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Reichstag
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Reichstag [ˈraiksˌtɑːg (German) ˈraiçstak]
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1. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called diet (in medieval Germany) the estates or a meeting of the estates
2. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the legislative assembly representing the people in the North German Confederation (1867-71) and in the German empire (1871-1919)
3. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the sovereign assembly of the Weimar Republic (1919-33)
4. (Placenames / Named Buildings) the building in Berlin in which this assembly met and from 1999 in which the German government meets: its destruction by fire on Feb. 27, 1933 (probably by agents of the Nazi government) marked the end of Weimar democracy. It was restored in the 1990s following German reunification


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