Carlsbad Decrees
![Contemporary lithograph mocking the new restrictions on the press and free expression imposed by the Carlsbad Decrees. The sign on the wall behind the table reads:](/Images/godic/202501/03/Karikatur_Denkerclub2001.jpg")
![Der Denker-Club: zeitgenössische Karikatur zu Zensur und Einschränkung der Meinungsfreiheit durch die Karlsbader Beschlüsse (Lithographie)](/Images/godic/202501/03/Bildarchiv_Preußischer_Kulturbesitz2001.jpg")
The Carlsbad Decrees were a set of reactionary restrictions introduced in the states of the German Confederation by resolution of the Bundesversammlung on 20 September 1819 after a conference held in the spa town of Carlsbad, Bohemia. They banned nationalist fraternities ("Burschenschaften"), removed liberal university professors, and expanded the censorship of the press.