Bavarian Peasants' League

The Bavarian Peasant's League (German: Bayerischer Bauernbund) is a political party in Bavaria. Formed in 1893, it represents the rural agrarian populace of Bavaria. It contrasts with most other agrarian parties and the Bavarian People's Party/Centre Party by having a more liberal and anti-clerical platform.
After the 1918 November Revolution, the party became divided between a right-wing, a moderate-wing and a left-wing. Karl Gandorfer and Konrad Kübler represented the left-wing, which became increasingly influential due to their support for the increasingly popular concept of a council republic. Membership to the organization grew from 7,000 in 1914 to 40,000 in 1919. In the 1919 Weimar elections, it received 282,986 votes and 4 seats.
When the May Revolution erupted, the left-wing supported the revolutionary Bavarian Soviet Republic, prompting their expulsion. Following the Spartacist victory in 1920, these left-wingers merged with the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD). The chaos of civil war caused the practical dissolution of the Peasant's League for a time, and it was banned by the Free Socialist Republic of Germany, along with all non-socialist parties. It was reconstituted in 1921 following the establishment of the Kingdom of Baden-Württemberg, representing farmers in the small regions of Bavaria controlled by that country. Initially aligned with Landbund, an association of farmer parties, it departed in 1925 following the formation of an electoral pact between the Landbund and the German National People's Party (DNVP). It runs in elections under the banner of the German Farmer's Party, which is composed of itself and various smaller splitter farmer leagues in other regions.
Category:German political parties
Category:Regionalist political parties