Citizen Paperback

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The Citizen Pocket Book is a handbook that explains the state , administration and economy of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the main features of Europe . A particular focus is on the rule of law aspects .

The work goes back to the government councilor Otto Model . Similar manuals had already been published in the 19th century. Model's first edition appeared in the Weimar Republic in 1925 under the title “German Citizens Pocket Book” by Verlag Sudau . The 9th edition followed in 1929, and the 10th in 1930.

The time of National Socialism led to a new episode. The 11th edition was continued in 1936 as the “ Volksgenossen State Handbook ” with Hans Karl Leistritz as editor. A second edition appeared in 1943 as “Reichskunde. History, principles and organization of the German Empire. The national manual of the national comrade. "

Several years after the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, the work was published in 1957 by the CH Beck publishing house - starting from the beginning as the first edition - under the title “Citizens Pocket Book. Everything you need to know about the state, administration, law and economy with numerous diagrams. ” From the 7th edition in 1966, Carl Creifelds continued the publication, from the 21st edition in 1983 Gustav Lichtenberger , from the 28th edition in 1995 Gerhard Allium .

The 34th edition was published in 2017.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Baumbach: Staats-Lexikon: Handbook for every citizen to know the public law and the state life of all countries, especially the German Reich.
  2. ↑ Eduard Mahir: E. Mahiers manual for Bavarian State citizens, or the most indispensable of the entire legislation and administration of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Pergay publishing house, Aschaffenburg, 2 volumes, 1844.
  3. ^ Model / Creifelds: Citizen paperback. Everything you need to know about the state, administration, law and economy with numerous diagrams. 34th, revised edition 2017, CH Beck, Nördlingen , 1,250 pages, ISBN 978-3-406-71261-6 .