Zollverein and German Protectionist Industrial Policy (1834–1879)

1. Prussia enacts the Customs Law of 1818

   May 26, 1818Labels: Prussia, Customs Law

   • Britannica
   • Zollverein

2. Bavaria and Württemberg found South German Customs Union

   Jan 18, 1828Labels: Bavaria, W rttemberg

   • SGCU
   • Zollverein

3. Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt form Prussian-Hessian Customs Union

   Feb 14, 1828Labels: Prussia, Hesse-Darmstadt

   • PHCU
   • Zollverein

4. Zollverein treaties signed to create a wider union

   Mar 22, 1833Labels: Zollverein Treaties, Prussia

   • Zollverein
   • US Historian

5. Zollverein formally begins and internal borders lose tariffs

   Jan 1, 1834Labels: Zollverein, Customs Union

   • Britannica
   • Zollverein

6. Zollverein adopts Dresden Coinage Convention framework

   Jul 30, 1838Labels: Dresden Coinage, Zollverein

   • Dresden Coinage
   • Zollverein

7. Luxembourg joins the Zollverein customs system

   Jan 1, 1842Labels: Luxembourg, Zollverein

   • Zollverein
   • Britannica

8. Vienna Monetary Treaty links Zollverein and Austria on coinage

   Jan 24, 1857Labels: Vienna Monetary, Austria

   • Vienna Treaty
   • US Historian

9. Prussia signs a major commercial treaty with France

   Jan 1, 1862Labels: Prussia, France

   • German tariff
   • Treaty Frankfurt

10. Zollverein is reorganized after German war and political change

    Jul 8, 1867Labels: Zollverein Reorganization, North German

    • US Historian
    • Zollverein

11. Treaty of Frankfurt ends war and sets MFN trade terms

    May 10, 1871Labels: Treaty of, Franco-Prussian War

    • Treaty Frankfurt
    • US Historian

12. Germany abolishes duty on iron in late free-trade phase

    Jan 1, 1873Labels: Iron Duty, German Empire

    • German tariff
    • 1902 Encycl

13. Reichstag passes the Tariff Law of 1879

    Jul 12, 1879Labels: Tariff Law, Reichstag

    • German tariff
    • Deutschlandmuseum
    • Iron Rye