Rhenish Republic [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Rhenish Republic
The Rhenish Republic () was proclaimed at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) in October 1923 during the occupation of the Ruhr by troops from France and Belgium (January 19231925). It comprised three territories, named North, South and Ruhr. Their regional capitals were, respectively, Aachen, Koblenz and Essen.
Background.
The Rhenish Republic is best understood as the aspiration of a poorly focused liberation struggle. The name was one applied by the short-lived separatist movement that erupted in the
Emminger Reform
The Emminger Decree or Emminger Reform (, "Lex Emminger", or '; formally the ') was an emergency decree in the democratic Weimar Republic by Justice Minister Erich Emminger (BVP) on 4 January 1924 that among other things abolished the jury as trier of fact and replaced it with a mixed system of judges and lay judges in Germany's judiciary which still exists today.
Background.
The modern jury trial was first introduced in the Rhenish provinces in 1798, with a court consisting most commonly