Reich Deputation
In the Holy Roman Empire, the imperial deputation was each imperial committee chosen by the emperor and the empire to do business . The Reichsdeputationstag was the meeting of such a deputation. The results of the Reich Deputation were recorded in a final report called the main conclusion.
Ordinary deputation
The so-called Ordinary Reich Deputation represented the Reichstag during its non-session time and ensured, with the Reich circles, that the peace was maintained . Since 1663, due to the permanence of the Perpetual Reichstag, no further regular Reichsdeputations have been carried out.
A proper Imperial Deputation consisted of all the electors , a few imperial princes whose number was determined and increased from time to time, two counts, one imperial prelate and six imperial cities . The electoral ambassadors formed a special college, the rest together formed a second, which Austria presided over.
Extraordinary deputation
There were also the extraordinary Reich Deputations , which were assigned internal and external affairs on the one hand. Such an extraordinary deputation could take place in a Reichstag as well as in another place. As a rule, it consisted of delegates from all three Reichstag colleges.
The most important commissions related to internal problems were the investigations of the Reich Chamber of Commerce , the last of which took place in 1776. The Reich peace deputations were of particular importance in external affairs . The most well-known and at the same time most momentous was the commission, which met in Regensburg on August 24, 1802 , and which, shortly before the end of the Holy Roman Empire, carried out an extensive restructuring of the empire with the main Imperial Deputation.
literature
- Johann Jacob Moser : From the ordinari Reichs-Deputation, and their convents. In: Johann Jacob Moser: From Teutschen Reichs-Tägen. Second part. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1774, pp. 564–605 ( digitized version of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ).
- Johann Jacob Moser: From extraordinary Reich deputations outside their Reichstag. In: Johann Jacob Moser: From Teutschen Reichs-Tägen. Second part. Frankfurt and Leipzig 1774, pp. 605–617 ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library ).
- Wolfgang Jäger: Geographical-Historical-Statistical Newspaper Lexicon . Landshut 1811 ( Google Books ).
Web links
- Reich Deputation . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 16. Leipzig 1908, p. 734, at www.zeno.org .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph von Held : Reichstag. In: Karl von Rotteck, Karl Welcker: Das Staats-Lexikon. Encyclopedia of all political sciences for all classes. 3. Edition. Volume 12, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1865, p. 447 .