!!!Deutschliberale Partei

Deutschliberale Partei (German-Liberal Party), political force of the 
bourgeoisie during the period of Liberalism in Austria, consisted of 
politicians who had taken part in or had been influenced by the 
Revolution of 1848. 1867-1879 it held the majority in the lower house 
of the Reichsrat and was in office under the prime ministers Karl  
Auersperg ("bourgeois ministry") and Adolf  Auersperg ("ministry of 
doctors"). Outstanding ministers from the party ranks were L.  Hasner, 
E.  Herbst and I.  Plener. The Deutschliberale Partei succeeded in 
passing the  Dezemberverfassung (hence also referred to as "party of 
the constitution"); they terminated the  Concordatof 1855, passed the 
law on reorganisation of elementary education 
("Reichsvolksschulgesetz", 1869) and carried through several other 
reforms in Austria and particularly in Vienna. Its anti-clericalism 
(Austrian "Kulturkampf", battle between Church and State) and 
hostility towards the Slavic nations (national territory) as well as 
the economic crisis after 1873 resulted in the downfall of the party, 
which split into several factions, from which new parties emerged in 
due course. After the Deutschliberale Partei had lost power in 
government, they still maintained their influence in rural areas and 
small administrative units for much longer. The remaining supporters 
were later called "Altliberale" (Old Liberals).

!Literature
L. Kammerhofer (ed.), Studien zum Deutschliberalismus in 
Zisleithanien 1873-1879, 1992.


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