Reichstag

(ˈraiksˌtɑːɡ; German ˈraiçstak)

1. (Historical Terms) Also called: diet (in medieval Germany) the estates or a meeting of the estates

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called: diet (in medieval Germany) the estates or a meeting of the estates

3. (Historical Terms) the legislative assembly representing the people in the North German Confederation (1867–71) and in the German empire (1871–1919)

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the legislative assembly representing the people in the North German Confederation (1867–71) and in the German empire (1871–1919)

5. (Historical Terms) the sovereign assembly of the Weimar Republic (1919–33)

6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the sovereign assembly of the Weimar Republic (1919–33)

7. (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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Reichs•tag

(ˈraɪksˌtɑg ˈraɪxs-)

n.

the lower house of the German parliament during the German empire and the Weimar Republic.

[< German: Reich diet]

Reichstag

The parliament building of the German empire in Berlin. It was burned down in February 1933 almost certainly with Nazi assistance though the Communists were blamed.

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