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17: 166: 74: 124:, which were not connected. Therefore, Prussia sought to bring one of the large states between its two sections into the Prussian customs system, in order to unify the customs system of the whole Prussian Kingdom. One potential partner was the Grand Duchy of Hesse ("Hesse-Darmstadt"). From 1820 to 1823, Hesse-Darmstadt had engaged in negotiations regarding a 189:
agreements which harmed Hessian interests. However, the union meant that Hesse-Darmstadt was absorbed into the Prussian customs administration and that the Hessian customs system was "organised identically to the Royal Prussian customs administration." All customs barriers between the two states were removed, with the exception of salt,
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saw the union with Hesse-Darmstadt as only the first step in the creation of a wider customs union. The Prussian government therefore refrained from officially dominating Hesse-Darmstadt except in the case of small enclaves and accepted some disadvantages like a Hessian right to reject Prussian trade
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and others, the Prussian-Hessian Customs Union and the South German Customs Union grew closer to one another. In 1829, the two unions unified, granting tax-free status to all local products. This paved the way for the creation of the German Customs Union in 1834.
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in 1825 also failed. Thus, on 14 February 1828, Hesse-Darmstadt finally conceded to join the Prussian system. In retrospect, this agreement was significant as Prussia's first extension of its influence south of the
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to create their own customs union. However, despite a treaty between Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt in 1824, this union remained hypothetical. A meeting on a customs union between
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joined the Prussian tax and toll system, thus bringing them into the customs union. In 1829 and 1830, other small areas joined (
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and because it created an economic bridge between the two parts of the Kingdom which had previously remained separate.
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that was established in 1828. Several other states joined over the following years, most notably the
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A key problem for Prussia was that it consisted of a western and an eastern portion after the
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Prussian publication of the 22 March 1833 treaty which unified the Pussian-Hessian and
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regarding the regions of Lipperode, Cappel, and Grevenhagen in June 1826, and with
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As a result of the enclave treaties, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and some smaller
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regarding the regions of Allstedt and Oldisleben on 27 June 1823, with the
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The treaty was in force until 31 December 1834. Through the mediation of
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Der deutsche Zollverein. Geschichte seiner Entstehung und Entwicklung
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4th edition. Leske+Budrich, Opladen 1994. ISBN 3-8100-1336-6, p. 170.
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of other countries also belonged to the customs union. In July 1828,
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regarding Rossow, Netzband und Schönberg on 2 December 1826.
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‹See Tfd›
German
customs union
Kingdom of Prussia
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Electorate of Hesse
German Custom Union
unification of Germany

South German
Napoleonic Wars
German Confederation
enclaves
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Principality of Lippe
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Congress of Vienna
South German Customs Union
Hesse-Kassel
Nassau
Baden
Bavaria
Württemberg
Stuttgart
Mainlinie

unification

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