Reichstag of the Weimar Republic

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The Reichstag of the Weimar Republic was the democratically elected national parliament of Germany from 1919 to 1933, central to the country’s short-lived interwar parliamentary democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical institution
legislative body
parliament
appliesToJurisdiction Weimar Republic
characterizedBy frequent coalition governments
political fragmentation
coexistedWith Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic
couldBeDissolvedBy President of the Weimar Republic
country Germany
diminishedBy Enabling Act of 1933
dissolutionReason Nazification of German state
electoralTermLength 4 years
endTime 1933
followedBy Reichstag under Nazi Germany
governmentForm parliamentary democracy
headOfStateInteraction elected President of Germany
historicalPeriod Weimar era
linked to: Weimar Republic

interwar period
languageOfWorkOrName German
legislativeBranchOf Weimar Republic
legislativeStructure unicameral
location Berlin
mainFunction budget approval
federal legislation
oversight of government
metInBuilding Reichstag building
notableElection German federal election, 1919
German federal election, 1928
German federal election, December 1924
German federal election, July 1932
German federal election, March 1933
German federal election, May 1924
German federal election, November 1932
numberOfChambers one
partOf political system of the Weimar Republic
politicalCulture multi-party system
politicalSystemContext Weimar Constitution
powerLimitedBy emergency decrees under Article 48
precededBy Reichstag of the German Empire
replacedBy rubber-stamp Reichstag of Nazi Germany
significance central institution of Weimar parliamentary democracy
significantEvent Reichstag Fire
linked to: Reichstag fire

rise of the Nazi Party
startTime 1919
suffrage universal adult suffrage
suffrageIncludes women
temporalLocation 1919–1933
votingSystem proportional representation

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Reichstag of Nazi Germany predecessor Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Theodor Heuss memberOf Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
subject linked to: Federal President Theodor Heuss
Imperial Diet alsoKnownAs Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German Empire legislativeBody Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic legislativeBody Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Catholic Centre Party wasMajorPartyIn Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Reichsgesetzblatt relatedTo Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German National People’s Party parliamentaryGroupIn Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Constitution legislatureCreated Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Kroll Opera House usedAsSeatOf Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, July 1932 legislatureElected Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Gregor Strasser representedIn Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German Democratic Party parliamentaryGroupIn Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Weimar National Assembly followedBy Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Wilhelm Groener memberOf Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Ernst Reuter memberOf Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Young Plan approvedBy Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic vetoCanBeOverriddenBy Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic relatedTo Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German People's Party parliamentaryGroupIn Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Bavarian People’s Party representedIn Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic elects Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
DNVP parliamentaryGroupIn Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Alfred von Tirpitz memberOf Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
USPD hadParliamentaryGroupIn Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany parliamentaryBody Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, May 1924 parliamentElected Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, December 1924 legislatureElected Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Krolloper usedBy Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, 1928 legislatureElected Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, November 1932 parliament Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Reichstag of the German Empire followedBy Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
German federal election, 1930 legislativeBodyElected Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Centre Party (Germany) parliamentaryGroupIn Reichstag
linked to: Reichstag of the Weimar Republic