Origins
The Centre Party belongs to the political spectrum of "Political Catholicism" that, emerging in the early 19th century after the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars, had changed the … See more

In the Weimar Republic
The Centre Party, whose pragmatic principles generally left it open to supporting either a monarchical or republican form of government, proved one of the mainstays of the Weimar Republic See more

• Schmidgall, Markus (2012). Die Revolution 1918/19 in Baden. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. ISBN 9783866447271.
• Dill, Marshall (1954). "The Christian Trade Unions During the Last Years of Imperial Germany … See more

• Official website (in German)
• Website of the European Christian Political Movement, of which the Zentrumspartei is a member
• Catholic Encyclopedia article See more

After the war, the party was refounded, but it was confronted with the emergence of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a new party formed as a Christian party comprising both … See more

Although the party's ideology has shifted throughout its existence, it has consistently presented itself through a Christian democratic and politically Catholic profile. Until the 1920s, it was seen to occupy the political centre before adopting a right-wing … See more

• Anderson, Margaret Lavinia. Windthorst: A Political Biography (Oxford University Press, 1981).
• Anderson, … See more