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Reichstag (other)
is a German word generally meaning ''parliament'', more directly translated as '' Diet of the Realm'' or ''National Diet'', or more loosely as ''Imperial Diet''. It may refer to: Buildings and places is the specific German word for parliamentary buildings, often shortened to Reichstag, and may refer to: * Reichstag building, the building where German Parliaments met from 1894 to 1933 and since 1999 ** Reichstag dome, an addition to the Reichstag by Norman Foster 1995–1999 ** ''Reichstag'', former name of the U-Bahn station at the Reichstag, renamed ''Bundestag'' in 2006 Institutions Historic legislative bodies in German-speaking countries have been referred to as Reichstag, including: * Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), called the ''Reichstag'' from about 15th century, earlier known as the ''Hoftag'' (777–1806) * Imperial Diet (Austria), first elected parliament of Austria (1848–1849), known as the ''Reichstag'' * Reichstag (North German Confederation), parliament of ...
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Diet (assembly)
In politics, a diet ( ) is a formal deliberative assembly or legislature. The term is used for some assemblies such as the German Imperial Diet (the general assembly of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire), as well as a designation for modern-day legislative bodies of certain countries and states such as the National Diet of Japan, or the German Bundestag, the Federal Diet. Etymology The term (also in the nutritional sense) might be derived from Medieval Latin ', meaning both "parliamentary assembly" and "daily food allowance", from earlier Latin , possibly from the Greek ("arbitration"), or transcribing Classical Greek (), meaning "way of living", and hence also "diet" (regular food), "regular (daily) work". Through a false etymology, reflected in Latin spelling change in medieval Europe that replaced the ''ae'' with ''e'', the word ''diaeta'' came to be associated with another Latin word , which means "day". Day thus came to be used in postclassical Europe in the ...
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Riksdag (other)
The Riksdag is the unicameral parliament of Sweden. It may also refer to: Legislative assemblies * Parliament of Sweden also ''Riksdagen'' *Parliament of Finland, officially called ''Riksdagen'' in Swedish * Riksdag of the Estates, the feudal legislature in Sweden from 1486 to 1866 and in Finland until 1809 Buildings Riksdagshuset, the specific Swedish word for the Parliamentary buildings, often simply shortened to Riksdagen. In this context it may refer to: * Parliament House, Stockholm * Parliament House, Helsinki See also * Reichstag (other), the German term for parliament, translated to Riksdag in Swedish * Riigikogu The Riigikogu (, from Estonian ''riigi-'', "of the state", and ''kogu'', "assembly") is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the prime minister and chi ..., the national legislature of Estonia * Rigsdagen, the legislature of Denmark from 1849 to 19 ...
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Riksdag
The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional representation, proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election. The constitutional mandates of the Riksdag are enumerated in the ''Basic Laws of Sweden#Instrument of Government, Instrument of Government'' (), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act ().Instrument of Government
as of 2012. Retrieved on 16 November 2012.

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Imperial Diet (other)
Imperial Diet means the highest representative assembly in an empire, notably: * Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), the general assembly of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) * National Diet, the current legislature of Japan (1889–) * Imperial Diet (Austria), short-lived body that represented the non-Hungarian lands of the Austrian Empire (1848–1849) See also * Diet (assembly) In politics, a diet ( ) is a formal deliberative assembly or legislature. The term is used for some assemblies such as the German Imperial Diet (the general assembly of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire), as well as a designation for ... * Reichstag (other) {{Disambiguation Legislatures ...
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Reichsrat (other)
''Reichsrat'' is a legislative body in German-speaking countries similar to the Upper House of a Parliament. The cognate in Scandinavian countries is ''Riksråd''. These may refer to: * Reichsrat (Austria), the parliament of the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) * Reichsrat (Germany), a body representing the German States in the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) * Riksråd, various Royal Councils in Scandinavian countries * Riksrådet, the Privy Council of Sweden See also * Reichstag (other), the directly elected body or Lower House of parliaments in various German-speaking countries * Riksdag (other), the cognate of Reichstag in Scandinavian countries * Rigsdagen, Parliament of Denmark (1849–1953) * In modern Germany, the Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by ...
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Bundesrat (other)
Bundesrat is a German word that means ''federal council'' and may refer to: * Federal Council (Austria) * German Bundesrat * Federal Council (Switzerland) * Bundesrat (German Empire) See also *Federal Council (other) Federal Council may refer to: Governmental bodies * Federal Council of Australasia, a forerunner to the current Commonwealth of Australia * Federal Council of Austria, the upper house of the Austrian federal parliament * Bundesrat of Germany, Fede ... {{disambiguation ...
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German Bundesrat
The German Bundesrat (, ) is a legislative body that represents the sixteen '' Länder'' (federated states) of Germany at the federal level (German: ''Bundesebene''). The Bundesrat meets at the former Prussian House of Lords in Berlin. Its second seat is located in the former West German capital of Bonn. The Bundesrat legislates alongside the Bundestag. The Bundesrat consists of members appointed by state governments and the Bundestag consists of representatives directly elected by the German people. Certain laws and all constitutional changes need the consent of both houses. For its somewhat similar function, the Bundesrat is sometimes (controversially) described as an upper house of parliament along the lines of the United States Senate, the Canadian Senate, Australian Senate, and the British House of Lords. The name "Bundesrat" was used by similar bodies in the North German Confederation (1867) and the German Empire (1871). The predecessor of the Bundesrat in the Weimar ...
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Reichstag Fire
The Reichstag fire (, ) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday, 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch council communist, was the culprit; the Nazis attributed the fire to a group of Communist agitators, used it as a pretext to claim that Communists were plotting against the German government, and induced President Paul von Hindenburg to issue the Reichstag Fire Decree suspending civil liberties and pursue a "ruthless confrontation" with the Communists. This made the fire pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany. The first report of the fire came shortly after 9:00p.m., when a Berlin fire station received an alarm call. By the time police and firefighters arrived, the structure was engulfed in flames. The police conducted a thorough search inside the building and found Van der Lubbe, who was arrested. After the Fire Decree ...
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Diet Of Augsburg
The diets of Augsburg were the meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire held in the German city of Augsburg. Both an Imperial City and the residence of the Augsburg prince-bishops, the town had hosted the Estates in many such sessions since the 10th century. In 1282, the diet of Augsburg assigned the control of Austria to the House of Habsburg. In the 16th century, twelve of thirty-five imperial diets were held in Augsburg, a result of the close financial relationship between the Augsburg-based banking families such as the Fugger and the reigning Habsburg emperors, particularly Maximilian I and his grandson Charles V. Nevertheless, the meetings of 1518, 1530, 1547/48 and 1555, during the Reformation and the ensuing religious war between the Catholic emperor and the Protestant Schmalkaldic League, are especially noteworthy. With the Peace of Augsburg, the principle let each prince decide the religion of his subjects and inhabitants who chose not to conform ...
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Diet Of Worms
The Diet of Worms of 1521 ( ) was an Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), imperial diet (a formal deliberative assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire called by Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V and conducted in the Imperial Free City of Worms, Germany, Worms. Martin Luther was summoned to the diet in order to renounce or reaffirm his views in response to a Exsurge Domine, Papal bull of Pope Leo X. In answer to questioning, he defended these views and refused to recant them. At the end of the diet, the Emperor issued the Edict of Worms (''Wormser Edikt''), a decree which condemned Luther as "a notorious Heresy in the Catholic Church, heretic" and banned citizens of the Empire from propagating his ideas. Although the Protestant Reformation is usually considered to have begun in 1517, the edict signals the first overt schism. The diet was conducted from 28 January to 25 May 1521 at the Bischofshof palace in Worms, with the Emperor presiding. Other imperial diets took place ...
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Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany () in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany, the other being the German Bundesrat, Bundesrat. It is thus the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag (Weimar Republic), Reichstag. The members of the Bundestag are representatives of the German people as a whole, are not bound by any orders or instructions and are only accountable to their conscience. As of the current 21st Bundestag, 21st legislative period, the Bundestag has a fixed number of 630 members. The Bundestag is elected every four years by German citizens aged 18 and older. Elections use a mixed-member proportional representation system which combines First-past-the-post voting for co ...
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Reichstag Building
The Reichstag (; ) is a historic legislative government building on Platz der Republik in Berlin that is the seat of the German Bundestag. It is also the meeting place of the Federal Convention, which elects the President of Germany. The Neo-Renaissance building was constructed between 1884 and '94 in the Tiergarten district on the left bank of the River Spree to plans by the architect Paul Wallot. It housed the Reichstag (legislature) of the German Empire and subsequent Weimar Republic. The Reich's Federal Council also originally met there. The building was initially used by the Reichstag for Nazi Germany, but severe damage in the Reichstag fire of 1933 prevented further use and the Reichstag moved to the nearby Kroll Opera House. The 1933 fire became a pivotal event in the entrenchment of the Nazi regime. The building took further damage during World War II, and its symbolism made it an important target for the Red Army during the Battle of Berlin. After the war, t ...
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