Imperial Council (Reichsrat)

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bicameral legislature legislative body parliament

The Imperial Council (Reichsrat) was the central legislative body of the Cisleithanian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, representing the crown lands of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Austrian Imperial Council 2
Imperial Council (Austria) 2
Abgeordnetenhaus des Reichsrates 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Imperial Council

Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
surface form: Reichsrat des Kaiserreichs Österreich
appliesToJurisdiction Austro-Hungarian Littoral ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Littoral

Austrian Silesia ⓘ
Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy ⓘ
Cisleithanian crown lands ⓘ
surface form: Cisleithania

Duchy of Carinthia ⓘ
Duchy of Carniola ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Salzburg ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Salzburg

Duchy of Styria ⓘ
Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
Kingdom of Dalmatia ⓘ
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ⓘ
Lower Austria ⓘ
County of Tyrol ⓘ
surface form: Tyrol

Upper Austria ⓘ
Vorarlberg ⓘ
capital Vienna ⓘ
country Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Cisleithania
dissolutionDate 1918 ⓘ
dissolved 1918 ⓘ
followedBy Provisional National Assembly (Austria) ⓘ
surface form: Constituent National Assembly (Austria)
hasPart House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ
surface form: House of Deputies (Austria)

House of Lords (Austria) ⓘ
hasVotingSystem curial franchise (initially) ⓘ
universal male suffrage (later) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1861 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Austrian half of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Cisleithanian crown lands ⓘ
surface form: Cisleithania
legislativeBranchOf Cisleithanian government ⓘ
locatedIn Vienna ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Deputies of the Imperial Council ⓘ
surface form: House of Deputies (Austria)
meetsIn Reichsratsgebäude ⓘ
nativeLabel Imperial Council (Reichsrat) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Reichsrat
partOf Austria ⓘ
surface form: Austrian half of Austria-Hungary

Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced Imperial Council (Reichsrat) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Diet (Austria)
replacedBy Provisional National Assembly (Austria) ⓘ
represents Cisleithanian crown lands ⓘ
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ⓘ
surface form: crown lands of the Austrian Empire
seat Reichsratsgebäude ⓘ
significantEvent Constitutional reforms of 1867 ⓘ
Introduction of universal male suffrage in 1907 ⓘ
subordinateTo Emperor of Austria ⓘ
upperHouse House of Lords (Austria) ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

House of Deputies of the Imperial Council → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abgeordnetenhaus des Reichsrates
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austrian Imperial Council
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsrat des Kaiserreichs Österreich
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk → memberOf → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austrian Imperial Council
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → nativeLabel → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsrat
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy → notableInstitution → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reichsrat of Cisleithania
House of Deputies of the Imperial Council → partOf → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Council (Austria)
Austrian Parliament → predecessor → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Council (Austria)
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) → replaced → Imperial Council (Reichsrat) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Diet (Austria)