Landtag
Sign in to savethumb|Floor of the Landtag of Lower Saxony|Lower Saxony Landtag in [[Hanover in 2018]] A Landtag () is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non-federal matters.
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- Name
- Historic Landtag assemblies
- States of the Holy Roman Empire
- Prussia
- States of the German Confederation
- States of the German Empire
- States of the Weimar Republic
- East Germany
- Finland
- Baltic countries
- Modern legislatures
- German legislatures
- Austrian legislatures
- Sources and references
- See also
- References
thumb|Floor of the Landtag of Lower Saxony|Lower Saxony Landtag in [[Hanover in 2018]] A Landtag () is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non-federal matters.
The States of Germany and Austria are governed by Landtage. In addition, the legislature of the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol is known in German as a Landtag. Historically, states of the German Confederation also established Landtage. The Landtag of Liechtenstein is the nation's unicameral assembly.