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The Reichstag (German: ( listen), Diet of the Realmor Imperial Diet) was the Parliament of Germany from 1871 to 1918. Legislation was shared between the Reichstag and the Bundesrat, which was the Imperial Council of the reigning princes of the German States.

Buildings and places

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

• Reichstag building, the building where German Parliaments met 1894–1933 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 (Template:Lang-sv, Template:Lang-fi)
• Parliament House, Stockholm (Template:Lang-sv)

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 Augsburg (Template:Lang-de), noteworthy sessions of the Imperial Diet in 1530 and 1555.
• Diet of Worms (Template:Lang-de), Imperial Diet in 1521 at which Martin Luther was declared a heretic.
• 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
• Reichstag Peace Resolution (1917), an unsuccessful attempt by the Reichstag to end World War I
• Synod of Worms (1076), Imperial Diet convened by Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV which sought to depose Pope Gregory VII

See also

• Bundestag and Bundesrat of Germany, the two legislative bodies in modern 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
• 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

• Disambiguation pages