) , successor = DNSAP (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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DNSAP (

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

) , wing1_title = Paramilitary wing , newspaper = ''Freie Volksstimme'' , ideology =

Pan-Germanism Pan-Germanism (german: Pangermanismus or '), also occasionally known as Pan-Germanicism, is a pan-nationalist political idea. Pan-Germanists originally sought to unify all the German-speaking people – and possibly also Germanic-speaking ...

Austro-German nationalism

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Socialist economics Socialist economics comprises the economic theories, practices and norms of hypothetical and existing socialist economic systems. A socialist economic system is characterized by social ownership and operation of the means of production that may ...

Linz Program of 1882 , position =

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Red

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(customary) , seats1_title = Seats in the Reichsrat (

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''Iglau Programme'' National Socialists Before Hitler, Part III: The Iglau Programme
, symbol = National Cockade of Germany

, country = Austria The German Workers' Party (''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'', DAP) in

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

was the predecessor of the

Austrian Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ...

and Czechoslovak ''

Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei Austrian Nazism or Austrian National Socialism was a pan-German movement that was formed at the beginning of the 20th century. The movement took a concrete form on 15 November 1903 when the German Worker's Party (DAP) was established in Austria ...

'' (DNSAP), founded on 14 November 1903, in Aussig (

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (, , ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway ju ...

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. Its founders were Karl Hermann Wolf, an earlier adherent of

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, and Ferdinand Burschofsky. The German Workers' Party sought to defend German interests in the Czech lands. Its party program was founded on

, and was vehemently

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, anti-Marxist and

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. In the elections for the Imperial Council in 1905 and 1911, the party obtained 3 seats.

Hans Knirsch Hans Knirsch (14 September 1877 in Třebařov – 6 December 1933 in Duchcov) was an Austro-German activist from Moravia for Austrian Nazism. After the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he led the original party in Bohemia, called the Ge ...

was chosen as parliamentary chairman in 1912. At the end of the

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Walter Riehl Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

would take over as leader of Austrian part of the party, which would be renamed the ''

'' (DNSAP). Concurrently, Hans Knirsch would take up the leadership of the Czechoslovak DNSAP, a forerunner of the

Sudeten German National Socialist Party The Sudeten German Party (german: Sudetendeutsche Partei, SdP, cs, Sudetoněmecká strana) was created by Konrad Henlein under the name ''Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront'' ("Front of the Sudeten German Homeland") on 1 October 1933, some months afte ...

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