320px|The Prussian lion circling around the Austrian elephant. Illustration by Adolph Menzel, 1846 Austria and Prussia were the most powerful principalities in the Holy Roman Empire by the 18th and 19th centuries and had engaged in a struggle for supremacy in Central Europe. Locally known as , the rivalry was characterized by major territorial conflicts, economic, cultural and political contention for sovereign leadership among the German-speaking peoples  .
320px|The Prussian lion circling around the Austrian elephant. Illustration by Adolph Menzel, 1846 Austria and Prussia were the most powerful principalities in the Holy Roman Empire by the 18th and 19th centuries and had engaged in a struggle for supremacy in Central Europe. Known in German as (literally German dualism) , the rivalry was characterized by major territorial conflicts, economic, cultural and political contention for sovereign leadership among the German-speaking peoples , an issue known as the German question in the 19th century .
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Locally known as
Known in German as (literally German dualism)
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, an issue known as the German question in the 19th century