Bavarian People's Party

The Bavarian People's Party (German: Bayerische Volkspartei; BVP) is a Bavarian political party. It initially succeeded the regional branch of the German Centre Party, but later took a more independent approach separate from the federalist liberalism of Centre Party leader Matthias Erzberger.
The BVP rallied its supporters to the banner of the Whites in the German Civil War. With the victory of the Spartacists, the party was banned and suppressed. Its leadership resides in exile in Baden-Württemberg, which supports the party. It continues to support an underground campaign of resistance against the Bavarian Soviet Republic, which has culminated in numerous violent incidents such as the Passau Rebellion. In the small border regions of Bavaria under the control of Baden-Württemberg, centered around Würzburg, Kitzingen, Kempten and Lindau, the BVP runs under the banner of the Centre Party in elections.
Category:German political parties
Category:Baden-Württemberger political parties
Category:Conservative political parties
Category:Regionalist political parties