Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen1849
Appointed one of Prussia's representatives at the Erfurt Parliament, an assembly of German states that meets to discuss plans for union, but only in order to oppose it more effectively
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Appointed one of Prussia's representatives at the Erfurt Parliament, an assembly of German states that meets to discuss plans for union, but only in order to oppose it more effectively
The Erfurt Parliament fails to bring about unification because of the opposition of Prussia & Austria
The Erfurt Union Parliament lasts from March 20 to April 29, 1850, opened at the former Augustinian monastery in Erfurt
After a dispute over Hesse Prussia is humiliated and forced to back down by Austria in the so-called Punctation of Olmutz
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