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Reichstag building
The
Reichstag building
(; officially:
Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude
) is a historical edifice in
Berlin
,
Germany
, constructed to house the
Imperial Diet
(German:
Reichstag
), of the
German Empire
. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Diet until 1933, when it was severely damaged
after it was set on fire
. After
World War II
, the building fell into disuse; the parliament of the
German Democratic Republic
(the
Volkskammer
) met in the
Palast der Republik
in
East Berlin
, while the parliament of the
Federal Republic of Germany
(the
Bundestag
) met in the
Bundeshaus
in
Bonn
.
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