Germany and Austria annul promise of plebiscite in North Schleswig

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.2: German-language Writing and Culture: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, 800-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

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Politics

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Date of occurrence 1878-10-11

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Austria (Location)
Denmark (Involved)
Germany (Involved)

In the Treaty of Gastein, Germany and Austria agree to annul the clause they had both pledged to in the 1866 Peace of Prague, whereby they had promised to hold a plebiscite in North Schleswig to allow the population to choose whether to remain part of Germany or be partly returned to Denmark.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Germany and Austria annul promise of plebiscite in North Schleswig". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=18773, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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