state parliaments (Landtage)

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State parliaments (Landtage) are the legislative bodies of Germany’s individual federal states, responsible for regional lawmaking, government oversight, and the election of state governments.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
political institution in Germany ⓘ
subnational legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction German federal states ⓘ
linked to: German states
canBeDissolvedBy self-dissolution under conditions set by state constitution ⓘ
vote of no confidence in state prime minister (in some states) ⓘ
composition elected members of state parliament ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
electoralSystem party-list proportional representation (in most states) ⓘ
elects members of the Bundesrat delegated by state governments (indirectly via government election) ⓘ
governmentFunction control of state budget ⓘ
election of state government ⓘ
election of state prime minister (Ministerpräsident) ⓘ
establishment of committees of inquiry ⓘ
oversight of state government ⓘ
parliamentary scrutiny through questions and inquiries ⓘ
hasPart Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin ⓘ
Brandenburg Landtag ⓘ
Bremen Bürgerschaft ⓘ
Hamburgische Bürgerschaft ⓘ
linked to: Hamburg Parliament

Hessian Landtag ⓘ
linked to: Landtag of Hesse

Landtag of Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
Landtag of Bavaria ⓘ
Lower Saxony Landtag ⓘ
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Landtag ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia Landtag ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag ⓘ
Saarland Landtag ⓘ
linked to: Landtag of Saarland

Saxon Landtag ⓘ
linked to: Landtag of Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt Landtag ⓘ
Schleswig-Holstein Landtag ⓘ
Thuringian Landtag ⓘ
hasPowerOver cultural affairs at state level ⓘ
education policy at state level ⓘ
municipal law and local government supervision ⓘ
police and internal security at state level ⓘ
state-level media regulation (within federal limits) ⓘ
headOfBody president of the Landtag (or equivalent title) ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalBasis German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) federal structure ⓘ
respective state constitution (Landesverfassung) ⓘ
legislativeFunction amending state constitution where applicable ⓘ
passing state laws (Landesgesetze) ⓘ
regional lawmaking ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state level (Länder level) ⓘ
meetsIn state capital of the respective federal state ⓘ
relatedTo Bundesrat ⓘ
Bundestag ⓘ
termLength typically 5 years ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German federal elections → excludes → state parliaments (Landtage) ⓘ
Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin → belongsTo → German Länder parliaments ⓘ
subject linked to: Abgeordnetenhaus
linked to: state parliaments (Landtage)
Landtag of Thuringia building → partOf → German state parliaments network ⓘ
linked to: state parliaments (Landtage)