Democratic People's Party (Germany)

Democratic People's Party (''Demokratische Volkspartei'', ''DVP'') was the name of two liberal parties in southern Germany. It is not to be confused with the ''

Deutsche Volkspartei The German People's Party (German: , or DVP) was a liberal party during the Weimar Republic that was the successor to the National Liberal Party (Germany), National Liberal Party of the German Empire. A right-liberal, or conservative-liberal polit ...

'' of 1918 which used the same abbreviation DVP. In 1863–1866 a ''Demokratische Volkspartei'' or ''Württembergische Volkspartei'' established in the

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which existe ...

, a more left liberal party descending from the

German Progress Party The German Progress Party (german: Deutsche Fortschrittspartei, DFP) was the first modern political party in Germany, founded by liberal members of the Prussian House of Representatives () in 1861 in opposition to Minister President Otto von Bism ...

of 1861. It became the ''Deutsche Volkspartei'' (

German People's Party The German People's Party (German: , or DVP) was a liberal party during the Weimar Republic that was the successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire. A right-liberal, or conservative-liberal political party, it represented politi ...

) for the regions of Southern Germany in 1868. In 1910 this party merged with two similar parties to the Progressive People's Party, ''Fortschrittliche Volkspartei''. In 1918 it became the

German Democratic Party The German Democratic Party (, or DDP) was a center-left liberal party in the Weimar Republic. Along with the German People's Party (, or DVP), it represented political liberalism in Germany between 1918 and 1933. It was formed in 1918 from the ...

, dissolved in 1933. After Second World War liberals in the State of Württemberg-Baden refounded a party with the name ''Demokratische Volkspartei''. In 1948 it joined with other state parties in the Free Democratic Party. For historical reasons the state party in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

still uses the old name together with the national name (FDP/DVP). Defunct political parties in Germany Political parties established in 1945 Political parties established in 1863 Liberal parties in Germany 1863 establishments in Germany Political parties disestablished in 1866 1866 disestablishments in Germany 1945 establishments in Germany Political parties disestablished in 1948 1948 disestablishments in Germany Radical parties {{Germany-party-stub