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  Landtag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In some of the broken German states that were known as Land, the name of such estates assembly wash Landtag, analogous to the Reichstag (imperial Diet, mainly comprising moist princess of church and hereditary statues plus the Imperial Cities).
As Austria and Prussia escaped the French 'exporting the revolution', and Napoleon was happy to maintain satellite monarchies in most German territories under his control (members of the Confederation of the Rhine), the more democratic principles of the Enlightenment would have less effect in the German-speaking lands, or only much later.
In seven cases the modern Landtage are the democratic successors of the Landtage of the corresponding imperial Kronlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Landtag   (261 words)

  
 Landtag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Germany and Austria, a Landtag is a unicameral legislature for a federal land.
Not all states of Germany have a body called the Landtag: in the city states of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen, this role is taken by a body called the Senate.
Until 1999, Bavaria had a bicameral legislature, with a lower house called the Landtag, and an upper house called the senate.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/l/la/landtag.html   (78 words)

  
 Bavarian Constitution - Structure and functions of the State
(1) The Landtag may order a provisional committee for the protection of the rights of the people’s representatives against the State Government and for the effecting of urgent matters of state during the periods outside sittings as well as between the dissolution or recalling of the Landtag and the convening of the new Landtag.
Scrutiny of elections shall be the responsibility of the Landtag.
The Landtag is entitled to impeach the Minister President, State Ministers and State Secretaries before the Bavarian Constitutional Court for wilful violation of the Constitution or the law.
www.bayern.landtag.de /en/bayer_verfassung_erster_hauptteil.html   (5596 words)

  
 The United Landtag of 1847 and 1848   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The United Landtag was credited with being both an event and a deepening element in the revolutionary crisis that had unfolded in 1847.
The deputies were only allowed to discuss the laws presented to them, yet not to decide them; they were only allowed to bring the concerns of their electorate to the attention of the king and the cabinet in the form of petitions.
They believed that the second United Landtag should decide an electoral law for on an assembly to be elected for the 'reconciliation' of a constitution with the crown, i.e.
www.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/rz/united.htm   (1158 words)

  
 Austria - Provincial Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A Landtag is subject to dissolution by the federal president at the cabinet's request.
The Landtag elects an executive composed of a governor and councilors.
A deputy is elected to serve in the absence of the governor.
countrystudies.us /austria/114.htm   (541 words)

  
 Landtag von A-Z
Der Landtag kann zur Vorbereitung von Entscheidungen über umfangreiche und bedeutsame Angelegenheiten, die in die Zuständigkeit des Freistaates Bayern fallen, Enquete-Kommissionen einsetzen (Artikel 25a der Bayerischen Verfassung, §§ 31 bis 36 der Geschäftsordnung).
In der ersten Sitzung nach der Wahl wählt der Landtag seinen Präsidenten.
Der Landtag bestellt zur Wahrung der Rechte der Volksvertretung gegenüber der Staatsregierung und zur Behandlung dringlicher Staatsangelegenheiten für die Zeit außerhalb der Tagung und nach Beendigung der Wahldauer sowie nach der Auflösung oder der Abberufung des Landtags bis zum Zusammentritt des neuen Landtags einen Zwischenausschuss.
www.landtag-bayern.de /landtag_von_A-Z.html   (5258 words)

  
 Scottish Office: Summary of Devolved Parliaments in the European Union
Landtag elects the President, the two vice-presidents and the 13 member presiding committee according to the strength of the parliamentary groups.
Landtag decides the state budget and thus provides the framework for the state's revenues and expenses including their utilisation.
Landtag has the right to withdraw its confidence in the Prime Minister by electing a successor with the majority of its members (so-called constructive vote of no-confidence).
www.scotland.gov.uk /government/devolution/sdpe-04.asp   (2769 words)

  
 Landtag of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Landtag of Bavaria is Bavaria's unicameral legislature.
Before 1999 there was an upper house, the Senate of Bavaria.
Composition of the Landtag after the 2003 elections
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Landtag_of_Bavaria   (99 words)

  
 Wahlen zum Brandenburger Landtag - Wikipedia
Oktober 1946 wählten 91,5 % der Bürger vier Parteien in den Landtag.
Neu in den Landtag zog die rechtsextreme DVU mit knapp über 5 % ein.
Grüne (+ 1,66 Prozentpunkte) und FDP (+ 1,47 Prozentpunkte) konnten zwar ihre Zweitstimmenzahl in etwa verdoppeln, schafften den Einzug ins Parlament in Potsdam aber nicht.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wahlen_zum_Brandenburger_Landtag   (520 words)

  
 Landtag Rheinland-Pfalz - Legislation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bills can be introduced by Members of the Landtag, the Land government or in the form of petitions for a referendum.
Bills are normally debated in two readings in the plenary sessions of the Landtag; laws which amend the Constitution must be considered in three readings.
The decision on a bill adopted in plenary session of the Landtag is recorded by the President of the Landtag and forwarded to the Prime Minister.
www.landtag.rlp.de /Internet-EN/nav/47a/47a20408-d65c-b701-be59-2655c07caec2.htm   (466 words)

  
 landtag.brandenburg.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Traditionslinien des heutigen brandenburgischen Landtages reichen zurück zum Nachkriegs-Landtag (1946 - 1952), den aus direkten Wahlen 1929 bis 1933 und aus indirekten Wahlen 1876 - 1919 hervorgegangenen Provinziallandtagen bis zum provinzialständischen Landtag (1823 - 1872/75).
Januar 1991 bestellte der Landtag in seiner 9.
Wahlperiode konnte der Landtag eine beeindruckende Bilanz seiner Arbeit vorweisen.
www.landtag.brandenburg.de /sixcms/detail.php/14137   (2677 words)

  
 Landtag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Members of the Landtag are, like members of the Nationalrat, not bound to a mandate ("free mandate") and enjoy the same parliamentary privilege.
The Landtag can dissolve itself (simple majority decision or provincial law) or the federal government can file a petition with consent of the Bundesrat and the federal president then dissolves the Landtag.
Estates, Provincial until 1848 and of the representative bodies of the Crownlands, which were constituted with a system of class voting, the electorate was divided into curiae (socio-economic classes), according to the Landesordnungen of the February Patent between 1861 and 1914.
www.aeiou.at /aeiou.encyclop.l/l166666.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en   (331 words)

  
 Landtag of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is based on the Constitution of the Free State of Saxony dated 1992.
Composition of the Landtag after the 2004 elections (The NPD lost 3 members.) -
Elections are conducted using a proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Landtag_of_Saxony   (112 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Kulturkampf
The first was laid before the Landtag in November, 1872, the other three in January, 1873, though the royal consent was obtained with difficulty and only after insistence on the severity of the aforesaid papal allocution at Christmas of 1872.
The Landtag (Prussian Assembly) Commission to which the Falk Bills were referred expressed grave doubts as to their constitutionality, seeing that the Prussian Constitution guaranteed to the Catholic Church an independent administration of its own affairs.
The Commission did not, therefore, advise the rejection of the Falk Bills, but rather proposed an amendment to the Constitution to the effect that in all her administration the Church was subject to the laws of the State and the juridically authorized supervision of the same.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08703b.htm   (7383 words)

  
 Landtag NRW: The Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The law passed by the Landtag is delivered to the Prime Minister, the head of the state government, who, together with the ministers involved, is required to sign it and announce it in the Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt (Law and Ordinance Gazette).
The only provision in the Land constitution for the Landtag to express its lack of confidence in the Prime Minister is for it to elect a new Prime Minister with a majority of votes cast.
As well as projects designed to improve the population's situation in a material sense and as well as the struggle to find the best way of reconstructing the country, the political agenda was characterized by conflicts regarding education policy and a democratic economy.
www.landtag.nrw.de /portal/WWW/P/Presse/Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit/International/en/en.jsp   (4936 words)

  
 English
The members of the Landtag elect a President from among their own ranks, as well as four Vice-Presidents and the secretaries for the duration of the legislative term.
The Landtag is entitled to withdraw its confidence from Ministers.
A further important duty of the Landtag is the parliamentary monitoring of the Land (i.e.
www.hans-juergen-noss.de /509494963d11b2529.php   (757 words)

  
 Franz Mehring: Absolutism and Revolution in Germany (Part 5a)
The members of the eight provincial Landtage were divided into two houses, a House of Lords which consisted of 72 members of the great aristocracy, and a House of the Three Estates in which the knights had 231 seats, the towns 182 and the peasants 120.
The powers of the Landtag were limited to the approval of loans in times of peace and the approval of new or increased taxes, and in addition the consideration of draft new laws, should the Crown condescend to place such proposals before them.
In all other things, the Crown thought the bourgeois opposition could be silenced by granting the United Landtag periodic recall, by convening it for April 27, and by promising in addition to make representations to the Federal Diet in favour of press freedom and to Metternich [92] in favour of German unity.
www.marxists.org /archive/mehring/1910/absrev/ch05.htm   (9619 words)

  
 SSW-Landtagsgruppe
The "Landtag" in Kiel is the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
Usually the Landtag has 69 seats, which means that the SSW usually needs some 20.000 votes to get a seat if there is an average voter turnout.
The minority party is represented in the 16th Schleswig-Holstein Landtag (for the years 2005-2010) by Ms Anke Spoorendonk and the Friesian Mr Lars Harms.
www.ssw.dk /ltg/en/whoweare.php   (766 words)

  
 Saarland:Landtag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Dem Landtag obliegt außerdem die Kontrolle der vollziehenden Gewalt.
Der Landtag des Saarlandes wird auf fünf Jahre gewählt.
September 1999 sind im saarländischen Landtag zwei Fraktionen vertreten, die Fraktion der CDU mit 26 Abgeordneten und die Fraktion der SPD mit 25 Abgeordneten.
www.saarland.de /2048.htm   (218 words)

  
 Landtag entscheidet über Diäten - wdr.de - Politik
Landtag entscheidet über Diäten - wdr.de - Politik
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Der nordrhein-westfälische Landtag ist das erste Parlament in Deutschland, das bei der Bezahlung der Abgeordneten das System von zu versteuernder Diät und steuerfreier Aufwandspauschale abgeschafft hat.
www.wdr.de /themen/politik/nrw01/diaetenreform/050317.jhtml   (214 words)

  
 Niederösterreich/Politik+Verwaltung/Landtag/Aufgaben   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Zur Vorberatung der Verhandlungsgegenstände wählt der Landtag Ausschüsse (z.B. für Kultur-, Landwirtschafts-, Verfassungs-, Wirtschafts- und Finanzangelegenheiten), in denen die Parteien anteilsmäßig vertreten sind.
Der Landtag übt die Gesetzgebung des Landes, einschließlich der Verfassungsgesetzgebung, aus.
Der Landtag entsendet die Vertreter des Landes in den Bundesrat (derzeit 12).
www.noel.gv.at /service/politik/landtag/Aufgaben.htm   (515 words)

  
 The Provisorium and the Convocation of the Nagyszeben Landtag
Following the dissolution of the 1861 diet in Pest, the Romanian committee's permanent representatives in Vienna persuaded Schmerling that by extending the franchise, he could deal a heavy {3-428.} blow to the Hungarian opposition in Transylvania.
The government invalidated the mandates of the Hungarian representatives and called for by-elections in their districts; and to replace the absent regalists, it appointed new ones.
Whatever their political affiliation, they were driven by the same conviction that a compromise had to be found.
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 Präsidenten seit 1819
Landtag: 1849; von der Kammer gewählt, jedoch vom König
Der Landtag 1869 wurde wegen Ergebnislosigkeit der Direktiorialwahlen
Landtag: 1919/20 (ab 19.3.1920), 1920/24, 1924/28, 1928/32 (gest.
www.bayern.landtag.de /parlamentsgeschichte_landtagspraesidenten_ab_1946.html?m   (115 words)

  
 landtag: Suchergebnisse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Eine Sammlung der Wahlgesetze und Wahlordnungen für Bundestags-, Landtags, Kommunal- und Europawahlen wird veröffentlicht.
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 Landtag von Baden-Württemberg
Dem Landtag ist von der Verfassung damit - anders als dem Bundestag - eine unmittelbare Mitsprache auch bei der Zusammensetzung der Regierung eingeräumt.
Der Landtag ist stets bestrebt, sich in seinem geschäftsordnungsgemäßen Verfahren an gewandelte Gegebenheiten anzupassen und neue Handlungsformen zu entwickeln.
Gesetzentwürfe aus der Mitte des Landtags müssen von mindesten acht Abgeordneten oder einer Fraktion unterzeichnet sein.
www.landtag-bw.de /parlament/index.asp   (453 words)

  
 Sarre: Perspectives et thèmes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Le Landtag est également détenteur du contrôle sur le pouvoir exécutif.
L’élection du Landtag a lieu tous les cinq ans.
Le directoire du Landtag vote les décisions relevant de sa compétence, notamment concernant le projet de budget du Landtag, dans la mesure où elles n’incombent pas au président.
www.francais.saarland.de /9378_9561.htm   (254 words)

  
 Liechtenstein - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The parliament of Liechtenstein, the Landtag, consists of 25 representatives chosen by the people.
The referendum confirmed the broad popularity of the Liechtenstein dynasty and underscored the populace's faith in Prince Hans-Adam as leader.
The parliamentary elections of March 11 and 13th, 2005 resulted in the government of Otmar Hasler losing its general majority in the Landtag.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/l/i/e/Liechtenstein.html   (1687 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Landtag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Landtag und Gubernium in Siebenbürgen, l688-l869 (Studia Transylvanica) by Rolf Kutschera (Unknown Binding - 1985)
Vereinigten Landtags in Berlin 1847 (Kasseler Arbeiten zur Sprache und Literatur) by Gregor Kalivoda (Unknown Binding - 1986)
Landstände und Landtage: Der Weg zur demokratischen Volksvertretung in Niedersachsen : Katalog zur Ausstellung des Niedersächsischen Hauptstaatsarchivs...
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 Germany Land and Local Government - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
The relationship between the legislative and executive branches mirrors that in the federal system: the legislatures are popularly elected, typically for four years, and the minister president is chosen by a majority vote among Landtag members.
Bavaria is the only Land with a bicameral legislature; the Landtag is popularly elected, but the second chamber, the Senate, consists of representatives of the major social and economic groups in Bavaria.
This was the case for the fall from the chancellorship of Konrad Adenauer in 1963 and that of Willy Brandt in 1974.
www.photius.com /countries/germany/government/germany_government_land_and_local_gover~7786.html   (726 words)

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