Bundesversammlung
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Bundesversammlung, German for "Federal Assembly", may refer to one of the following institutions:
- Bundesversammlung (Germany)Bundesversammlung (Germany)The Federal Convention is a special body in the institutional system of Germany, convened solely for the purpose of electing the German Federal President , either every five years or within 30 days of a president's resignation, death or removal from office.The Bundesversammlung includes the entire...
, a formal convention which meets to elect Germany's Federal President - Bundesversammlung (Austria), the name for a joint session of the two Austrian federal parliamentary bodies
- Bundesversammlung (Switzerland), the name for the Swiss federal parliament
- Bundesversammlung (German Confederation)Bundesversammlung (German Confederation)The Federal Assembly was the only central institution of the German Confederation from 1815 until 1848, and from 1850 until 1866. The Federal Assembly had its seat in the palais Thurn und Taxis in Frankfurt...
, the governing body of the former German confederationGerman ConfederationThe German Confederation was the loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries. It acted as a buffer between the powerful states of Austria and Prussia...