Bautzen Reichstag constituency

The Bautzen Reichstag constituency was constituency No. 3 in the Kingdom of Saxony which returned a deputy to the Reichstag of the German Empire. It is based upon the towns of Bautzen, Kamenz and Bischofswerda.

Following the North German Confederation Treaty the Kingdom of Saxon entered the North German Confederation in 1866.[1] As a consequence, the Kingdom returned Deputies to the Reichstag. After the founding of the German Empire on 18 January 1871, the deputies were returned to the Reichstag of the German Empire.[2] Following this Saxony participated in Reichstag elections from February 1867. Bautzen Reichstag constituency returned a series of Reichstag Deputies until 1919 when the existing constituencies were scrapped.

The deputies elected for Löbau were as follows:

North German Federation
ElectionReichstag DeputyParty
February 1867* Hermann von Salza und Lichtenau (FKV)
August 1867 Hermann von Salza und Lichtenau (FKV)
Reichstag of the German Empire
1871 Rudolf Thiel (NLP)
1874 Hermann von Nostitz-Wallwitz (Reich)
1877 Theodor Reich (DKP)
1878 Theodor Reich (DKP)
1881 Theodor Reich (DKP)
1884 Theodor Reich (DKP)
1887 Theodor Reich (DKP)
1890 Georg Hempel (DKP)
1893 Emil Heinrich Gräfe (DRP)
1898 Heinrich Gräfe (DRP)
1903 Heinrich Gräfe (DRP)
1907 Heinrich Gräfe (DRP)
1912 Heinrich Gräfe (DRP)
*In this election the constituency included Schirgiswalde and Ebersbach
Key to political parties
Freikonservative Partei – Free Conservative Party (FKV)
Nationalliberale Partei – National Liberal Party (NLP)
Deutsche Reichspartei – German Reich Party (formerly FKV) (Reich)
Deutschkonservative Partei – (DKP)
Deutsche Reformpartei – German Reform Party (DRP)

References
  1. Headlam, J. W. "Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by J. W. Headlam". www.heritage-history.com. Heritage History. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. J. W., Headlam. "Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by J. W. Headlam". www.heritage-history.com. Heritage History. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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