German People's Party (Austria)

German People's Party
Deutsche Volkspartei
LeaderOtto Steinwender[1]
FoundedJune 1896[1]
Dissolved1920
Split fromGerman National Party[1]
Succeeded byGreater German People's Party (Austria)
German National Party (Czechoslovakia)[2]
IdeologyGerman nationalism
National affiliationDeutscher Nationalverband

The German People's Party (German: Deutsche Volkspartei) was a political party of the German-speaking group in the Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was founded in 1896 as a successor to the German National Party and was led by Otto Steinwender.

  1. ^ a b c Robert S. Wistrich (1999) Die Juden Wiens im Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs, p177 ISBN 3-20598-342-4
  2. ^ Jaroslav Šebek (2005) Politické strany německé menšiny, Německá nacionální strana. In: Politické strany. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004., p872 ISBN 80-7239-178-X