May Uprising in Dresden May Uprising in Dresden The May Uprising took place in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony in 1849; it was one of the last of the series of events known as the Revolutions of 1848. In the German states, revolutions began in March 1848, starting in Berlin and spreading across the other states which now make up Germany. The heart of the revolutions was in Frankfurt, where the newly formed National Assembly, the Frankfurt Parliament, met in St Paul's Church from May 1848, calling for a constitutional monarchy to rule a new, united German nation. To form the Assembly, near-democratic elections had
May Uprising in Dresden to Zürich, where Wagner remained. From 1849 the German states saw a sharp rise in emigration as thousands deserted their homeland for political reasons, many of them artists, writers and other well-educated, prominent members of society. The revolution had a slight effect on the political system, in that the nobility lost some of its power in the lower house, but otherwise was a complete failure. Reference: Dresdner Hefte, Heft 43 (1995), "Der Dresdner Maiaufstand von 1849" (The Dresden May Uprising of 1849), published by Dresdner Geschichtsverein e.V. May Uprising in Dresden The May Uprising took place in Dresden, Kingdom of