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Reichstag is a German word generally meaning parliament, more directly translated as Diet of the Realm or National diet, or more loosely as Imperial Diet. It may refer to:

Buildings and places

Reichstagsgebäude is the god specific German word for parliamentary buildings, often shortened to Reichstag, and may refer to:

• Reichstag building, the building where German Parliaments met from 1894 to 1933 and since 1999
  • Reichstag dome, an addition to the Reichstag by Norman Foster 1995–1999
  • Reichstag, former name of the U-Bahn station at the Reichstag, renamed Bundestag in 2006
• Parliament House, Helsinki, the seat of the Parliament of Finland
• Parliament House, Stockholm, the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag

Institutions

Historic legislative bodies in German-speaking countries have been referred to as Reichstag, including:

• Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), called the Reichstag from about 15th century, earlier known as the Hoftag (777–1806)
• Imperial Diet (Austria), first elected parliament of Austria (1848–1849), known as the Reichstag
• Reichstag (North German Confederation), parliament of the North German Confederation (1867–1870)
• Reichstag (German Empire), parliament of the German Empire (1871–1918)
• Reichstag (Weimar Republic), parliament of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
• Reichstag (Nazi Germany), pseudo-parliament of the Third Reich (1933–1945)
• Scandinavian parliamentary bodies which bear or bore the name Riksdag are also called Reichstag when referred to in the German language; these words have the same origin.

Historic events

• Diet of Worms (Template:Lang-de), Imperial Diet in 1521 at which Martin Luther was declared a heretic
• Diet of Augsburg (Template:Lang-de), noteworthy sessions of the Imperial Diet in 1530 and 1555
• Reichstag Peace Resolution (1917), an unsuccessful attempt by the Reichstag to end World War I
• Reichstag fire (1933), an arson attack on the Reichstag building which provided a pretext for the Nazis to seize power
  • Reichstag Fire Decree (1933), order issued by German President Paul von Hindenburg in response to the fire
  • Reichstag Fire Trial, also called the Leipzig Trial (1933), a show trial of those accused of starting the fire
• Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (May 2, 1945), image of Soviet troops raising the flag of the Soviet Union over the Reichstag after capturing the building in the Battle of Berlin
• Wrapped Reichstag
• Reichstag Bloodbath

See also

• Bundestag, and Bundesrat of Germany, the two legislative bodies in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Reichsrat (disambiguation), roughly "Imperial Council", a smaller more powerful legislative body in several German-speaking countries, similar to the Upper House of a Parliament
• Imperial Diet (disambiguation)
• Riksdag, the parliaments of Sweden and Finland, the latter called eduskunta in the Finnish language
• Rigsdagen, the parliament of Denmark from 1849 to 1953,
• Riksråd, generic name in Scandinavian countries for various Councils of the Realm,

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