From Vienna to Unification: Mapping the German Confederation

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Komentáře • 145

  • @shubhanjalshukla3879
    @shubhanjalshukla3879 Před rokem +392

    Man just speedran 41 German states in just 8 minutes? Impressive.

  • @memesd4675
    @memesd4675 Před rokem +263

    1. Maybe do Italy or the Balkans next
    2. Anhalt looked like Austria but smaller when it fully united

  • @shubhanjalshukla3879
    @shubhanjalshukla3879 Před rokem +159

    The Enrestein Reshuffle is quite clearyly very much ignored whilst discussing not only German history but World history as a whole, this massive change in borders would not only be the centre reason for many wars such as the Franco-Prussian war and events such as German reunification, and of course it is well known they were the main reason for the outbreak of both world wars, this event was so mind boggling that Possible History himself could not hold back his fascination which he let ouf with a quite simple yet absolute word, 'wow'.

  • @bobagingo_
    @bobagingo_ Před rokem +41

    Fun fact: for about a year, the Kingdom of Saxony was still not apart of the North German Confederation due to fears of what happened to Hannover, but then it would join in 1867.

  • @cliffsider
    @cliffsider Před rokem +52

    It's so satisfying to see such familiar borders emerge on the map

  • @Arminius1901
    @Arminius1901 Před rokem +80

    Actually you forgot quite a lot of things, to be fair most of them were minor border changes but still, that was the point of the video, right?
    1. Bavaria lost small territories to Prussia in 1866
    2. Oldenburg sold a small area to Prussia which became Wilhelmshaven
    3. Hessen-Darmstadt lost territories to Prussia including Hessen-Homburg
    4. Oldenburg got areas near Lübeck

    • @sofiaormbustad7467
      @sofiaormbustad7467 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Oh, it's Arminius! Hi!!! Thanks for the corrections, I really enjoy learning about niche border changes like these 💖

    • @KonstantinValentix
      @KonstantinValentix Před měsícem

      Also iirc the dutchy of limburg wasn't a part of the confederation at first but was a compensation for the half of Luxembourg.

  • @AmadoDom
    @AmadoDom Před 11 měsíci +22

    I would love to see a full documentary of the entire history of Anhalt, from 1212 to this year

  • @pasbaf
    @pasbaf Před rokem +37

    New video idea: what if everything went perfect for italy? I really enjoy your 'what if' videos!

  • @anthonyn.7379
    @anthonyn.7379 Před rokem +14

    So glad he gave the dynastic shifts of Anhalt the attention it deserved

  • @pieceofschmidtgamer
    @pieceofschmidtgamer Před 10 měsíci +6

    Imagine the massive historical ramifications if Anhalt hadn't unified!

  • @pedrophobiastudios
    @pedrophobiastudios Před rokem +11

    what if: the soviet union never annexed tannu tuva? how would the gigantic change in borders affect the world?

  • @korakys
    @korakys Před rokem +75

    What If: Germany formed into two roughly equal sized states (northern and southern)? Say, after WW1.

    • @kenos911
      @kenos911 Před rokem +21

      Both would probably still unify if the funny mustache man follows the same timeline, but it’d probably create a slightly weaker Germany by the time ww2 rolls around (delayed by a few years? Idk)

    • @bathamsteryt
      @bathamsteryt Před rokem +4

      Like Bavaria and Prussia?

    • @chinesetaxevader
      @chinesetaxevader Před rokem +1

      with or without austria

    • @korakys
      @korakys Před rokem +4

      @@chinesetaxevader with Austria. Bavaria is essentially just Northern Austria anyway.

    • @korakys
      @korakys Před rokem +3

      @@kenos911 I think you might be right, but after WW2 what happens? I think they would de-unified and that could have big implications on EU and especially France's stance towards Germany since it would be clearly more powerful than either country. Especially if nothern germany went back to speaking their native language rather than the southern german they currently do now.

  • @CC-re9df
    @CC-re9df Před rokem +6

    Finally, my home state of Anhalt, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, gets some much earned attention! 🎉

  • @kira-kitty4769
    @kira-kitty4769 Před rokem +8

    Nobody seemed to have complained about it yet, so...
    ... you've got a minor error in the 1839/Belgian Revolution part: Prior to that, the whole of Luxemburg (= Luxembourg and Belgian Luxembourg combined) was part of the German Confederation. With the split of Luxembourg, the western (now Belgian) half left the Confederation, but to have it not loose in size (and shrinken the importance of the king of the Netherlands in that Confederation), the Dutchy of Limbourg was created out of thin air and added to the Confederation as well.

    • @kira-kitty4769
      @kira-kitty4769 Před rokem +3

      ... and there was the strange case of Hesse-Homburg, which was recreated in 1815 (but after the congress of Vienna) and officially joined the German Confederation in 1817.

  • @MarcosArranzSoriano
    @MarcosArranzSoriano Před rokem +9

    You should have mentioned all states when they were anexed by Prussia

  • @Predanator99
    @Predanator99 Před rokem +1

    Always nice to see new stuff😍

  • @Calibornian
    @Calibornian Před rokem +3

    Congrats on 50K PH!

  • @saifors
    @saifors Před rokem +7

    I don't know if it's a possibility with the way you edit but in the future could you possibly make some kind of intermittent flashing animation on the state you are talking about? At least for cases like this where there's so many small states all around the map it becomes a bit hard to tell which one you're talking about especially with ones that have lands disconnected from one another

  • @tamaz88
    @tamaz88 Před rokem +4

    Anhalt is just Austria pocket edition

  • @charlieduke6393
    @charlieduke6393 Před 2 měsíci

    I loved this video, the information was delivered in very easy to digest.

  • @FaZeAnneFrank1945
    @FaZeAnneFrank1945 Před rokem +1

    Nice video

  • @YaBoiBaxter2024
    @YaBoiBaxter2024 Před rokem +1

    Congrats on 50K. Let's see if you cam get 100K this year!

  • @anonymouspsychedelicsuser8109

    this was surprisingly good for an 8 minute video

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před rokem +10

    Great video! Next can you do one on a Habsburg lead Germany?

  • @user-yq4sn6my2x
    @user-yq4sn6my2x Před 2 měsíci

    The isle Fehmarn is coloured as Danish after 1864, the same as isle Als. You are correct, that Fehmarn was not a part of Holstein, but a part of Schleswig. Only after 1866 the Prussians annexed it to Holstein. Oldenburg also got some parts of Holstein, as mentioned by some other.

  • @springlink3188
    @springlink3188 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Bro when he said "When the saxagoda line of the Wetin dynasty" I knew I was in for a treat

  • @Loumiya
    @Loumiya Před rokem +3

    pls a video about all border changes in the HRE

  • @artlemagne
    @artlemagne Před rokem +2

    can you do a "what if everything went perfect for spain" starting from the union of castille and aragon.I think it would be interesting.

  • @IKILLEDTHEKENNEDYS123

    Remember when possible history actually mad alternate history videos but great vid keep it up

  • @Deridus
    @Deridus Před rokem +2

    Imagine a Total War: HRE.

  • @Bob-fh4ht
    @Bob-fh4ht Před rokem +2

    How long did It take you to draw the 1815 border gore in Germany?

  • @Mr_OogaBooga
    @Mr_OogaBooga Před rokem

    Yay another video

  • @radored7750
    @radored7750 Před rokem +1

    Awesome

  • @shzarmai
    @shzarmai Před rokem +3

    What if a Caucasus Federation was created after the Cold War/the USSR's collapse?

  • @ash_11117
    @ash_11117 Před rokem +5

    I would like to recommend an alternative history video: What if Prussia was weak and Bavaria united Germany.

  • @AmirSatt
    @AmirSatt Před rokem +1

    Idea for a future video: what if *Ulm* unified Germany?

  • @sharkronical
    @sharkronical Před rokem

    0:45 wow

  • @wheatyes2104
    @wheatyes2104 Před 8 měsíci +4

    What if Anhalt united Germany?

  • @ludwigschneider2258
    @ludwigschneider2258 Před 11 měsíci +2

    the German Empire of 1848-1849 which lasted roughly a year

  • @Ma_ksi
    @Ma_ksi Před rokem +2

    Kinda disappointed you didn't go in depth about the history of the micro states in central and east Germany

  • @sandigessandan
    @sandigessandan Před rokem +5

    Origin of the name of Anhalt:
    The name originated, because in the middle ages the count Esico wanted to replace the existing wooden castle with one made out of bricks. He said, that the castle should be build "ohne Holz" ("without wood"), but because this was a 1000 years ago the way he said it sounded more like "ahne Holt". That's how the got the name for Anhalt.
    GLORY TO THE MIGHTY DUCHY OF ANHALT!!! 🟥🟩⬜🐻

  • @hello_hi_is-angeryferusteratid

    0:32 the group of small german states inside east prussia aprox. modern day berlin with purple green and blue if they united ressemble a tiny mini austria

  • @UnluckyCantaloupe4
    @UnluckyCantaloupe4 Před rokem

    Beautiful

  • @bigfootjinxthecat8696
    @bigfootjinxthecat8696 Před 11 měsíci

    0:40 bavaria is just a lake

  • @Oacka
    @Oacka Před měsícem

    Gotta say this is the best work you have done, I don’t know why, but nobody focusses on the holy Roman Empire ( or German confederation ) this part of history is the most interesting part of Europe, Germany is definitely the main character of Europe

  • @User20398
    @User20398 Před měsícem

    Köthen mentioned

  • @numlocky4592
    @numlocky4592 Před rokem

    I thought of a question and I think that it might make a good video: why was Czechia part of the German confederation

  • @LT.KiraHertling1701
    @LT.KiraHertling1701 Před rokem +1

    It makes me sad that Hanover allied with Austria and later the Kingdom of Hanover was dissolved and annexed by the Prussians. They should have become a member of the North Germanic Confederation, and the Duchy of Limburg and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg should have become member states of a unified Germany.

  • @faze_fox2092
    @faze_fox2092 Před rokem +3

    Austria Habsburg (aka Austrian Empire): *bullies Prussia (or Germany)*
    56 years later.....
    German 2nd Reich (German Empire) or former Prussia: *bullies Austria and later France*

  • @Jack-pf6lv
    @Jack-pf6lv Před rokem

    Bismarck could sees how germany changes much in just one video

  • @derdude6214
    @derdude6214 Před rokem +1

    What if Wilhelm II. died before or during the first world war?

  • @YaBoiBaxter2024
    @YaBoiBaxter2024 Před rokem +4

    I'd love to see a video on if those Austrians 🇦🇹 had united German people instead of the Prussians and how that'd effect the rest of Europe, the international relations at the time and what it would have on the Grest War in just a few years after reunification.

    • @TheGold1knight
      @TheGold1knight Před rokem +1

      He's already made a video on this topic but he chose 1648 so I'd be interested in another one too, if Austria United Germany after winning the bruderkrieg. Or, an alternate cool scenario, if the war ended in a stalemate with southern German states supporting Austria's claim and northern German states supporting Prussia's claim, so you'd have a north and south Germany. Both would border France too which would be quite funny.

    • @YaBoiBaxter2024
      @YaBoiBaxter2024 Před rokem

      @@TheGold1knight cool

  • @trogil775
    @trogil775 Před rokem +4

    Hanover should've unified Germany

    • @StalkerX426
      @StalkerX426 Před rokem +6

      *_British Germany💀💀💀💀💀💀💀_*

    • @trogil775
      @trogil775 Před rokem

      @@StalkerX426 British Germany
      I'm all for it 🗣️🔥🔥

    • @thevirtualpug3d868
      @thevirtualpug3d868 Před rokem

      @@trogil775 LOL Same.... They would literally be untouchable with the combined might of Germany and Britain.

  • @LouisMcK
    @LouisMcK Před rokem

    grat vod

  • @theChaosKe
    @theChaosKe Před rokem

    I didnt know about the small dutch and belgian parts. Were they german speaking before?

  • @moonlanding5117
    @moonlanding5117 Před rokem +1

    Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, despite siding with Austria, was not fully annexed but lost a token strip of land to prussia while gaining some exclaves. This change was not represented in your video

  • @rithvik119am6
    @rithvik119am6 Před 10 měsíci

    do it for india from 1700 to 1947

  • @yoshikagekira9781
    @yoshikagekira9781 Před měsícem

    Now 1700-1814

  • @neilyoung4554
    @neilyoung4554 Před rokem +1

    I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the Prussian Kulturekampf lead to the Catholic states in Germany rebelling with aid from the Austrians, a second thirty years war? a Two state solution? What do you think?

  • @Sidtheman
    @Sidtheman Před rokem +2

    Actual History?

  • @DoSLG
    @DoSLG Před měsícem +1

    LAUENBURG MENTIONED YIPPEEEE

  • @cutetestcatindaworld
    @cutetestcatindaworld Před rokem

    Damn

  • @Slavic_Gopnik69
    @Slavic_Gopnik69 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Video idea:
    What if USSR annexed Slavic countries and became USSSR United Soviet Socialist Republic and none Slavic countries will be established as satellite: Romania Hungary

  • @whiggles9203
    @whiggles9203 Před 5 měsíci

    Why was East Prussia excluded from the Confederation, whereas Czech majority Bohemia and Moravia were included?

  • @florianjongejeugd3902
    @florianjongejeugd3902 Před rokem +1

    limburg only became part of the german confederation after belgian independence as compensation for the teritory luxembourg lost

  • @generalfeldmarschall3781

    Bavaria acatally lost a bit of Territory after the franco prussian war

  • @bathamsteryt
    @bathamsteryt Před rokem +2

    We love Anhalt lets gooo

  • @michaelthomas5433
    @michaelthomas5433 Před rokem +2

    Now do the entire history of H.R.E states. I'll give you a whole 15 minutes.

  • @DerEiserneBuerger
    @DerEiserneBuerger Před rokem

    Next video: Radical changes in the map of Germany from 1914 to now.

  • @CrisisHedgehog
    @CrisisHedgehog Před rokem +2

    We f*cking love United Anhalt

  • @bones6448
    @bones6448 Před rokem

    What if everything went perfect for Austria next!

  • @AntarcticLP
    @AntarcticLP Před 10 měsíci

    Limburg wasn‘t part of the German Confederation before Belgian Luxembourg became part of Belgium.

  • @kareemabdul1
    @kareemabdul1 Před rokem

    what if everything went perfect for the russian empire? (they get everything they wanted in 1814 in poland romania and finland) maybe if they got to keep tarnopol krakow and poznan and they could push to their ambitious claims on the city of danzig bukovina moldavia wallachia and the rest of galicia

  • @vb3playz66
    @vb3playz66 Před rokem

    my god

  • @CliffCardi
    @CliffCardi Před rokem +1

    Finally. No more border gore.

    • @goldenfiberwheat238
      @goldenfiberwheat238 Před 11 měsíci

      No their internal borders were still pretty bad until after ww2

  • @unpluggedlamp1
    @unpluggedlamp1 Před rokem

    what if hitler invades hell? (Churchill makes a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons)

  • @zacharymetz4634
    @zacharymetz4634 Před měsícem

    What if Anhalt formed The German Empire

  • @officalchanneloffrill

    New idea, what if everything went good for Hungary

  • @DerMghh
    @DerMghh Před rokem +1

    Anhalt ❤!!!

  • @lookie4448
    @lookie4448 Před rokem

    what if everything went perfect for Poland?

  • @spaghettiking7312
    @spaghettiking7312 Před rokem

    We've got to thank Napoleon.

  • @jugnot_was_taken
    @jugnot_was_taken Před rokem +1

    rare alhat dub

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430

    Prussia got strong son!😂😂😂😂😂

  • @moredac2881
    @moredac2881 Před rokem +1

    What if: Bismarck was a liberal, and made Germany a democracy?

  • @Kerguelen.Mapping
    @Kerguelen.Mapping Před 11 měsíci

    am i the only one who thinks anhalt looks like the part of austrian empire in The German Confederation?

  • @darknessyouroldfriend3258
    @darknessyouroldfriend3258 Před 11 měsíci

    Hi

  • @dengronebaronen5260
    @dengronebaronen5260 Před rokem +1

    What if France won the Franco prussian war.

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 Před rokem

    Lore of The RADICAL Changes In The Map Of Germany From 1815 to 1871 momentum 100

  • @AverageSyrianGeneral
    @AverageSyrianGeneral Před rokem +2

    based 50k subscribers 🗣🗣🗣

  • @dengronebaronen5260
    @dengronebaronen5260 Před rokem

    What if Sweden won the great northern war.

  • @dildo_destroyer-445
    @dildo_destroyer-445 Před rokem +1

    Anhult great German state

  • @tavishnundoo6002
    @tavishnundoo6002 Před rokem

    Hallo

  • @bladefox-ik5iy
    @bladefox-ik5iy Před rokem +1

    What if the Von Habsburgs were Protestant?

  • @PossessedPotatoBird
    @PossessedPotatoBird Před rokem +1

    Anhalt survives!!1!!1

  • @celdur4635
    @celdur4635 Před rokem

    And Napoleon consolidated hundreds of German states no? just a few years before 1815.

  • @felixmeepthesheep630
    @felixmeepthesheep630 Před rokem

    2 h.

  • @donpollo3154
    @donpollo3154 Před rokem

    I can't even see half of the changes I have to play it back lol
    German states are something else

  • @danever159
    @danever159 Před rokem +1

    man put 5 seconds of effort explaining where the hell he is talking about.

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Před rokem +1

    The ongoing German...reconsideration of Bismark as a figure is fascinating to watch. He used to be considered an untouchable figure, larger than life and beloved from every angle. Now? Now he's seen as an autocrat who stepped on centuries of German tradition of democracy, diplomacy and mutual defense and replacing it with a ravenous Prussian militarism that got them into 2 massive world wars they lost. Reunifying Germany is neat from a history perspective but one wonders about the cost.

  • @shiny180_
    @shiny180_ Před rokem +4

    What if germany had a civil war at the end of ww2
    As the soviets approach berlin in 1944 the As the soviets approach berlin in 1944 the German people went into a state of panic and 3 new groups arose to power the communists in Saxony called s.p.r then a capitalists one in balvaria called the balvaria Republic know as t.b.r and finally a monarchist one in Hesse called the German empire or ge for short.
    The alies as well as the ussr agreed that the civil war would not be stopped and the alies would do no more than support the side's they wanted to win this beginning the s.p.r by the soviets and the t.b.r by the usa the comman wealth and France.
    As the civil war progressed the s.p.r would be conquered by the t.b.r
    The monarchists would make a dell with the t.b.r to split germany into two countries with the same borders as east and west Germany but instead of Berlin being split the monarchists would be allowed to control All of berlin.
    After 2more years the Germans would finally beat the nazis and at the peace treat europe would be split the same way it was in our time line but germany would have no communism in the east since the monarchists took over this would cause the new german states to have to pay huge amounts of money to the soviets.
    But sadly for the monarchs they would never would get a country in Germany because in 1948 when the country was set to be created the alies changed there mind and caused the monarchs to be replaced with a Republic but the two German states would never unit due to the alies fearing for a 3rd world war against the Germans.
    In this time line the cold war would be mostly the same except for the need for Germany to be split into two.
    German people went into a state of panic and 3 new groups arose to power the communists in Saxony called s.p.r then a capitalists one in balvaria called the balvaria Republic know as t.b.r and finally a monarchist one in Hesse called the German empire or ge for short.
    The alies as well as the ussr agreed that the civil war would not be stopped and the alies would do no more than support the side's they wanted to win this beginning the s.p.r by the soviets and the t.b.r by the usa the comman wealth and France.
    As the civil war progressed the s.p.r would be conquered by the t.b.r
    The monarchists would make a dell with the t.b.r to split germany into two countries with the same borders as east and west Germany but instead of Berlin being split the monarchists would be allowed to control All of berlin.
    After 2more years the Germans would finally beat the nazis and at the peace treat europe would be split the same way it was in our time line but germany would have no communism in the east since the monarchists took over this would cause the new german states to have to pay huge amounts of money to the soviets.
    But sadly for the monarchs they would never would get a country in Germany because in 1948 when the country was set to be created the alies changed there mind and caused the monarchs to be replaced with a Republic but the two German states would never unit due to the alies fearing for a 3rd world war against the Germans.
    In this time line the cold war would be mostly the same except for the need for Germany to be split into two.