Landtag

[ German lahnt-tahkh ]

noun

, History/Historical.

1. the legislature of certain states in Germany.

Landtag

/ ˈlɑːntˌtɑːk /

noun

1. the legislative assembly of each state in present-day Germany and Austria
2. the estates of principalities in medieval and modern Germany
3. the assembly of numerous states in 19th-century Germany

Word History and Origins

Origin of Landtag¹

< German: literally, land parliament. See day, diet ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of Landtag¹

C16: German: land assembly

Example Sentences

The project was again laid by the government before the Prussian Landtag on the 14th of April 1901 and was again rejected.

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They are the controlling influence in the Landtag, which is a representative assembly only in name.

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In Voralberg the unmarried women taxpayers were also given the right to vote in elections of the Landtag.

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The suffrage conditions for the Bohemian Landtag (provincial legislature) are different.

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The Galician woman taxpayer votes in municipal affairs; the women owners of large estates vote for members of the Landtag.

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