Another one of the themes central to Berger’s book is the strengthening of the federal inventions of the nations. With the incorporation of german speaking lands with in the Confederation, a wide range of regional identities were created. The focus on Heimat, or the relationship between a person toward a community or region, could be used to strengthen the nation. Or it could weaken it, depending on the actors goals. With the establishment of the German Confederation in the 1800s, Count Metternich attempted to create quasi- autonomous territorial states that would work wth in a larger governmental system. During the Confederation, nationalism took on a regional flavor. Regional newspapers , traditions, and culture were used to express territorial allegiances. These autonomous territories sought for greater social reforms during the revolutions of 1848. It was not until the establishment of Imperial Germany did the ideas of Heimat begin to work alongside greater nationalism.…show more content… Various learn worked of the time drew on different national landscapes and collective memories of the different regions in order to strengthen the German identity as a whole. In 1903, the German Association for the Protection of Heimat persevered regional national monuments and landscapes. This created a wave of environmentalism which tied the health of the nation to the health of the environment. After the Great War, the nation was greatly damaged both physically and mentally. There was a growing movement with in the Weimar Republic to revise the outcome of the Versailles Treaty, and repair the image of the damaged nation. National monuments were preserved and the republican state encouraged greater exploration of the Heimat through travel and
