Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Organisation founded
A party advocating Bavarian autonomy or independence was founded after the Second World War, briefly becoming a major electoral force.
Significance here: Established the principal Bavarian autonomist/independence party, whose 1950s peak briefly made it a governing coalition partner.
· Legal decision
The German Federal Constitutional Court rejected a petition for a referendum on Bavarian independence, ruling that German states cannot secede.
Significance here: The clearest and most recent authoritative statement that German constitutional law provides no route to Bavarian secession.
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