In the year of 1866 the two great powers
clash in Germany, Austria and Prussia
It comes to the battle of Königgrätz.
These states are fighting
for the political future of Germany.
The Austrians are more interested
in finding a Greater German solution.
A continuation of the German Confederation in 1815.
While the Prussians are more interested in
favoring a small-German solution
resulting in Austria’s exclusion.
In this section we’re presenting a possible third solution,
namely the so-called third Germany.
These are the smaller and medium-sized states
such as Baden Württemberg, Bavaria, Hanover,
which would have liked to lead their own policy
against these two great powers.
Behind me is the mourning Germania, the Germania
that mourns because she strives for a united Germany.
That's also what the smaller states dream of,
for themselves to posses a greater influence
in relation to the two great powers.
In my background you can see
the Valhalla and even more heads.
The heads represent different
political conceptions which
could have been followed in the early 1860s.