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HerrenhausHerrenhaus: The upper chamber in the former Austrian Reichsrat existed from 1861 to 1918; it consisted of 4 categories of members: 1) appointed archdukes; 2) archbishops and bishops of noble rank; 3) members of those noble families who were granted hereditary Reichsrat membership by the emperor; 4) Austrian citizens appointed for life by the emperor for services to the state and church, science and art. Literature: G. Stourzh, Die Entwicklung der ersten Kammer in der österreichischen Verfassung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Zeit von 1848-61, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1951.
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