The new dukes replaced the Saxon horse emblem and introduced their Ascanian family colours and emblem added by a bendwise crancelin, symbolising the Saxon ducal crown, as new coat-of-arms of Saxony ().The later rulers of the House of Wettin adopted the Ascanian coat-of-arms.. After the division, the counting of the dukes started anew. Though the first Ascanian duke is …

History of the office. Under the Kingdom of Prussia the Minister President functioned as the chief minister of the King, and presided over the Landtag (the Prussian legislature established in 1848). After the unification of Germany in 1871 and until the collapse in 1918, the office of the Prussian Minister President was usually held by the Chancellor of the German Empire, beginning with the ...

Schleswig-Holstein (pronounced [ˌʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] (); Danish: Slesvig-Holsten; Low German: Sleswig-Holsteen; North Frisian: Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig.Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg.

The Minister president (Ministerpräsident) is the head of state and government in thirteen of Germany's sixteen states.. In the three states of Berlin, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg the heads of the state hold different titles: . in Berlin Governing Mayor (Regierender Bürgermeister) (before 1951 Mayor/Bürgermeister) ...

Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the 8th and current Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate since 13 January 2013. She is the first woman to hold this office. She served a one-year-term as the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 – 2017, which made her the deputy to …

Ministers-President of Bavaria No. Name Born and died Party affiliation Begin of tenure End of tenure 1 Fritz Schäffer: 1888–1967 CSU: 1945 1945 2 Wilhelm Hoegner: 1887–1980 SPD: 1945 1946 3 Hans Ehard: 1887–1980 CSU 1946 1954 4 Wilhelm Hoegner: 1887–1980 SPD 1954 1957 5 Hanns Seidel: 1901–1961 CSU 1957 1960 6 Hans Ehard:

The Centre Party (German: Zentrum), officially the German Centre Party (German: Deutsche Zentrumspartei) and also known in English as the Catholic Centre Party, is a Catholic political party in Germany, influential in the German Empire and Weimar Republic.Formed in 1870, it successfully battled the Kulturkampf waged by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck against the …

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.. The West German Constitution was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved by the occupying western Allies of World War II on 12 May. It was termed "Basic …