Reichstag

Template:Sister project Template:Italic title is a German word generally meaning parliament, more directly translated as Diet of the Realm or National Diet, or more loosely as Imperial Diet. It may refer to:

Buildings and places

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

• Reichstag building, the building where German Parliaments met from 1894 to 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

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)
• Bundestag
• 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 Worms (Template:Langx), Imperial Diet in 1521 at which Martin Luther was declared a heretic
• Diet of Augsburg (Template:Langx), noteworthy sessions of the Imperial Diet in 1530 and 1555
• Reichstag fire (1933)

See also

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• Bundestag, and German Bundesrat, the two legislative bodies in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Bundesrat (disambiguation)
• Reichsrat (disambiguation), roughly "Imperial Council", a smaller more powerful legislative body in several German-speaking countries, similar to the Upper House of a Parliament
• Imperial Diet (disambiguation)
• , the parliaments of Sweden and Finland, the latter called eduskunta in the Finnish language
• , the parliament of Denmark from 1849 to 1953,
• , generic name in Scandinavian countries for various Councils of the Realm,