!!!Parlament

Parliament, 1) representation of the people, elected in the course of 
free elections ( Abgeordnetenhaus). The first Austrian parliament was 
the Reichstag of  Kremsier. In the Austrian Republic the term 
parliament stands for the  Nationalrat (National Council) and  
Bundesrat, which meet in the parliament building.

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2) building in Vienna, between 1883-1918 the seat of the Upper Chamber 
of the Reichsrat and the Abgeordnetenhaus (house of representatives) 
known as "Reichsratsgebaeude" (building of the Reichsrat). 
In the First Republic it housed the National Council and the Federal 
Council, between 1934-1938 it was called "Haus der 
Bundesgesetzgebung" (House of the Federal Legislation). The 
parliament builidng was erected between 1873-1883 by T. 
von Hansen in neo-Renaissance style with austere classical 
elements. It was severely damaged in 1945 and rebuilt after the war. 
The gables, attics and the access ramps were decorated with 
magnificent sculptures by E. Hellmer, J. Lux and V. Piz. In front of 
the Parliament is the Pallas Athena Fountain (1898-1902 by C. 
Kundmann).

!Literature
A. Kolbabek, Unser Parlament, 1955; Das oesterreichische 
Parlament,1962.


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