1946

Seat of the

State parliament
A black and white photo showing the exterior view of the GeSoLei Hall. Above the entrance is the inscription “Der Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen” (
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From November 1946, the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament met in a large, undamaged hall at Henkel in Düsseldorf-Holthausen ‏(picture from the same year)

On October 2, 1946, the newly elected North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament convenes in Düsseldorf’s opera house for its opening session in the largely destroyed city.  From November 1946 until...