Bartenstein Treaty

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The Bartenstein Treaty of April 26, 1807 was concluded during the fourth coalition war between Prussia and Russia .

background

Prussia was particularly weakened in the battle of Jena and Auerstedt . The court and government had to flee to East Prussia from Napoleon's advancing troops . From there it was hoped to be able to continue the fight together with the Russian allies. Napoleon had offered Prussia a tolerable peace should it withdraw from the war.

Against this background, Alexander I and Friedrich Wilhelm III renewed . their alliance against France. The contract was signed at the Allied headquarters in Bartenstein . Hardenberg signed the treaty on the Prussian side and the Foreign Minister Budberg on the Russian side .

content

The agreement, written in French, comprised seventeen articles and aimed to restore the Prussian state. A separate peace should be ruled out. Article two promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of France, but the allies wanted to oppose unrestrained growth at the expense of third parties. In article four, Russia undertook to support Prussia in achieving the territorial status quo of 1805, that is, without helping the Electorate of Hanover .

In article five, a constitutional federation of states in Germany is planned for the time after the end of the Rhine Confederation . The directive should lie with Prussia and Austria . The guarantee powers should be Russia, Great Britain and Sweden . This outlined a development that was roughly implemented in the German Confederation . Articles five to nine asked other states to join the agreement. These included Austria, Sweden and Denmark . Conquests were renounced in article thirteen with a view to a lasting and just peace.

fail

This program for a broad alliance and a new European peace order did not come to fruition, as Napoleon defeated the allies decisively in the battle of Friedland and they saw themselves induced to accept the peace of Tilsit .

literature

  • Katja Frehland-Wildeboer: Loyal friends? The Alliance in Europe, 1714-1914 (= Studies on International History , Volume 25). Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59652-6 (revised dissertation University of Heidelberg 2007, 478 pages). P. 185f.
  • Gerhard Taddey (ed.): Lexicon of German history . People, events, institutions. From the turn of the times to the end of the 2nd World War. 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-520-81302-5 , p. 90.