Epiphany (January 6th)
The Dreikönigstreffen the Liberals has evolved from its beginnings in the 1860s in south-west Germany to a FDP developed -Großveranstaltung with nationwide political significance.
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The meeting of the Three Kings began on January 6th, 1866 : After the split in the Württemberg Progressive Party on May 8th, 1864, the left-liberal Democratic People's Party was founded by Julius Haußmann , Karl Mayer and Ludwig Pfau in Esslingen am Neckar a few months later on December 27th, 1864 . In order to create a nationwide organizational structure, numerous democratic people's associations were founded in the following year (23 can still be proven today), which met on Epiphany in 1866 for the first state representatives' meeting in Stuttgart .
Since 1920, the day before the actual Epiphany meeting, the state representatives' day of the Württemberg DDP took place, followed by the state assembly on January 6th. After a twelve-year forced break during National Socialism , the newly founded DVP or later FDP / DVP resumed the tradition of the Epiphany on January 6, 1946.
Since 1952, the state party conference of the FDP Baden-Württemberg has traditionally been held the day before, ending with a so-called “Colorful Evening” (formerly “Dreikönigsball”), at which the members of the party from all over Germany meet. The annual Epiphany meeting on January 6th in Stuttgart is the political start of the year for the FDP and a major event of national political importance.
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The name goes back to the three kings day ( Epiphany ), January 6th , on which the free democratic meeting of the kings traditionally takes place. This is a public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, among others .
Web links
- Website of the FDP for the Epiphany
- First meeting of the Epiphany 65 years ago after the Second World War. Liberal deadline for the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Rothmund, Erhard R. Wiehn: The FDP / DVP in Baden-Württemberg and their history , Stuttgart 1979, p. 64.
- ^ Paul Rothmund, Erhard R. Wiehn: The FDP / DVP in Baden-Württemberg and their history , Stuttgart 1979, p. 144.
- ^ Paul Rothmund, Erhard R. Wiehn: The FDP / DVP in Baden-Württemberg and their history , Stuttgart 1979, p. 325.