House of Deputies (Austria)

The House of Deputies (German: Abgeordnetenhaus, Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna, Polish: Izba Posłów, Italian: Camera dei deputati) was, from 1861, the lower house of the bicameral Imperial Council parliament of the Austrian Empire and, from 1867 to 1918, of the Cisleithanian lands within Austria-Hungary. The upper chamber was the House of Lords.

House of Deputies

Abgeordnetenhaus
Lesser coat of arms of Cisleithania (1915–1918)
Type
Type
Leadership
President
Gustav Groß (last)
Seats516 (from 1907)
Meeting place
Debating chamber of the House of Deputies
Austrian Parliament Building
Vienna
Plenary hall of the House of Deputies in the Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna

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