Otto von Bismarck

(noun)

Otto von Bismarck was a conservative German statesman who dominated European affairs from the 1860s to his dismissal in 1890. After a series of short victorious wars he unified numerous German states into a powerful German Empire under Prussian leadership, then created a "balance of power" that preserved peace in Europe from 1871 until 1914.

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  • History of the Welfare State

    • The Welfare State originated in Germany during 19th century with the policies implemented by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
    • Otto von Bismarck , the first Chancellor of Germany, created the modern welfare state by building on a tradition of welfare programs in Prussia and Saxony that began as early as in the 1840s, and by winning the support of business.
    • Bismarck introduced old age pensions, accident insurance and medical care that formed the basis of the modern European welfare state.
    • The development of social insurance in Germany under Bismarck was particularly influential.
    • Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of Germany, created the modern welfare state by building on a tradition of welfare programs in Prussia and Saxony that began as early as in the 1840s, and by winning the support of business.

  • Cultural Wars of the 1990s

    • "Culture war" is a translation from the German Kulturkampf, a term that was coined to describe the clash between cultural and religious groups in the campaign from 1871 to 1878, under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of the German Empire, against the influence of the Roman Catholic Church.

  • Namibia

    • Believing that Britain was soon about to declare the whole area a protectorate, the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck claimed it in 1884, thereby establishing German South West Africa as a colony.

  • Families and Inequality

    • It was a significant step towards a clear separation of church and state and advance toward a secular society when German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck introduced the Zivilehe (civil marriage) in 1875.

  • Otto von Bismark and the Franco-Prussian War

  • Intellectual Life

    • A second "renaissance" occurred during the reign of Otto I (936-973) King of the Saxons and from 952 onwards Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
    • Otto was successful in unifying his kingdom asserting his right to appoint bishops and archbishops throughout his kingdom.
    • Otto's assumption of this ecclesiastical power brought him into close contact with the best educated and ablest class of men in his kingdom.
    • Thus, Otto's reign has also been called a "renaissance."
    • Other works were more clearly history, such as Otto von Freising's (d. 1158) Gesta Friderici Imperatoris detailing the deeds of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, or William of Malmesbury's (d. c. 1143) Gesta Regum on the kings of England.

  • German Expressionism

    • Later members were Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein and Otto Mueller.
    • The group was founded by a number of Russian emigrants, including Wassily Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Marianne von Werefkin, and native German artists, such as Franz Marc, August Macke and Gabriele Münter.

  • Frederick the Great

    • Around the same time, he became close friends with Hans Hermann von Katte.
    • Even the later military reputation of Prussia under Bismarck and Moltke rested on the weight of mid-eighteenth century military developments and the territorial expansion of Frederick the Great.