What did Karl vom Stein do at the Congress of Vienna?

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Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein, portrait by Friedrich Olivier, 1820.

During the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815), Karl vom Stein utilized his moral authority to advocate for the political union of the German states.1

While he was not serving as Prussia's prime minister at that time—having been dismissed from that office in 1808—he remained a significant political figure and advisor to the Russian tsar Alexander I. His efforts at the Congress were consistent with his long-standing fervent German patriotism and his desire to see a unified German nation emerge from the post-Napoleonic reorganization of Europe.1