Landbund

The Landbund (English: Rural Federation) was an Austrian political party during the period of the First Republic (1918–1934).

It endorsed a union of Austria with Germany and opposed Marxism, Austrofascism and the Heimwehr.

It took part in coalition governments between 1927 and 1933 when the Vice Chancellor and the Minister of the Interior came from its ranks.

From 1930 onwards, it allied with the Greater German People's Party (Großdeutsche Volkspartei) to create a common list for elections under the name Nationaler Wirtschaftsblock (National Economic Block), which was dissolved in 1934.

After World War II, when a provisional Austrian government was created in 1945, the Landbund was originally supposed to nominate a member.