Germany · Government / Reich, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Among the measures taken to reduce the influence of the Catholic Church was the addition in 1871 to the German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch), which threatened clergy who discussed politics from the pulpit with two years of prison
The Kanzelparagraph remains in force until 1953, several religious orders like the Jesuits remained banned from the German Empire, confiscated properties were not returned, discrimination against the Catholic minority continued in Civil Service.
The article is dubbed the Kanzelparagraph (from the German Kanzel - "pulpit"). The 1871 Kanzelparagraph introduced a series of sanctions against Catholicism imposed by Bismarck throughout 1875.
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