Bavarian People's Party

The Bavarian People's Party (German: Bayerische Volkspartei; BVP) was a Catholic political party in Bavaria during the Weimar Republic. After the collapse of the German Empire in 1918, it split away from the national-level Catholic Centre Party and formed the BVP in order to pursue a more conservative and particularist Bavarian course. It consistently had more seats in the Bavarian state parliament than any other party and provided all Bavarian minister presidents from 1920 on. In the national Reichstag it remained a minor player with only about three percent of total votes in all elections. The BVP disbanded shortly after the Nazi seizure of power in early 1933.

Bavarian People's Party
Bayerische Volkspartei
President(s)Karl Speck (1918–1929)
Fritz Schäffer (1929–1933)
FoundedNovember 1918 (November 1918)
Dissolved4 July 1933 (4 July 1933)
Split fromCentre Party
Succeeded byChristian Social Union in Bavaria, Bavaria Party
(not legal successors)
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Paramilitary wingBayernwacht
IdeologyPolitical Catholicism
Bavarian regionalism
Christian democracy
Conservatism (German)
Political positionCentre-right
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Colours  Cyan   White
Party flag
  • Politics of Germany
  • Political parties
  • Elections
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