The SPD Bavaria (SPD Bayern, own spelling BayernSPD, full name ''Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Landesverband Bayern'', ''Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), State Association of Bavaria'') is the Bavarian State Association of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In February 2018, it was the second largest state association of a party in Bavaria with 62,122 members. The party's co-chairs are Ronja Endres and Florian von Brunn.

History

The SPD Bavaria has a rich history, which dates back to 1866, when a workers' education club in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

was founded as the first Social Democratic institution. In 1881, Karl Grillenberger won the first Reichstag mandate for the SPD in Bavaria, also in Nuremberg. 1887 the SPD (still not under this name) in the

Kingdom of Bavaria The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German ...

joined for the first time the election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom, and received 2.1 percent of the vote, but no seat.Wahlen-in-deutschland.de
/ref> In 1888, the Social Democratic newspaper of

Münchener Post The ''Münchener Post'' (Engl. ''Munich Post'') was a socialist newspaper published in Munich, Germany, from 1888 to 1933. The paper was known for its decade-long campaign against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party before their accession to power. I ...

was founded. The history of the SPD Bayern as a separate organization began with the first party conference of the SPD in Bavaria, which met on the initiative of

Georg von Vollmar Georg Heinrich Ritter (Chevalier) von Vollmar auf Veldheim (March 7, 1850 – June 30, 1922) was a democratic socialist politician from Bavaria. Biography Vollmar was born in Munich, and educated in a school attached to a Benedictine monastery at ...

in 1892 in

Reinhausen Reinhausen is the largest village in the municipality (''Gemeinde'') Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. It is also the seat of government for the Gleichen. The village has 1,500 residents (as of December 31, 2005). The village mayor ...

near Regensburg. The party congress decided that the SPD would take part in the state elections in 1893 and passed an election program.Robert Hofmann (2003): ''Der Kampf um Sozialreformen und elementare Bürgerrechte.'', in Franz Maget/Karin Radermacher (ed.): ''Mit Leidenschaft für Demokratie. 110 Jahre SPD-Landtagsfraktion in Bayern.'', Munich 2003

Chairpeople

Election results

Landtag of Bavaria

References

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Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

State sections of political parties in Germany