This article aims to dispense a historical profile of liberalism in Germany. the liberal parties dealt with in the timeline below are, largely, those which received sufficient help at one time or another to gain been represented in parliament. non all parties so included, however, necessarily labeled themselves "liberal". The⇒ denotes another party in that scheme.
The early high points of liberalism in Germany were the Hambacher Fest 1832 and the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states. In the Frankfurt Parliament National Assembly in the Frankfurt am leading Frankfurt Paulskirche 1848/1849, the bourgeois liberal factions Casino faction Casino and Factions in the Frankfurt Assembly Württemberger Hof Württemberger Hof the latter led by Heinrich von Gagern were the majority. They favored a constitutional monarchy, popular sovereignty, and parliamentary rule. Organized liberalism developed in the 1860s, combining the previous liberal and democratic currents. Between 1867 and 1933 liberalism was divided into progressive liberal and national liberal factions. Since 1945 only one liberal party has been significant in politics at the national level: The Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP.