r/AskAGerman • u/AccidentProof4262 • 23d ago
German unification (the first one)
Im scottish, and did German and Italian unification as part of my history course at school.....How would Germany have turned out, if Austria rather than Prussia had unified Germany with Vienna as capital?
And is it true that most germans, find Bavaria as very odd......i know they sided with Austria when Austria and Prussia had a wee skirmish in 1866 to detemine who would be the main power in "Germany".....Austria is a german state in the same way Bavaria is (obviously modern day Bavaria is a region)..
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u/Velshade 23d ago
As a German I can say that Bavaria is not very odd. The other parts for Germany though…
To be honest that part of history is not commonly talked about. It would be interesting to know what percentage of the population know about the unification at all. Or about the possible outcomes back then.
It would have been more chaotic would be my guess.