The Democratic Party of Germany (DPD) was founded in 1947 as a German liberal party and is the forerunner of the FDP

Free Democratic Party (Germany)

The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...

 in the current Federal Republic of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. On September 2, 2011 the party was changed the name to Democratic Party with the addition of Germany.

Democratic Party of Germany (1947/48)

Shortly after the end of World War II, bourgeois-liberal organizations were founded, which referred mainly to the traditions of the Deutsche Demokratische Partei, the Deutsche Volkspartei and the württemberg

Württemberg

Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....

ische Demokratische Volkspartei. These liberal parties, which appeared initially at the local and national level, took in July 1946 the decision to establish an all-German coordination committee. The committee first met in November 1946 in Coburg

Coburg

Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...

 to prepare the foundation of an all-German Liberal Party.

As a consequence the DPD was founded on March 17, 1947 at a conference in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken , the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City...

, attended by liberal politicians from all four zones. The leaders were Theodor Heuss

Theodor Heuss

Theodor Heuss was a liberal German politician who served as the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II from 1949 to 1959...

 (Deutsche Demokratische Partei) and William Külz (Liberal-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands). The headquarters of the party were in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

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After Külz died in April 1948 the DPD dissolved.

Democratic Party of Germany (1995)

In October 1995 the DPD was refounded in Berlin as a party "for the interests of foreigners who are living in Germany". The DPD took part at the German federal election, 1998

German federal election, 1998

A German federal election was conducted on September 27, 1998, to elect members to the 14th Bundestag, the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany.- Issues and campaign :...

. After the election the DPD dissolved.

Democratic Party (today)

At the suggestion of the voluntary association

Voluntary association

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 Bundesbanner "Schwarz-Rot-Gold" – Bund der Demokraten e.V. it was decided on May 2, 2009 in Frankfurt am Main to form a new democratic party. Due to this decision the Democratic Party of Germany was refounded on June 20, 2009 in Darmstadt

Darmstadt

Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...

. On August 28, 2009 the DPD was formally acknowledged as a political party

Political party

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On September 2, 2011 the party was changed the name from Democratic Party of Germany to Democratic Party with the addition of Germany.

Political Platform

The Democratic Party especially appreciates the tradition of the DPD of 1947 and supports a highly democratic and liberal ideology

Ideology

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. The position in the German political spectrum is center-left.