Bundestag, Berlin

Government Organization

Landmark

Monument

Bundestag
The Bundestag is a constitutional and legislative body at the federal level in Germany. For its similar function, it is often described as a lower house of parliament along the lines of the US House of Representatives and the Canadian or the British House of Commons. The German constitution, however, does not define the Bundestag and the Bundesrat as the lower and upper houses of a bicameral legislature.The Bundestag was established by chapter III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany and thus the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag.Since 1999 it has met in the Reichstag Building in Berlin. Norbert Lammert is the current President of the Bundestag. Members of the Bundestag are usually elected every four years by all adult German citizens in a mixed system of constituency voting and list voting. There are currently 631 seats; however, one – belonging to the CDU – remains vacant. The Election Day, however, can be earlier if the Federal Chancellor loses a vote of no confidence and asks the Federal President to dissolve the Bundestag in order to hold new general elections.

Adress

Berlin

Phone number

+49 30 2270

Opening hours

Monday 08:00 - 13:00 14:00 - 15:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 18:00
Thursday Closed
Friday 08:00 - 13:00
Saturday 08:00 - 18:00
Sunday 08:00 - 18:00

Parking

Price

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