The political crisis during the German revolution of 1848/49 once again intensified after March 1848 due to the clashes between revolution and counter-revolution. The crisis was set off by a conflict ...

He was the head of state in the German federation until the ... But while the discussions went on in Frankfurt in 1848, the opponents of the revolution were able to mobilize their forces.

Having drawn these preliminary conclusions from our premises, we shall see, in our next, how the aforesaid various classes of the German people were set into movement one after the other, and what ...

The Frankfurt National Assembly met for the first time on May 18, 1848. The delegates were meant to work on a constitution and prepare for elections. They appointed Heinrich von Gagern (1799 — 1880) ...

In 1848, Europe erupted. Workers, peasants, liberals, and nationalists rose across the continent to demand freedom, reform, and unity. Monarchs trembled, empires staggered, and for a brief moment ...

Union Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, the losing commander in the Battle of New Market, was born in Germany in 1824. He matured in the atmosphere of unrest preceding the German revolution of 1848, in which ...

But stating these basic rights also paved the way for Germany's constitution today, as DW explained in a podcast in 2008. But while the discussions went on in Frankfurt in 1848, the opponents of the ...