Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig

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historical legislature legislative body unicameral parliament

The Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig was the unicameral parliament of the semi-autonomous Free City between the World Wars, responsible for its legislative affairs under League of Nations oversight.

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Volkstag 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
unicameral parliament ⓘ
appoints Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
couldBeDissolvedBy League of Nations ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations (under certain conditions)
country Free City of Danzig ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing German annexation of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
outbreak of World War II ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
establishedAfter Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
establishedBy constitution of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
governmentType unicameralism ⓘ
hadMembersElectedBy citizens of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Free City of Danzig ⓘ
headOfGovernmentChosenBy Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig self-link ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Free City of Danzig ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig
locatedInPresentDay Gdańsk ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
mainFunction controlling the executive ⓘ
enacting laws for the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
meetsIn Gdańsk ⓘ
surface form: Danzig
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
oversightBy League of Nations ⓘ
partOf political system of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
politicalContext League of Nations ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations mandate

semi-autonomous city-state ⓘ
replacedBy Nazi German administrative structures in Danzig ⓘ
responsibleFor budget ⓘ
constitutional matters ⓘ
domestic law ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
startTime 1920 ⓘ
status defunct legislature ⓘ
subjectTo League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig ⓘ
supervises Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig → appointedBy → Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Free City of Danzig → governingBody → Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig → headOfGovernmentChosenBy → Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig self-link ⓘ
Free City of Danzig → legislature → Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volkstag