— German People's Party. Formed in 1918 from the pre-Weimar National Liberals, it was a center-right party supporting right-liberalism. Its platform stressed Christian family values, secular education, lower tariffs, opposition to welfare spending and agrarian subsidies, and hostility to socialism. Gustav Stresemann was its chairman and it participated in all governments until 1931. After Stresseann's death, the party turned further to the right. Hanseatischer Volksbund (HVB) — Hanseatic People's League. A regional party founded in Lübeck in 1926, supported by the middle classes opposed to Marxism and social democracy. It was allied with the DVP. Schleswig-Holsteinische Bauern- und Landarbeiterdemokratie (SHBLD) — Schleswig-Holstein Farmers and Farmworkers Democracy. A regional agrarian party active in Schleswig-Holstein between 1919 and 1924. It was a moderate party that leaned towards liberalism, and co-operated with the DVP. Volksnationale Reichsvereinigung — People's National Reich Association. This was the political wing of the Young German Order and it briefly merged with the DDP in 1930 to form the DStP. (Pro-Weimar Republic) Zentrumspartei — Centre Party. It was the continuation of the pre-Weimar Catholic party of the same name. A member of the Weimar Coalition, the Centre Party was the third-largest party in the Reichstag for most of the Weimar Republic and participated in all governments until 1932. Their party newspaper was Germania. (Pro-Weimar Republic) Right-wing Bayerische Volkspartei (BVP) — Bavarian People's Party. A Catholic and conservative party, in 1918 it split off from the Centre Party to pursue a more conservative and particularist Bavarian course. (Pro-Weimar Republic) (BNP) — Brunswick Lower–Saxon Party. This was a small regional party active in the Free State of Brunswick. It was conservative, monarchist and anti-republican. It formed an electoral alliance with the DVP and the DNVP. Christlich-Nationale Bauern- und Landvolkpartei (CNBL) — Christian National Peasants' and Farmers' Party. This was a conservative agrarian party that broke off from the German National People's Party (DNVP) in 1928. It contested the 1930 and 1932 Reichstag elections under the name Deutsches Landvolk (German Rural Folk). Christlich-Sozialer Volksdienst (CSVD) — Christian Social People's Service. A conservative Protestant party formed at the end of 1929, it was mainly supported by the middle class and Christian trade unionists. It supported state welfare, trade unions and workers participation in management; it opposed atheism, liberalism and Marxism. Christliche Volkspartei (CVP) — Christian People's Party. A short-lived Catholic party based in the Rhineland. (Pro-Weimar Republic) Deutsch-Hannoversche Partei (DHP) — German-Hanoverian Party,