Reichstag

Reichstag is a German word which in political terms means Parliament but directly translated is Diet of the Realm or National Diet or Imperial Diet. It may refer to:

Buildings

Reichstagsgebäude, the specific German word for Parliamentary buildings, often simply shortened to Reichstag. In this context it may refer to:

• Reichstag (building), the building in Berlin where German Parliaments met from 1894 to 1933 and again since 1999
• Reichstag dome, an addition to the Reichstag by Norman Foster
• Parliament House, Helsinki (Swedish: Riksdagshuset)
• Parliament House, Stockholm (Swedish: Riksdagshuset)

Institutions

Various historic legislative bodies in German-speaking countries have been referred to as Reichstags, including:

• Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), in German called the Reichstag from about 15th century, but earlier known as the Hoftag (777–1806)
• Imperial Diet (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 (1919–1933)
• Reichstag (Nazi Germany), pseudo-parliament of the Third Reich (1933–1945)
• Scandinavian parliamentary bodies which bear or bore the name Riksdag are also called Reichstag when referred to in the German language; these words have the same origin.

Historic events

• Synod of Worms (1076), an Imperial Diet convened by the Emperor Henry IV which sought to depose Pope Gregory VII
• Diet of Worms (1521), at which Martin Luther was declared a heretic.
• Diet of Augsburg, noteworthy sessions of the Imperial Diet in 1530 and 1555.
• Reichstag Peace Resolution (1917), an unsuccessful attempt by the Reichstag of the German Empire to end the First World War
• Reichstag fire (1933), which provided a pretext for the Nazis to seize power
  • Reichstag Fire Decree (1933), an order issued by the German President Paul von Hindenburg in direct response
  • Reichstag Fire Trial or Leipzig Trial (1933), a trial held of those accused of responsibility

See also

• Reichsrat (disambiguation) (roughly "Imperial Council"), a smaller, more powerful legislative body in several German-speaking countries, similar to the Upper House of a Parliament
• Bundestag (Berlin U-Bahn), the underground station at the Reichstag building, known as Reichstag station until 2006
• Rigsdagen, the parliament of Denmark from 1849 to 1953
• Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden and the parliament of Finland (the latter is called eduskunta in Finnish)
• Riksråd, generic name in Scandinavian countries for various Councils of the Realm
• In modern Germany, the Bundestag and Bundesrat are the two chambers of parliament