Independent Regional Party For Alsace–Lorraine
The Independent Regional Party for Alsace–Lorraine (, colloquially simply referred to as ''Landespartei'') was a political party in Alsace, France. The party was founded by a group of key supporters of the publication ''Die Zukunft''. The ''Landespartei'' represented the radical fringe of the broader Alsatian autonomist movement. The founding meeting of the ''Landespartei'' took place in the Restaurant A l'Abattoir in Strasbourg in September 1927. Around 300 persons attended the founding meeting. The meeting was led by Paul Schall, René Hauss and Karl Roos. A programme of German linguistic demands was formulated, largely on the pattern of the ''Heimatbund''. In the 1928 parliamentary election ''Landespartei'' obtained 11.5% of the votes in Lower Alsace (the French département of Bas-Rhin). In 1928 the ''Landespartei'' joined the ''Volksfront (Alsace), Volksfront'', a coalition of Alsatian political parties favouring autonomy for the region.Fischer, Christopher J. Alsace to th ...
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