Reichstag

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

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 (Swedish: Riksdagshuset, Finnish: Eduskuntatalo)
• Parliament House, Stockholm (Swedish: Riksdagshuset)

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), first parliament of Germany (1860–1871)
• 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 (German: Reichstag zu Augsburg), noteworthy sessions of the Imperial Diet in 1530 and 1555.
• Diet of Worms (German: Reichstag zu Worms), 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 chambers of parliament 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