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Catholic Centre Party
Centre Party
Government NSDAP
Government Reich, 2nd
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Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von
Bruening, Heinrich
Erzberger, Mathias
Erzberger, Matthias
Fehrenbach, Konstantin
Hitler, Adolf
Marx, Wihelm
Papen, Franz von
Windhorst, Ludwig
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Cologne
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Centre Party
History of Germany
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| | 1863 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| 15th Jan Cologne Born in Cologne, son of a teacher |
| 1870 | Windhorst, Ludwig | |
| The Catholic based Centre Party wins 53 seats |
| The Catholic based Centre Party wins 57 seats |
| 1871 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Defends Catholic interests against Bismarck's Kulturkampf |
| 1874 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| Bismarck's attempts to restrict the power of the Catholic Church, represented in politics by the Catholic Centre Party, were not successful, in the 1874 elections, these forces double their representation in the parliament |
| 1875 | Erzberger, Mathias | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Centre Party |
| 1878 | Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von | |
| The struggle against socialism unites Bismarck with the Catholic Centre Party, bringing an end to the Kulturkampf, which had led to far greater Catholic unrest than existed beforehand and had strengthened rather than weakened Catholicism |
| 1899 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| Elected Member of Parliament, Prussia |
| 1905 | Erzberger, Matthias | |
| Publishes a report exposing incompetence & brutality in the German colonies |
| 1910 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| Appointed Member of the Reichstag |
| 1921 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Centre Group in the Reichstag |
| 1921 | Papen, Franz von | |
| Appointed Member of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1922 | Marx, Wihelm | |
| Appointed National Chairman of the Reichstag |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Centre Party |
| 1923 | Fehrenbach, Konstantin | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1929 | Bruening, Heinrich | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Catholic Centre Party |
| 1932 | Papen, Franz von | |
| 31st July Supports Hindenburg during the Presidential elections rather than his own party |
| 31st July The general elections yield major gains for the KPD and the Nazis, who win 37.2% of the vote, supplanting the Social Democrats as the largest party in the Reichstag |
| 1933 | Hitler, Adolf | |
| 5th July The Centre Party announces its dissolution |
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