Domain question
The domain question refers to the conflict over the former princely chamber property in the German federal states until 1918 and in the Weimar Republic .
While the parliamentary representatives were of the opinion that these goods were state property, they claimed the ruling houses as private property. The reason for this was that the domains were viewed as appendages of sovereignty. Their transition to state ownership also meant the loss of sovereignty for the sovereign. However, the domains could only become state property in the state with legal personality. Since in the 19th century not all members of the German Confederation or the German Empire were legally personality states, the dispute over domains also revolved around the establishment of a state itself.
After 1918 a final solution had to be found for the domain question. A quick agreement was reached in 1919 in the Free State of Coburg with the establishment of the Coburg State Foundation . In Bavaria state and found Wittelsbach in 1923 with the founding of the Wittelsbach Compensation Fund and the Wittelsbach Landesstiftung a compromise. In both cases, the domains were divided between the state and the dynasty, and the art collections were placed in a foundation.
The dissatisfaction with the claims of some former royal houses led to the demand for the princely expropriation in 1926.
The domain question became politically explosive in autumn 2006 in the affair of the manuscript sales by the Badische Landesbibliothek .
literature
- Domain . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 5, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 39.
Web links
- Gerhard Immler : Compensation of the Wittelsbacher after 1918. In: Historisches Lexikon Bayerns . January 25, 2012, accessed March 8, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winfried Klein: The domain question in German constitutional law of the 19th century (= writings on constitutional history . Volume 78 ). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-12209-7 (also: Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 2006).
- ^ Stefan Nöth: Coburg State Foundation. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . August 17, 2010, accessed March 8, 2012 .
- ^ Gerhard Immler: Wittelsbacher compensation fund. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . April 8, 2011, accessed March 8, 2012 .
- ^ Gerhard Immler: Wittelsbach State Foundation for Art and Science. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . September 15, 2010, accessed March 8, 2012 .