The Landtag of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was the

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of the

Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany, with its capital at Rudolstadt. History Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of Schwarzburg dynasty lands. Since th ...

. It existed from 1821 until 1923, five years after the dissolution of the principality.

History

Article XIII of the 1815

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compelled member states to adopt constitutions.

Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (6 November 1793 – 28 June 1867) was a sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Biography He was born in Rudolstadt the second son of the reigning prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Louis ...

led the creation of the principality's constitution and diet in 1816, though the first parliamentary session did not begin until 1821. The initial composition of the parliament consisted of fifteen members representing the manorial lords, city dwellers, and land-owning subjects. Following the

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, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt adopted administrative reforms which effected the diet. The diet was thenceforth composed of nineteen members, elected in equal yet indirect elections. Further administrative reforms took place following the state's entry into the

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in 1866 and after the dissolution of the Principality and subsequent creation of the short-lived Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. The final set of reforms resulted in the reduction of the number of seats in the diet to ten in 1921.

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