The Bautzen Reichstag constituency was constituency No. 3 in the Kingdom of Saxony which returned a deputy to the Reichstag of the German Empire. It is based upon the towns of Bautzen, Kamenz and Bischofswerda.
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Following the North German Confederation Treaty the Kingdom of Saxon entered the North German Confederation in 1866.[1] As a consequence, the Kingdom returned Deputies to the Reichstag. After the founding of the German Empire on 18 January 1871, the deputies were returned to the Reichstag of the German Empire.[2] Following this Saxony participated in Reichstag elections from February 1867. Bautzen Reichstag constituency returned a series of Reichstag Deputies until 1919 when the existing constituencies were scrapped.
The deputies elected for Löbau were as follows:
North German Federation | ||
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Election | Reichstag Deputy | Party |
February 1867* | Hermann von Salza und Lichtenau | (FKV) |
August 1867 | Hermann von Salza und Lichtenau | (FKV) |
Reichstag of the German Empire | ||
1871 | Rudolf Thiel | (NLP) |
1874 | Hermann von Nostitz-Wallwitz | (Reich) |
1877 | Theodor Reich | (DKP) |
1878 | Theodor Reich | (DKP) |
1881 | Theodor Reich | (DKP) |
1884 | Theodor Reich | (DKP) |
1887 | Theodor Reich | (DKP) |
1890 | Georg Hempel | (DKP) |
1893 | Emil Heinrich Gräfe | (DRP) |
1898 | Heinrich Gräfe | (DRP) |
1903 | Heinrich Gräfe | (DRP) |
1907 | Heinrich Gräfe | (DRP) |
1912 | Heinrich Gräfe | (DRP) |
*In this election the constituency included Schirgiswalde and Ebersbach | ||
Key to political parties | ||
Freikonservative Partei – Free Conservative Party | (FKV) | |
Nationalliberale Partei – National Liberal Party | (NLP) | |
Deutsche Reichspartei – German Reich Party (formerly FKV) | (Reich) | |
Deutschkonservative Partei – German Conservative Party | (DKP) | |
Deutsche Reformpartei – German Reform Party | (DRP) |
References
edit- ^ Headlam, J. W. "Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by J. W. Headlam". www.heritage-history.com. Heritage History. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ J. W., Headlam. "Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by J. W. Headlam". www.heritage-history.com. Heritage History. Retrieved 19 August 2020.