Prussian State Council

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The Prussian State Council was the advisory upper chamber of the Free State of Prussia during the Weimar Republic, representing provincial governments in the legislative process.

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Label Occurrences
Prussian State Council canonical 5
Preußischer Staatsrat 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory body
state council
upper legislative chamber
appliesToJurisdiction Free State of Prussia
Prussian provinces
coexistsWith Prussian Landtag
compositionBasedOn representation of provinces
country Free State of Prussia
dissolvedBy National Socialist government
dissolvedInContextOf Gleichschaltung in Nazi Germany
endTime 1933
governmentBranch legislature of Prussia
hasJurisdiction internal affairs of the Free State of Prussia
hasLanguage German
hasRole advisory chamber
participation in legislative process
representation of provincial governments
hasSuccessor none (abolished without direct successor)
historicalEra interwar period
isAdvisoryTo Prussian Landtag
Prussian government
legalBasis constitution of the Free State of Prussia
legislativeFunction participation in lawmaking of Prussia
review of legislation
right to comment on bills
locatedIn Prussia
Weimar Republic
meetsIn Berlin
membersAppointedBy provincial governments
partOf bicameral system of the Free State of Prussia
political system of the Free State of Prussia
politicalIdeologyContext Weimar constitutional order
linked to: Weimar coalition
politicalSystem parliamentary democracy of the Weimar Republic
replaced earlier Prussian Herrenhaus (House of Lords)
represents Prussian provinces
provincial governments of Prussia
seat Berlin
startTime 1919
status defunct institution
subordinateTo Prussian Landtag
timePeriod Weimar Republic
typeOfRepresentation federal-style representation of territorial units
upperHouseOf Prussian legislature

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prussian House of Lords followedBy Prussian State Council
Preußischer Landtag building housedBody Prussian State Council
Johannes Popitz memberOf Prussian State Council
House of Lords of Prussia replacedBy Prussian State Council
Herrenhaus replacedBy Preußischer Staatsrat
linked to: Prussian State Council
Herrenhaus replacedBy Prussian State Council