Central Europe: a German Task? Ideas of Central Europe and their Functionality between 1814-1945 Cover Image

Közép-Európa: német feladat? A Közép-Európa gondolat funkciói 1814–1945 között
Central Europe: a German Task? Ideas of Central Europe and their Functionality between 1814-1945

Author(s): István Németh
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), History of European Union
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Central Europe; Central European politics; 1814-1945

Summary/Abstract: The political interpretations of the term Central Europe were launched at the Congress of Vienna. After that, the German strategies concerning Central Europe – that were followed between 1814 and 1945 – took shape more and more as issues of foreign politics. The article analyses different functionalities and periods of these plans. The author discusses in detail the plans for cooperation before and during WWI, then presents the failure of the plans concerning Central Europe. The activity of the German– Austrian–Hungarian economic community (1913–1918) is also discussed.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 15-26
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian