Zittau Reichstag constituency

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The Zittau Reichstag constituency was constituency No. 1 in the Kingdom of Saxony which returned a deputy to the German Reichstag. It is based upon the town of Zittau.

Following the North German Confederation Treaty the Kingdom of Saxon entered the North German Confederation in 1866. [1] As a consequence, the Kingdom returned Deputies to the Reichstag. After the founding of the German Empire on 18 January 1871, the deputies were returned to the Reichstag of the German Empire. [2] Following this Saxony participated in Reichstag elections from February 1867. Zittau returned a series of Reichstag Deputies until 1919 when the existing constituencies were scrapped.

The deputies elected for Zittau were as follows:

North German Federation
ElectionReichstag DeputyParty
February 1867* Christian Riedel (DFP)
August 1867 Christian Riedel(DFP)
Reichstag of the German Empire
1871 Julius Pfeiffer (NLP)
1874 Julius Pfeiffer(NLP)
1877 Julius Pfeiffer(NLP)
1878 Hermann Rentzsch (NLP)
1881 Louis Heinrich Buddeberg (DFP)
1884 Louis Heinrich Buddeberg(DFP)
1887 Louis Heinrich Buddeberg(DFP)
1890 Louis Heinrich Buddeberg(DFP)
1893 Louis Heinrich Buddeberg(FVg)
1898 Edmond H. Fischer(SDP)
1903 Edmond H. Fischer(SDP)
1907 Louis Heinrich Buddeberg(FVg)
1912 Edmond H. Fischer(SDP)
Key to political parties
Deutsche Fortschrittspartei – German Progress Party (DFP)
Nationalliberale Partei – National Liberal Party (NLP)
Freisinnige Vereinigung (FVg) – Free-minded People's Party (Germany) (FVg)
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP)
*In this election the constituency included Herrnhut and Reichenau

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References

  1. ↑ Headlam, J. W. "Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by J. W. Headlam". www.heritage-history.com. Heritage History. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ↑ J. W., Headlam. "Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by J. W. Headlam". www.heritage-history.com. Heritage History. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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