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The Reichstag of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) was the lower house of Germany's parliament; the upper house was the Reichsrat, which represented the states. The Reichstag convened for the first time on 24 June 1920, taking over from the Weimar National Assembly, which had served as an interim parliament following the collapse of the German ...
- 1933
- 5 March 1933
- 1919
- Lower house
The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
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Origin. Provisions and organization. Main Part I: Composition of the Reich and its Responsibility. Section 1: The Reich and its States. Section 2: The Reichstag and the Reich Government. Section 3: The President of the Reich and the National Ministry. Section 4: The Reichsrat. Section 5: Reich legislation. Section 6: Reich administration.
- 14 August 1919
- 11 August 1919
- Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs
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 ...
- 1918
- 12 January 1912
- 1871
- Lower house
On November 9, 1918, the Republic was proclaimed by Philipp Scheidemann at the Reichstag building in Berlin and two hours later a socialist republic was proclaimed around the corner at the Berlin Castle by Karl Liebknecht . The Emperor, or Kaiser, Wilhelm II, went into exile in the Netherlands.
Parliament. The Reichstag, elected for a four-year term, was the central legislative body under the Constitution of the Weimar Republic. Its main functions were legislation, including approval of the budget, and scrutiny of the Reich Government. It organised its work by means of a system of permanent committees.
The Reichstag 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 Reich chancellor.
