Reichsrat
Reichsrat is a legislative body in German-speaking countries similar to the Upper House of a Parliament. The cognate in Scandiavian countries is Riksråd. These may refer to:
- Reichsrat (Austria), the parliament of the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)
- Reichsrat (Bavaria), the House of Lords in the Kingdom of Bavaria (1806-1918)
- Reichsrat (Germany), a body representing the German States in the Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
- Riksråd, various Royal Councils in Scandinavian countries
- Riksrådet, the Privy Council of Sweden
See also
- Reichstag (disambiguation), the directly elected body or Lower House of parliaments in various German-speaking countries
- Riksdag (disambiguation), the cognate of Reichstag in Scandinavian countries
- Rigsdagen, Parliament of Denmark (1849-1953)
- In modern Germany, the Bundestag and Bundesrat are the two chambers of parliament
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