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The Reichstag ( German: [ˈʁaɪçstaːk] ⓘ) of the German Empire was Germany's lower House of Parliament from 1871 to 1918. Within the governmental structure of the Reich, it represented the national and democratic element alongside the federalism of the Bundesrat and the monarchic and bureaucratic element of the executive, embodied in the ...
Dome atop the Reichstag, Berlin. The Neo-Renaissance building was designed by Paul Wallot and was completed in 1894. It was the home of the Reichstag (“Imperial Diet”) from 1894 to 1933, during the periods of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the Weimar Republic (1919–33). A fire at the Reichstag on February 27, 1933, one month after ...
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The Neo-Renaissance building was constructed between 1884 and 1894 in the Tiergarten district on the left bank of the River Spree to plans by the architect Paul Wallot. It housed both the Reichstag legislature of the German Empire and the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. The Reich's Federal Council also originally met there.
On 10 December 1870, the North German Confederation Reichstag renamed the Confederation the "German Empire" and gave the title of German Emperor to William I, the King of Prussia, as Bundespräsidium of the Confederation. The new constitution (Constitution of the German Confederation) and the title Emperor came into effect on 1 January 1871.
Jul 16, 2021 · The Reichstag was the venue of the German Reunification Ceremony on 3 October 1990, after which, architect Norman Foster restored the building. Since its completion in 1999, the Reichstag once again became the home of the new German national parliament – who convened there for the first time on 19 April 1999. The Reichstag today
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Mar 19, 2021 · It was an important step to democracy, though the chamber did not hold the German Empire's real power. On March 21, 1871, the German parliament convened in the Reichstag for the first time ...
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Sep 1, 2020 · Following the unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Reich (German Empire) in 1871, the need arose for a building to house the newly formed Reichstag (Imperial Diet). After ten ...
