Federal Central Commission

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Austria and Prussia worked together in the Federal Central Commission (also: Federal Commission, Federal Central Commission) from 1849 to 1851 . She exercised the powers of the provisional central authority of the German Reich from 1848/1849 . During this interim period, the situation in Germany should be reorganized. The commission finally ensured the transition until the restoration of the German Confederation in the summer of 1851.

prehistory

Imperial Administrator Johann of Austria , 1849

The Frankfurt National Assembly disappeared in May / June 1849 in the course of the suppression of the revolution at the time . However, the central authority established by her continued to exist. Reichsverweser Archduke Johann von Österreich had proposed Austria and Prussia to take over his powers together in a federal commission in Frankfurt. The plan was developed by Ludwig von Biegeleben from the central authority.

Because of its union policy, Prussia required Austria to recognize the right of individual states to found a narrower federal state. Austria, in turn, insisted that Prussia first recognize the imperial administration, as long as there was no new central body. An Austrian and a Prussian representative signed the contract on September 30, 1849 in Vienna for the interim exercise of the powers of the imperial administrator. They transferred the powers to a federal central commission to which two Austrians and two Prussians belonged. "The preservation of the German Confederation" was named as the goal. Prussia hoped to be able to establish a federal state without Austria, which would then form a federation with Austria. During the transition, the interim, according to the treaty, the individual states should be able to freely agree on a German constitution. The contract gave the commission until May 1, 1850.

For Austria the agreement was a significant victory and a step towards the restoration of the German Confederation, which with the commission was given an organ. For the Prussian politician Joseph von Radowitz , however, the treaty came at an inconvenience. Under his advice, the Prussian king pursued the project of a Union of Erfurt , as a small German federal state without Austria. He would have preferred it if Prussia had prevailed with the original intention that the imperial administrator simply resigned. The existence of the Commission also devalued the Management Board of the Erfurt Union.

Archduke Johann announced on October 6th that he was joining the treaty. He wanted to give up the imperial administration and leave his rights to Austria and Prussia. On December 20, he dismissed the Reich Ministry and handed over his powers to the Commission.

Members and employees

General Eduard von Peucker was Reich Minister of War in the central government from July 1848 to May 1849. Later he was a member of the Federal Central Commission.

The commission included:

The Federal Central Commission dismissed Johann Gottfried Radermacher and Ernst Johann Hermann von Rauschenplat from the ministerial officials of the Reich Ministries on January 30, 1850 and Gustav Moritz Getz on February 1, 1850. Johann Daniel Leutheußer worked for the registry of the Central Office of the Federal Central Commission and until June 5, 1851 later in federal institutions, the same applies to Joseph Rausek, the expedition director. Philipp Adolph Leutheußer was still employed by the Federal Central Commission and, from December 19, 1850, at the Federal Chancellery.

The End

As early as August 1849, after the Hungarian uprising was put down , Austria had taken the position that the German Confederation still existed. For their part, the southern German kingdoms declared in the spring of 1850 that they no longer wanted to recognize a Prussian-Austrian central authority. Therefore, on August 26th, Austria invited the German governments to a congress to restore the old federal assembly.

On May 1, 1850, the commission officially ended. Nevertheless, the commission continued its work until 1851 when the German Confederation was reactivated.

See also

literature

  • Helmut Jacobi: The last months of the provisional central authority for Germany (March-December 1849) . Diss. Frankfurt am Main, o. O. 1956.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Ernst Rudolf Huber: German constitutional history since 1789. Volume II: The struggle for unity and freedom 1830 to 1850 . 3rd edition, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [ua] 1988, p. 883/884.
  2. ^ Ernst Rudolf Huber: German constitutional history since 1789. Volume II: The struggle for unity and freedom 1830 to 1850 . 3rd edition, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [ua] 1988, p. 883/884.
  3. ^ Helmut Jacobi: The last months of the provisional central authority for Germany (March-December 1849) . Diss. Frankfurt am Main, o. O. 1956, pp. 173/174.
  4. ^ Ernst Rudolf Huber: German constitutional history since 1789. Volume II: The struggle for unity and freedom 1830 to 1850 . 3rd edition, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [ua] 1988, p. 884.
  5. ^ Ernst Rudolf Huber: German constitutional history since 1789. Volume II: The struggle for unity and freedom 1830 to 1850 . 3rd edition, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [ua] 1988, p. 884.
  6. ↑ Ministerialbeamte ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Federal Archives, accessed on June 15, 2014.
  7. ^ Ernst Rudolf Huber: German constitutional history since 1789. Volume II: The struggle for unity and freedom 1830 to 1850 . 3rd edition, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [ua] 1988, p. 899.
  8. ↑ Hans J. Schenk: Approaches to an administration of the German Confederation . In: Kurt GA Jeserich (ed.): German administrative history . Volume 2: From the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss to the dissolution of the German Confederation. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1983, pp. 155–165, here p. 165.