The German State Party ( or DStP) was a short-lived German political party of the Weimar Republic. The party was formed on 28 July 1930 by the merger of the German Democratic Party with the People's National Reich Association (the political wing of the Young German Order).
Background
Following the 1928 German federal election, the DDP was forced to reckon with electoral losses, and many within the party sought to gain ground by shifting rightward ahead of state and local elections in 1929. Following failed attempts at unifying with the German People's Party and Economic Party in 1930, the party, under the leadership of Erich Koch-Weser, went on to merge with the People's National Reich Association. Several Young Liberals from the DVP also joined the party.
History
As part of the initial merger agreement, the Weser became the leader of the parties Reichstag delegation while Artur Mahraun, the leader of both the VNR, and the Jungdo itself, became the party's national leader.