German Party

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The German Party (Deutsche Partei) is a minor German political party. Currently it is represented only at the local level in Germany. However, from 1949 to 1961, it was part of the ruling coalition in the Bundestag (federal parliament).

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It originated in the German-Hannoveranian Party (Deutsch-Hannoversche Partei) which was formed in 1866 after the annexation of Hanover by Prussia to agitate against the annexation. Since it supported the reinstatement of the Welf kings of Hanover, it was also known as the Welf Party. It consistently had representation in the parliament of Prussia and sometimes the Reichstag until the fall of the Weimar Republic in 1933. After World War II it reformed as the German Party, a conservative, patriotic, and Christian democratic party. It was part of the coalition led by Konrad Adenauer until 1961, when nine of its Members of Parliament defected to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and it failed to win any seats in the 1961 federal election. It continues as a fairly minor party in Germany. The party has now changed to a right-wing party, and that some members have left to join the right-conservative Republikaner Party. Some members co-operate with the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).

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