Schwerin Day

The Schwerinstag describes a separate day of meetings of the Prussian House of Representatives , later also in the German Reichstag , which is intended to enable applications and petitions to be submitted from among the members of the parliament.

The principle goes back to Count Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar . At his suggestion in 1869, Wednesday was set as the fixed weekday on which the examination of applications and petitions in the Prussian House of Representatives took place. This was to prevent them from being displaced by other issues that were on the agenda.

There was something similar in the English House of Commons , where it always took place on Fridays.

Individual evidence

↑ Virchow, Rudolf, Complete Works. Edited by Christian Andree. Vol. 34. Section II. Politics, Berlin 1999. p. 537
↑ Schwerinstag . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 18, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p. 206 .
↑ Herman Granier: Schwerin, Maximilian Heinrich Karl Anton Kurt Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 429-435.
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[1] Virchow, Rudolf, Complete Works. Edited by Christian Andree. Vol. 34. Section II. Politics, Berlin 1999. p. 537

[2] Schwerinstag . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 18, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p. 206 .

[3] Herman Granier: Schwerin, Maximilian Heinrich Karl Anton Kurt Graf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 429-435.

[4] England - Its history, constitution and state institutions by G. Wendt in the Google book search