Catholic Centre Party

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Catholic political party defunct political party political party

The Catholic Centre Party was a German political party of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that represented Catholic interests and played a major role in the Weimar Republic before being dissolved under Nazi rule.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Centre Party 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic political party ⓘ
defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
advocatedFor religious freedom ⓘ
rights of the Catholic Church ⓘ
social welfare policies ⓘ
ceasedActivityUnder Nazi rule ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
dissolved 1933 ⓘ
electoralBase Catholic voters ⓘ
clerical circles ⓘ
rural Catholic regions ⓘ
founded 1870 ⓘ
hadStrongSupportIn Bavaria ⓘ
Rhineland ⓘ
Westphalia ⓘ
historicalContext Kulturkampf ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
rise of National Socialism ⓘ
unification of Germany ⓘ
ideology Christian democracy ⓘ
centrism ⓘ
political Catholicism ⓘ
language German ⓘ
operatedIn Germany ⓘ
opposed Kulturkampf policies ⓘ
anti-Catholic legislation ⓘ
participatedIn Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
Weimar coalition governments ⓘ
playedRoleIn Weimar Republic politics ⓘ
politics of the German Empire ⓘ
politicalPosition centre ⓘ
centre-right ⓘ
religiousOrientation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
represented Catholic interests ⓘ
federalist interests ⓘ
religious minorities in Germany ⓘ
status banned under Nazi Germany ⓘ
successor Christian Democratic Union of Germany ⓘ
supported federalism in Germany ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
typeOfOrganization mass political party ⓘ
wasDissolvedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime
wasMajorPartyIn Reichstag of the North German Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag of the German Empire

Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

this entity surface form: Centre Party
First Portuguese Republic → majorParty → Catholic Centre Party ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer → memberOfPoliticalParty → Catholic Centre Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Party
Christian Democratic Union of Germany → predecessor → Catholic Centre Party ⓘ
Enabling Act of 1933 → supportedBy → Catholic Centre Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre Party