Thuringian Agricultural League

The Thuringian Association ( ThLB ) was a Land League in the German part of Thuringia, which was 1920-1933. During this time, he sent more MPs in the Thuringian state parliament. There he worked closely with the DNVP, with whom he formed some government coalitions. The Thuringian Land League was a member organization in the Reich Peasant League, the largest German farmers' association with conservative anti-democratic orientation.

The Thuringian Land League was of his ideology creates a nationalist- conservative Agrarian Party. His voters were mainly farmers from all parts of the then Thuringia. This caused he was very strong in rural areas, however, almost no presence in cities. The best-known politicians of the Thuringian State Federal was Erwin tree, who led the first coalition government as Chairman of the Department of State, where the NSDAP was involved ( tree -Frick - government).

Election results

The Thuringian Land League stepped up to the six state elections in Thuringia 1920-1933 and scored the following results:

1: As of lists together with the DVP and the DNVP (Thuringian Ordnungsbund ).

Secondary literature

• Guido Dressel: The Thuringian Land League. Agrarian professional association as a political party in Thuringia 1919-1933 ( = writings on the history of parliamentarianism in Thuringia, Volume 12 ), Wartburg Publisher: Weimar 1998.

• Party ( Weimar Republic )
• Peasant Party
• Organization ( agriculture)
• Policy ( Thuringia)
• Founded in 1920