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Law On The Reconstruction Of The Reich
The Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich (german: link=no, Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reichs) of 30 January 1934, was a sweeping constitutional change to the structure of the German state by the government of Nazi Germany. It was one of the key pieces of legislation that served as the basis for the policy of ''Gleichschaltung'', or coordination, by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party successfully established their totalitarian control over all aspects of the German government and society. The law abolished the independent parliaments (''landtage'') of the then-extant 16 German states, transferred the states' sovereignty to the central government and essentially converted Germany from a federal republic to a unitary state. Background Germany long had a federal system of government composed of numerous independent states (german: link=no, länder). The German Empire (1871–1918) contained 25 such states. Twenty-two were hereditary monarchies consisting of four kingdoms, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coat Of Arms Of Germany
The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with a red beak, a red tongue and red feet on a golden field, which is blazoned: ''Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked langued and membered gules''. This is the (German for "Federal Eagle"), formerly known as (German for "Imperial Eagle"). It is one of the oldest coats of arms in the world, and today the oldest national symbol used in Europe. It is a re-introduction of the coat of arms of the Weimar Republic (in use 1919–1935), which was adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1950. The current official design is due to (1887–1967) and was originally introduced in 1928. The German Empire of 1871–1918 had re-introduced the medieval coat of arms of the Holy Roman Emperors, in use during the 13th and 14th centuries (a black single-headed eagle on a golden background), before the emperors adopted the double-headed eagle, beginning with Sigismund of Luxemburg in 1433. The single-headed Prussian Eagle (on a white backgro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Duchies
A grand duchy is a country or territory whose official head of state or ruler is a monarch bearing the title of grand duke or grand duchess. Relatively rare until the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the term was often used in the official name of countries smaller than most continental kingdoms of modern Europe (e.g., Hungary, Castile, England) yet larger than most of the sovereign duchies in the Holy Roman Empire (e.g. Anhalt, Lorraine, Modena, Schleswig-Holstein). Only two grand duchies existed during the Holy Roman Empire's tenure, both located in Imperial Italy: Tuscany (declared as such in 1569) and Savoy (in 1696). During the 19th century there were as many as 14 grand duchies in Europe at once (a few of which were first created as exclaves of the Napoleonic empire but later re-created, usually with different borders, under another dynasty). Some of these were sovereign and nominally independent (Baden, Hesse and by Rhine, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provisional Law On The Coordination Of The States With The Reich
The Provisional Law and Second Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich (German language, German: ''Vorläufiges Gesetz und Zweites Gesetz zur Gleichschaltung der Länder mit dem Reich'') were two laws enacted by the German government of Adolf Hitler to expand its control over the seventeen German states (''States of the Weimar Republic, länder''). The Provisional (First) Law (31 March 1933) dissolved all the sitting ''landtage'' (state parliaments), except for that of Landtag of Prussia, Prussia, and reconstituted them in accordance with the results of the recent March 1933 German federal election, parliamentary election of 5 March 1933, which had given the Nazi Party and its coalition government, coalition partner, the German National People's Party (DNVP), a majority of the ''Reichstag (Weimar Republic), Reichstag'' seats. The Second Law (7 April 1933) established the new powerful position of ''Reichsstatthalter'' (Reich Governor) appointed by the central governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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