Landtag (Weimar Republic)

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The diets were in the Weimar Republic , the parliaments of the countries. In the city-states they were called citizenship . They were the predecessor institutions of today's state parliaments and in turn successors to the state parliaments or states of the empire. The representation of the states at the level of the Weimar Republic was the Reichsrat .

The first Landtag of a German state was the Landtag of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , established by the election law of January 30, 1919 , which met in Neustrelitz Castle .

Legal bases

The German Empire was organized on a federal basis in accordance with the Weimar Constitution (WRV) . The imperial constitution therefore made no provisions on the state parliaments. Rather, these were regulated in the constitutions of the federal states. However, the imperial constitution ensured immunity and indemnity as well as the right of the members of the state parliament to refuse to testify .

The state parliaments were elected in accordance with the electoral laws of the respective countries.

legislation

The state parliaments were the legislature of the states. The empire could only legislate where the constitution expressly granted it a title. A distinction was made between legislative titles in the subject area of ​​which only the Reich was allowed to regulate (Art. 6 WRV, exclusive legislation), titles in which the state parliaments could legislate if the Reich did not act (Art. 7 f. WRV , so-called competing legislation ) and titles on which the Reich was only allowed to base a law when there was a need for a uniform regulation (Art. 9 WRV). A framework legislative competence was also provided for in Art. 10 WRV. As far as the Reich was allowed to pass laws, Reich law broke state law ; the state law became null and void.

The states and thus also the state parliaments were obliged to be loyal to the Reich . In the event of a conflict, the Reich could be executed .

resolution

With the law on the rebuilding of the Reich of January 30, 1934, the state parliaments were dissolved.

Landtag of the federal states in the Weimar Republic

See also

With the Versailles Treaty , various areas were separated from Germany. The state parliaments there did not belong to the Weimar Republic:

Additional:

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  1. ↑ State Basic Law of Mecklenburg-Strelitz of May 23, 1923, accessed on January 29, 2018
  2. ↑ WRV, Art. 36 ff.