Kreuznach Conference (May 1917)
1917 CE.
Shown on the map at 49.847°, 7.867°.
The Kreuznach Conference of 17–18 May 1917 was a meeting of the political and military leaders of the Central Powers held in Bad Kreuznach, a town in the Prussian Rhineland that served as the seat of the German Army Supreme Command (OHL). The conference took place in the spring of 1917 and was prepared with particular care by both partners. On the German side, preparations were carried out during the German Crown Council of 23 April 1917, while on the Austro-Hungarian side they took place during meetings of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Councils and in less formal discussions between representatives of the Austrian and Hungarian governments and the joint ministries. The conference was intended to allow the German and Austro-Hungarian monarchs and their diplomatic representatives to ratify an agreement on the division of prospective territorial gains in Russia and the Balkans. In the days preceding the meeting, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ottokar Czernin, prepared a memorandum outlining the severe weakening of the Dual Monarchy after three years of war, which was meant to serve as a negotiating instrument for the Austro-Hungarian delegation.
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