'Greater Germany'.
In the 19th century, a part of the Austrian Empire belonged to the German Confederation. In the revolutionary era of 1848–1850, it was discussed whether Austria or a part of Austria could belong to a new German federal state. In 1867–1871, the 'Lesser Germany' became reality: a federal state under leadership of Prussia and without Austria. After that, the term lost its significance because since then 'Germany' is usually identified as this Lesser Germany.
The other term, Greater Germany, remained in use for those who sought to incorporate Austria or the German-speaking parts of Austria into Germany. This became a political issue in the aftermath of World War One and then again in 1938–1945. During the Cold War, when Germany was divided, a unified Germany was called 'Gesamtdeutschland'.
The term "LesserGermany" (German: Kleindeutschland, pronounced [ˌklaɪ̯nˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃlant] ) or "LesserGerman solution" (German: Kleindeutsche Lösung) denoted...
federal features based on the concept of LesserGermany (one without Habsburgs' multi-ethnic Austria or its German-speaking part). It commenced on 18 August...
should comprise a "LesserGermany" that excluded the Austrian Empire or a "Greater Germany" that included the Austrian Empire or its German speaking-part....
Kleindeutschland and Großdeutschland ("LesserGermany" and "Greater Germany"). Both movements were part of a growing German nationalism. They also drew upon...
existing German Confederation (an association of German states under the leadership of the Austrian Empire), thus paving the way for the LesserGerman version...
Prussia, and had been de facto leaders of lesserGermany (Germany excluding Austria). The Kaisers of the German Empire (1871–1918) were: Wilhelm I (1871...
Lesser (1851–1926), German physician Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic Anton Lesser (born 1952), British actor Axel Lesser...
collapsed. A division developed among German nationalists, with one group led by the Prussians that supported a "LesserGermany" that excluded Austria and another...
Greater Germany—the grossdeutsch solution. Alternatively, there was the kleindeutsch (LesserGerman) solution for a Germany that encompassed only German lands...
relationship between Germany and the European Union was instead inserted in its place two years later. As a heritage of the LesserGerman solution, neither...
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party of German intellectuals favouring a Greater Germany (Großdeutschland) under the House of Habsburg; the other favouring a LesserGermany (Kleindeutschland)...
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska (pronounced [mawɔˈpɔlska] ; Latin: Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern...
Gabriele Alexandra Lesser (born 16 May 1960 in Frankfurt am Main) is a historian and journalist, who specializes in the history of World War II and the...
advice was not followed. The German National Association was founded in 1859. Its goal was to create a liberal LesserGermany under Prussian leadership –...
the unification of what was then known as "LesserGermany" under Prussian stewardship in 1871, the German Austrians in the Austro-Hungarian Empire felt...
outside the North German Confederation, accepted incorporation into a united German Empire. The empire was a "LesserGerman" solution (in German, "kleindeutsche...
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The lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in the...
Hendrik Lesser is a German businessman and developer. He is the CEO and founder of Remote Control Productions. In 2016, he was appointed President of the...
included in historic German lands. The unification under Prussian leadership manifested Bismarck's "LesserGerman" solution of the German question after the...
Leo Lesser Ury (November 7, 1861 – October 18, 1931) was a German impressionist painter and printmaker, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting...
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, is a term used to describe the German state between 1933 and 1945...
The Zollverein (pronounced [ˈtsɔlfɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪn]), or German Customs Union, was a coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies...
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