Reichsgesetzblatt

Reichsgesetzblatt

Cover of the first volume of the Reichsgesetzblatt
Type	Official journal
Publisher	Office of the Reichskanzler (1871–1880) Reichsamt des Innern [de] (1880–1918) Reich Ministry of the Interior (1918–1945)
Founded	8 May 1871 (1871-05-08) (under the name Reichsgesetzblatt)
Language	German
Ceased publication	11 April 1945 (1945-04-11) (Part I)
OCLC number	224485947
Free online archives	German Wikisource alex.onb.ac.at/tab_dra.htm

The Reichsgesetzblatt (lit. 'Reich Law Gazette^[1]' or 'Imperial Law Gazette^[2]'; abbreviated RGBl.), was the government gazette of the German Reich from 1871 to 1945, thus covering the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany.

All laws of the German Reich in a formal sense (i.e., all laws that have been passed through the prescribed legislative process) had to be promulgated in it to become legally existent.