Chancellor of Germany was not even re-installed. In the 1871 German Empire, the imperial chancellor ("Reichskanzler") served both as the emperor's first minister, and as presiding officer of the Bundesrat, the upper chamber of the German parliament. He was neither elected by nor responsible to Parliament (the "Reichstag"). Instead, the chancellor was appointed by the emperor. The federal level had four organs: Technically, the foreign ministers of the empire's states instructed their states' deputies to the federal council (Bundesrat) and therefore outranked the chancellor. For this reason, Prince Bismarck (as he was from 1871 onwards) continued to serve as both prime minister and
EV13 The Iron Curtain Trail in the central section, such as most of the German part and along the Czech border. When complete, the Iron Curtain Trail will run for from the Barents Sea down to the Black Sea. The Iron Curtain Trail, which is closely related to the European Green Belt project, is being managed as three projects: 20 nations are part of the Iron Curtain Trail project, among them are 14 members of the European Union. The ICT was lobbied for by the efforts of German Green Party politician Michael Cramer MEP. Trails have been created and made better suited to cycling with