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Social Democratic Party of Baden

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History[edit]

The first Social Democrats elected to office were members of the city council of Mannheim in the 1878 election.[1]

The party was weak in northern Baden and only received around 1% in elections up to 1905.[2]

de:Adolf Geck, the godson of Amand Goegg, joined the SPD in 1882.[3]

Wilhelm Kolb opposed the SPD's support for World War I while Oskar Geck defended it. In April 1917, the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany broke away from the SPD. 600 people assembled in Mannheim in May to form the USPD in Baden. Adolf Geck, a SPD member of the Landtag that joined the USPD, claimed they had 100 members in Baden.[4] The USPD was reported to have 6,500 members by February 1919.[5]

Membership[edit]

Year Members % Change
1891 1,500 Steady[2]
1897 3,242 Steady[2]
1902 4,004 Steady[2]
1904 7,332 Steady[2]
1914 25,365 Steady[2]

References[edit]

Works cited[edit]

  • Schmidgall, Markus (2012). Die Revolution 1918/19 in Baden. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. ISBN 9783866447271. Search this book on


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