page_title: Reichsexekution
hierarchical_section_title: Reichsexekution
context_page_description: In German history, a Reichsexekution was an imperial or federal intervention against a member state, using military force if necessary. The instrument of the Reichsexekution was constitutionally available to the central governments of the Holy Roman Empire, the German Empire of 1848–49, the German Empire of 1871–1918, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Under the German Confederation and the North German Confederation, the same right belonged to the confederal government and is called Bundesexekution.
context_section_description: In German history, a Reichsexekution (sometimes "Reich execution" in English) was an imperial or federal intervention against a member state, using military force if necessary. The instrument of the Reichsexekution was constitutionally available to the central governments of the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806), the German Empire of 1848–49, the German Empire of 1871–1918, the Weimar Republic (1918–33) and Nazi Germany (1933–45). Under the German Confederation (1815–66) and the North German Confederation (1867–71), the same right belonged to the confederal government and is called Bundesexekution.
caption: Ferdinand III's Reichsexekution against Saxony and Bavaria in 1620
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