State Parliament of Württemberg-Baden

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The parliament of Württemberg-Baden was since 10 December 1946, the successor of the Parliament elected on June 30, 1946 Constituent State Assembly of after the Second World War in the American occupation zone country incurred Wuerttemberg-Baden . The state parliament was dissolved on May 17, 1952.

history

The state constituent assembly for Württemberg-Baden had adopted the draft constitution for the state on October 24, 1946 and set November 24, 1946 as the election date for the first state parliament. At the same time as the election to the state parliament, the voters voted on whether the constitution adopted by the state constitutional assembly should come into force. 921,628 voters voted in favor of the draft constitution, while it was rejected by 140,657. The constitution was passed on November 28, 1946.

State elections in 1946 and the first legislative period

State election 1946
Turnout: 71.7%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
38.4%
31.9%
19.5%
10.3%

The first state election took place according to the electoral law and electoral law of October 16, 1946, so that, like in the pre-parliament, 100 members were elected via the constituencies and state lists. With a turnout of 71.7%, the CDU received 38.4%, the SPD 31.9%, the DVP 19.5% and the KPD 10.3% of the votes. As the strongest parliamentary group, the CDU won 39, the SPD 32, the DVP 19 and the KPD 10 seats.

For the constituent session of the state parliament on December 10, 1946, the senior president Wilhelm Keil summoned the delegates to the ballroom of the Furtbachhaus in Stuttgart . In the plenary session, Wilhelm Simpfendörfer (CDU) were elected President and Gustav Zimmermann (SPD) and Henry Bernhard (DVP) were elected Vice-Presidents. After Simpfendörfer's resignation on December 20, 1946, the Christian Democrats no longer had a representative in the Presidium; Wilhelm Keil took over the office of Landtag President on January 15, 1947 from the Social Democrats. After Zimmermann's death on August 1, 1949, the state parliament elected Friedrich Töpper (SPD) as second vice president on November 3, 1949 , while Henry Bernhard became first vice president. In mid-December 1946, the state parliament confirmed the all-party coalition formed by Prime Minister Reinhold Maier (DVP) .

Since the summer of 1947, the state parliament had its seat in the Eduard-Pfeiffer-Haus of the Allgemeine Bildungsverein, built in 1889 at Heusteigstrasse 45 in Stuttgart.

On May 18, 1949, the Landtag adopted the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany .

State election 1950 and 2nd legislative period

State election 1950
Turnout: 57.2%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
33.0%
26.3%
21.1%
14.7%
4.9%
DG / BHE d
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Remarks:
d electoral alliance of DG and BHE

The second state election took place on November 19, 1950 and again 100 members were elected. With a turnout of only 57.2%, the SPD received 33.0%, the CDU 26.3%, the DVP 21.1% and the electoral alliance of DG and BHE 14.7% of the votes. This time the SPD emerged as the strongest parliamentary group and won 34 seats, the CDU 28, the DVP 22 and the electoral alliance DG / BHE 16. Due to the five percent hurdle prescribed in the state election law of October 5, 1950 , the KPD missed with one vote 4.9% move into parliament.

The constituent session of the state parliament took place on December 5, 1950. During the meeting, Wilhelm Keil (SPD) was elected President of the State Parliament, Wilhelm Simpfendörfer (CDU) as First and Carl Schaefer (DVP) as Second Vice-President. On January 11, 1951, the Landtag re-elected Reinhold Maier Prime Minister, who then formed a government made up of representatives of the DVP and SPD .

Of the on 15 May 1952 under Article 2 Constituent Assembly country Baden-Wuerttemberg approved the law on the provisional exercise of state power in the southwestern German state ( "Reconciliation Act") was dissolved the parliament with effect of May 17, the 1,952th

literature

  • Frank-Roland Kühnel: Landtag, MPs and constituencies in Baden-Württemberg 1946 to 2009. Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-923476-01-5 , pp. 23-29.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Constitution for Württemberg-Baden of November 28, 1946, amended by the law of March 29, 1949 (RegBl. P. 43). Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Law No. 114, Government Gazette Württemberg-Baden. Born in 1946 No. 21, p. 241f. ( Digitized version )
  3. ↑ Peter Exner: The emergence of Baden-Württemberg - the way to the south-western state. LEO-BW, discover regional studies online, accessed on January 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Law No. 372 on the state elections (state election law). Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
  5. ^ Law on the provisional exercise of state authority in the southwestern German state (transition law). Retrieved January 28, 2016 .