) , successor = DNSAP (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

)
DNSAP (

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

) , wing1_title = Paramilitary wing , newspaper = ''Freie Volksstimme'' , ideology =

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Austro-German nationalism
Anti-Marxism

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Linz Program of 1882 , position =

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, affiliation1_title = , affiliation1 = , colours =

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(customary) , seats1_title = Seats in the Reichsrat (

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) , seats1 = , blank1_title = Party program , blank1 =
''Iglau Programme'' National Socialists Before Hitler, Part III: The Iglau Programme
, symbol = National Cockade of Germany

, country = Austria The German Workers' Party (''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'', DAP) in

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

was the predecessor of the Austrian and

Czechoslovak Czechoslovak may refer to: *A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93) **First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38) **Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39) **Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60) **Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...

Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei Austrian Nazism or Austrian National Socialism was a pan-German movement that was formed at the beginning of the 20th century. The movement took a concrete form on 15 November 1903 when the German Worker's Party (DAP) was established in Austria ...

'' (DNSAP), founded on 14 November 1903, in Aussig (

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), Bohemia. Its founders were

Karl Hermann Wolf Karl Hermann Wolf (also spelled ''Carl Hermann Wolf''; Karl Georg Anton Wolf; 27 January 1862 – 11 June 1941) was a German Bohemian journalist, publicist and politician. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was a member of the Czech La ...

, an earlier adherent of

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, and Ferdinand Burschofsky. The German Workers' Party sought to defend German interests in the Czech lands. Its party program was founded on

, and was vehemently anti-Slavic,

anti-Catholic Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy, and/or its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, Scotland, and ...

, anti-Marxist and

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. In the elections for the Imperial Council in 1905 and 1911, the party obtained 3 seats. Hans Knirsch was chosen as parliamentary chairman in 1912. At the end of the

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would take over as leader of Austrian part of the party, which would be renamed the ''

'' (DNSAP). Concurrently, Hans Knirsch would take up the leadership of the

DNSAP, a forerunner of the Sudeten German National Socialist Party.

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