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Landsberg Faction
Landsberg was the name of faction that started in September 1848 as part of the National Assembly in Frankfurt. As with most factions of the National Assembly, the name refers to the usual place of assembly of the faction members in Frankfurt am Main. The faction was a split off of the national - liberal Casino faction and the left-liberal faction Württemberger Hof. The Landsberg faction assembled members of the right liberal, especially from the southwest, Rhine middle and the north German professors. The faction supported a strong central power with a strong parliament and therefore wanted to curtail the rights of the individual states more than other political groups. They also supported a constitutional monarchy. It included politicians such as Johann Friedrich Christoph Bauer, Carl Otto Dammers, William Jordan, Heinrich von Quintus Icilius and Maximilian Heinrich Rüder. Origin The Landsberg faction was an offshoot of the larger Casino faction which was a moderate libe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly In Frankfurt
The Frankfurt Parliament (german: Frankfurter Nationalversammlung, literally ''Frankfurt National Assembly'') was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of Austria-Hungary, elected on 1 May 1848 (see German federal election, 1848). The session was held from 18 May 1848 to 31 May 1849, in the Paulskirche at Frankfurt am Main. Its existence was both part of and the result of the "March Revolution" within the states of the German Confederation. After long and controversial debates, the assembly produced the so-called Frankfurt Constitution (''Paulskirchenverfassung'' or St. Paul's Church Constitution, officially the ''Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches'') which proclaimed a German Empire based on the principles of parliamentary democracy. This constitution fulfilled the main demands of the liberal and nationalist movements of the Vormärz and provided a foundation of basic rights, both of which stood in opposition to Metterni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
