Austria's View of Prussia

During the time of the Congress of Vienna, the Austrian Empire would have had several views on Prussia. Their first view would be that in order for Austria to gain the lands that it wants, they would have to cooperate with Prussia. The Austrians and Prussians were willing to do this although they did not have a very good relationship.

Another view that Austria had concerning Prussia was that Austria and Prussia would not agree on everything. This is because although both sides were willing to cooperate, both sides had a different view on some issues. For example, the form (that was wanted by Austria) to be taken by the German Confederation differed from that of Prussia. Austria wanted a Weak Austrian Confederation while Prussia wanted a Weak Austro-Prussian Confederation.

A third and last view concerning Prussia was that Austria completely disagreed with them. For example, Hardenburg of Prussia wanted Prussian domination of Western Germany, Austrian's Metternich could not agree with this proposal and because of this, problems obviously arose.

All in all, Austria's view on Prussia was that they were willing to cooperate and had a good relationship with them. This did not mean however that Prussia and Austria agreed on each others' proposals completely.