The Bundesrat (German for 'Federal Council') was the highest legislative body in the German Empire (1871–1918). Its members were appointed by the governments...
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four German states south of the River Main. It renamed the country to Deutsches Reich (conventionally translated to 'German Empire') and gave the Prussian...
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When the Confederation was transformed and renamed Deutsches Reich (German Empire) in 1871, the Bundesrat kept its name. Whilst appointed by state governments...
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German Empire (redirect from Deutsches Kaiserreich)
Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification...
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Chancellor of Germany (redirect from Reich Chancellor)
presiding over the Bundesrat (Federal Council), the representative organ of the states (which together with the Reichstag was the Reich's lawmaking body)...
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Reichsrat (Germany) (redirect from Reichsrat (German Reich))
the members of the Reich government could submit motions; in this respect, it differed from the former Bundesrat, in which the Reich government had no...
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Bavaria and Württemberg joined the confederation. It was renamed Deutsches Reich (German Empire), and the constitution of the confederation, with few...
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Weimar Republic (redirect from German Reich (1919–1933))
1933. Even though the National Assembly chose to retain the old name Deutsches Reich (Art. 1 of the Constitution), hardly anyone used it during the Weimar...
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previous monarchy, Deutsches Reich (German Reich, hence the usage of the Reich in the name of the railway; the monarchical term was Deutsches Kaiserreich),...
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new constitution, and the name of the federal state was changed to Deutsches Reich (German Empire). According to a minority among German experts, the...
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