German Free-minded Party

German Free-minded Party Deutsche Freisinnige Partei
Founded	1884
Dissolved	1893
Merger of	German Progress Party, Liberal Union
Succeeded by	Free-minded People's Party, Free-minded Union
Newspaper	NA
Ideology	Liberalism, Social liberalism, Social progressivism, Parliamentarism, Laicism
International affiliation	none
Politics of Germany Political parties Elections

The German Free-minded Party (Deutsche Freisinnige Partei) was a German liberal party, founded as a result of the merger of the German Progress Party and Liberal Union in 5 March, 1884.

In the 1884 election, held 28 October, 1884, it received only 17.6% of the votes, representing a drop of 3.6% from the combined parties' results in the previous 1881 election. The main beneficiaries of this defection were the conservative forces supporting Otto von Bismarck.

In 1893 the party was split into the Free-minded People's Party and the Free-minded Union.

Notable members

• Ludwig Bamberger
• Albert Kalthoff
• Eduard Lasker
• Friedrich Naumann
• Theodor Mommsen
• Eugen Richter
• Franz August Schenk von Stauffenberg
• Rudolf Virchow
• Georg von Siemens

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism in Germany

References

Tillich, Paul; Translated by Franklin Sherman (1957). The Socialist Decision. Harper & Row. p. 57. 

Preceded by German Progress Party	liberal German parties 1884–1893	Succeeded by Free-minded People's Party
Preceded by Liberal Union		Succeeded by Free-minded Union