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( Kleindeutsche Lösung)
History of Germany The German parliament which was elected after the early successes of the revolution of 1848 was split between the two options, with the democratic left favouring a Republican Großdeutschland, whereas the liberal centre favoured a Kleindeutschland with a constitutional monarchy. In the end, the Kleindeutsche Lösung prevailed, but the Prussian King rejected the crown offered to him. After the Austro-Prussian Dualism had been forcefully decided in favor of Prussia by the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, Kleindeutschland was realized in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War. The "small solution" was also chosen partly in order to prevent the Austrians and fellow Catholics in the south and west from being a predominant force in a Prussian Germany, a view held by Bismarck. After World War I, the Habsburg Monarchy was broken up and the German-speaking territories, having lost their industrial and trading areas, decided to join the German Reich. The Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Saint-Germain however specifically prohibited the union of Austria and Germany. Still, the Greater German sentiment remained strong and in 1938 Adolf Hitler annexed Austria into a new Grossdeutsches Reich. In contrast to earlier versions of the Greater German idea, Austria was split up into several districts.
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