Ausstellungsrundgang-Raum 5


The liberal form of government in England was the model for Germany’s reforming forces: it was seen to be the embodiment of political reason and legitimate authority. After 1851 Germany remained territorially divided and, in comparison to England, economically and socially antiquated, with no freedom of press and no right of co-determination for the people. The more the circumstances in Germany and in her most important small state, Prussia, were dissatisfying, the more the inclination grew with all reform-minded individuals, to idealize the conditions in England, which in reality were quite unknown.



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