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The painting Germania, possibly by Philipp Veit, hung inside the Frankfurt parliament, the first national parliament in German history. The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (German: Deutsche Revolution 1848/1849), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (German: Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.
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The revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the springtime of the peoples [2] or the springtime of nations, were a series of revolutions throughout Europe over the course of more than one year, from 1848 to 1849.
In the German states, revolutions began in March 1848, starting in Berlin and spreading across the other states which now make up Germany. The heart of the revolutions was in Frankfurt, where the newly formed National Assembly, the Frankfurt Parliament, met in St Paul's Church from May 1848, calling for a constitutional monarchy to rule a new, united German nation.
April 2 – The German revolutions of 1848–49 fail, as King Frederick William IV of Prussia refuses to accept the offer of the Frankfurt National Assembly to be crowned as German emperor. May 3-The May Uprising in Dresden, last of the German revolutions of 1848–49, begins. Richard Wagner is among the participants.
The influence of the French Revolution of 1848, which had proclaimed the Second Republic several weeks before, was stronger in Baden than anywhere in Germany. The uprising is named after its leader, the 37-year-old lawyer from Mannheim , Friedrich Hecker, who in 1848 was already the spokesman for the liberal-democratic opposition in the Second ...
This week, 35 years ago, the Czech government buckled under the mounting pressure of its people. In mid-November, student protestors had ignited a revolutionary fervour on the cold streets of ...
Wanderrouten Deutsche Revolution in Baden 1848/49, LpB Baden-Württemberg, 1998. Friedrich Hecker: Die Erhebung des Volkes in Baden für die deutsche Republik im Frühjahr 1848, Schabelitz, Basle, 1848. online verfügbar durch die Badische Landesbibliothek Uniform Resource Name nbn:de:bsz:31-12120. Wolfgang J. Mommsen: 1848.