Reichstag
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Reichstag (Diet of the Realm[1] or National Diet or Imperial Diet in the German language) may refer to:
- Reichstag (institution) – various historic legislative bodies in German-speaking countries:
- Reichstag (Holy Roman Empire), the various Imperial Diets (754-1806)
- Reichstag of Worms, a diet convened by Emperor Henry IV (1076)
- Reichstag of Augsburg, noteworthy sessions of the Imperial Diet in 1530 and 1555
- Reichstag (Austria), the first elected parliament of Austria (1848-1849)
- Reichstag (North German Confederation), the first parliament of Germany (1860-1871)
- Reichstag (German Empire), parliament of the German Empire (1871–1918)
- Reichstag (Weimar Republic), parliament of the Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
- Reichstag (Nazi Germany), pseudo-parliament of the Third Reich (1933-1945)
- Reichstag (building), building in Berlin where the German legislature met from 1894 to 1933 and again since 1999
- Reichstag fire in 1933, which provided a pretext for the Nazis to seize power
- Reichstag Fire Decree, common name of the Order of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State issued by German President Paul von Hindenburg in direct response to the Reichstag fire in 1933.
[edit] See also
- Reichsrat ("Imperial Council"), a less representative body than a Reichstag
- Riksdag, legislative bodies in the Scandinavian countries with the same meaning as Reichstag
- In modern Germany, the Bundestag and Bundesrat are the two chambers of parliament
[edit] References
- ^ Moonis Raza. Geographical Dictionary Of The World In The Early 20th Century With Pronouncing Gazetteer (in 2 Vos.). New Delhi, India: Concept Publishing Company, 1990. Pp. 712.
