Talk:Landtag of Prussia

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This article was nominated for merging with Prussian estates on 1 May 2009. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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Is this about a building, or an organization? Also, please see my question at Talk:Prussian estates.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 22:55, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Still waiting for an answer. Here's another question: what is the relation of this to de:Preußisches Abgeordnetenhaus? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:51, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Prussian parliament (de:Preußischer Landtag) was initially bicameral, divided into the Prussian House of Lords (de:Preußisches Herrenhaus) and the Prussian House of Representatives (de:Preußisches Abgeordnetenhaus, currently just a redirect). The buildings were near each other in Berlin-Mitte. Both houses closed in 1918 because of the German Revolution. From 1919-21 a legislature (de:Preußische Landesversammlung) met to discuss the constitution (de:Preußische Verfassung (1920)) of the Free State of Prussia.

The new constitution of 1920 appears to have established Weimar Prussia with a bicameral legislature with no common name. The House of Representatives, no longer chosen by the three class franchise, was called instead the Prussian Landtag and met in the same building (de:Preußischer Landtag (Gebäude)) as the House of Representatives had. The Prussian State Council article states that this chamber was still called the House of Representatives, but I don't think that's accurate. The Landtag was dissolved by the Nazis in October 1933 and the building was then used as the de:Haus der Flieger. The Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin has met in that building, still called the Preußischer Landtag, since 1993.

Besides the Weimar-era Landtag, there was also the Prussian State Council (de:Preußischer Staatsrat) in the building of the former House of Lords. Its members were drawn from the provincial diets (de:Provinziallandtag (Preußen)). Konrad Adenauer was its president from 1920-33. Its democratic function ended in July 1933 by the Nazis, although the institution was continued by Göring for propaganda purposes. That building has been used by the Bundesrat of Germany since 2000.

It might be better to move this article to Parliament of Prussia to match with Category:Bicameral legislatures, as Prussia was independent at the time of its creation, or to to Landtag of Prussia to match with Category:State legislatures of Germany, as Prussia became a state within Germany. Or, possibly separate articles for Parliament of Prussia (divided into Prussian House of Lords and Prussian House of Representatives) and then the Weimar-era Landtag of Prussia and Prussian State Council, with Preußischer Landtag as a disambig page? Olessi (talk) 18:45, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nice analysis, but would require somebody more familiar with German political history. Perhaps an RFC would be useful. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete Information[edit]

Why does this article have no information about what happened to the Prussian State government? Was it dissolved by the Nazis? After the World War? When and how and under what conditions did it come to an end? I think that this article is centrally incomplete without this information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.54.253.142 (talk) 02:18, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]