Parliament of the Free People's State of Württemberg

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Parliament of the Free People's State of Württemberg
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Basic data
Seat: Stuttgart
Elective system : Proportional election with closed lists
Number of votes: 1
Calculation method: D'Hondt method
Number of constituencies : 24, since 1924 56
Eligible voters : 1,449,216 (1919) to 1,807,152 (1933)
Legislative period : 4 years
First session: January 23, 1919

The Landtag of the Free People's State of Württemberg was the state parliament and thus the legislature of the People's State of Württemberg in the Weimar Republic . Its predecessors were the estates of the Kingdom of Württemberg . After the Second World War , the states of Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern were established instead of the state of Württemberg . Their state parliaments in Stuttgart and Tübingen continued the tradition of the Württemberg state parliament. The state parliament of Baden-Württemberg took its place in 1952 .

Legal basis and structure

The state parliament was elected for four years in accordance with Section 11 (1) of the state constitution (LV). Women and men aged 20 and over were entitled to vote. According to Section 16 (1), the state parliament could only be dissolved by referendum. The state parliament passed the laws according to § 6 LV, elected the state ministry and monitored the executive. According to Section 19 (2) LV, the state parliament could amend the constitution with a two-thirds majority in the presence of two-thirds of the MPs. The number of MPs was changed several times for each legislative period. The parties had a relatively strong position. For example, Section 7 (1) No. 6 of the Electoral Act regulates that a member's resignation would lead to a loss of office.

Seat

The state parliament had its seat in the partly centuries-old state parliament buildings in the district of the Stuttgart Kronprinzstrasse / Lindenstrasse, Calwer / Kanzleistrasse. This old Renaissance council (the so-called "landscape") resided in a building that Jakob Salzmann had erected between 1580 and 1585 and the facade of which had been adapted to the rococo taste in 1745. The complex, which was rebuilt several times, was last supplemented with the office building in the neo-Renaissance style (1876/77 by Spindler and Sauter). On the night of February 20-21, 1944, these buildings were destroyed by heavy bombs and a conflagration, and archives that were valuable in terms of regional history were also destroyed.

Landtag President

President of the National Constituent Assembly

President of the State Parliament of Württemberg

State elections

Election to the state constituent assembly on January 12, 1919

1,449,216 citizens were eligible to vote. The turnout was 90.9%, with 99.8% valid votes cast. The state constituent assembly had 150 seats, of which 137 were given to men and 13 to women.

State election 1919
Political party Voting share in% Seats
SPD 34.5% 52 seats
DDP 25.0% 38 seats
Center Party 20.8% 31 seats
Citizens Party 7.4% 11 seats
Württemberg farmers' union 5.8% 10 seats
USPD 3.1% 4 seats
Smallholder and Vineyard Association 2.7% 4 seats

100% missing votes = nominations not represented in the state parliament

List of the members of the national constituent assembly

Election to the 1st state parliament on June 6, 1920

By a new state election law passed on May 8, 1920, the number of members of the state parliament to be elected was set at 101. 1,475,196 citizens were eligible to vote. The turnout was 77.1%, with 96.4% valid votes cast.

State election 1920
Political party Voting share in% Seats
Center Party 22.5% 23 seats
Association of farmers and vineyards 17.6% 18 seats
SPD 16.1% 17 seats
DDP 14.7% 15 seats
USPD 13.3% 14 seats
Citizens Party 9.3% 10 seats
DVP 3.4% 4 seats
KPD 3.0% 0 seats

100% missing votes = nominations not represented in the state parliament

List of members of the Württemberg State Parliament from 1920 to 1924

Election to the 2nd state parliament on May 4, 1924

The electoral law of April 4, 1924 reduced the mandates to be awarded to a total of 80. 1,533,236 citizens were eligible to vote. The turnout was 78.3%, with 99.0% valid votes cast.

State election 1924
Political party Voting share in% Seats
Center Party 20.9% 17 seats
Association of farmers and vineyards 20.2% 17 seats
SPD 16.0% 13 seats
KPD 11.7% 10 seats
DDP 10.6% 9 seats
Citizens' Party and United Patriotic Rights 10.4% 8 seats
DVP 4.6% 3 seats
Völkisch-social block 4.0% 3 seats

100% missing votes = nominations not represented in the state parliament

List of members of the Württemberg State Parliament from 1924 to 1928

Election to the 3rd state parliament on May 20, 1928

1,653,216 citizens were entitled to vote for the 80 seats in the state parliament to be awarded. The turnout was 68.9%, with 98.5% valid votes cast.

State election 1928
Political party Voting share in% Seats Change (seats)
SPD 23.8% 22 seats +9 seats
Center Party 19.6% 17 seats ± 0 seats
Association of farmers and vineyards 18.1% 16 seats -1 seat
DDP 10.1% 8 seats -1 seat
KPD 7.4% 6 seats -4 seats
DNVP (Citizens' Party) 5.7% 4 seats -4 seats
DVP 5.2% 4 seats +1 seat
CSVD 3.9% 3 seats +3 seats
VRP 3.3% 0 seats ± 0 seats
NSDAP 1.8% 0 seats ± 0 seats

100% missing votes = nominations not represented in the state parliament

List of members of the Württemberg State Parliament 1928 to 1932

The action brought by the VRP and the NSDAP against their discrimination by the electoral law applicable in Württemberg led to the judgment of the German State Court on March 22, 1929 and to the judgment of the Württemberg State Court on June 6, 1929, according to which the VRP subsequently introduced two mandates and the NSDAP retrospectively Received a mandate in the Württemberg state parliament. The SPD, the center and the WBWB each had to submit a mandate.

Election to the 4th state parliament on April 24, 1932

1,775,154 citizens were entitled to vote for the 80 seats in the state parliament. The turnout was 70.4%, with 99.6% valid votes cast.

State election 1932
Political party Voting share in% Seats Change (seats)
NSDAP 26.4% 23 seats +23 seats
Center Party 20.5% 17 seats ± 0 seats
SPD 16.6% 14 seats –8 seats
Association of farmers and vineyards 10.7% 9 seats –7 seats
KPD 9.4% 7 seats +1 seat
German state party 4.8% 4 seats -4 seats
DNVP 4.3% 3 seats -1 seat
CSVD 4.2% 3 seats ± 0 seats

100% missing votes = nominations not represented in the state parliament

List of the members of the Württemberg State Parliament from 1932 to 1933

Election to the 5th state parliament on March 5, 1933 (election to the 8th Reichstag)

The reorganization of the Landtag, which now has only 60 seats, was carried out in accordance with the “Provisional Act on the Coordination of the Lands with the Reich” of March 31, 1933, in line with the result of the Reichstag election of March 5, 1933 . 1,807,152 citizens of Württemberg were eligible to vote in the Reichstag election. The turnout was 85.7%, with 99.6% valid votes cast.

The 5th Landtag met only once. On June 8, 1933, with the SPD abstaining, an “Enabling Act” was passed for Württemberg . The dissolution of the Reichstag on October 14, 1933 resulted in "the dissolution of the people's representations of the states" without further ado, in accordance with Section 11 of the Act on Harmonization. By § 1 of the law on the rebuilding of the Reich of January 30, 1934, these popular representations were repealed without replacement.

State election 1933
Political party Voting share in% Seats
NSDAP 42.0% 26 seats
Center Party 16.9% 10 seats
SPD 15.0% 9 seats
KPD 9.3% 6 seats
Association of farmers and vineyards 5.4% 3 seats
Combat front black-white-red 5.2% 3 seats
CSVD 3.2% 2 seats
DDP 2.2% 1 seat

100% missing votes = nominations not represented in the state parliament

List of members of the Württemberg State Parliament in 1933

literature

  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 .
  • Landscape, country and people. Political participation in Württemberg from 1457 to 2007. Book and catalog for the exhibition of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives, the Main State Archives Stuttgart and the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart 2007.
  • Gustav Wais: Old Stuttgart buildings in the picture. Stuttgart 1951, No. 179, 466-470.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Constitution of Württemberg of September 25, 1919
  2. ↑ State Election Law
  3. ^ Election Act of April 4, 1924
  4. ^ Frank Raberg: Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, pp. XLII, XLIII.
  5. ↑ RGBl. IS 729, reichstagsprotlog.de
  6. ↑ verfassungen.de
  7. ↑ verfassungen.de
  8. ↑ verfassungen.de