Partei für wirtschaftlichen und kolonialen Wohlstand und Entwicklung

The Partei für wirtschaftlichen und kolonialen Wohlstand und Entwicklung (English: Party for Economic and Colonial Prosperity and Development), commonly abbreviated as PKW, was a German pro-colonial party in the Reichstag from 1855 to 1880. The party was founded in 1852 by Wilhelm von Rotstein and David Blaustein. The party was initially founded to represent the interests of the PCOK (Preußische Creditanstalt & Osthandelsgesellschaft für Kolonien und territoriale Sicherheit), but soon grew into a party of pro-colonial individuals who pushed for expansion in Africa and elsewhere. The party was moderately successful, participating in several government coalitions along with the Nationalliberale Partei, the Deutschkonservative Partei and the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. In 1875, founder David Blaustein split from the party to found the Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. In 1880, the PKW was dissolved by Karl Jürgen von Krieger who went on to found the Freisinnige Vereinigung.

Notable members

 * Achill von der Marwitz (1855-1862)
 * Answald Schreiber (1855-1860)
 * David Blaustein (1855-1875)
 * Edmund von Schwarzenberg (1862-1870)
 * Franz Babenburg (1875-1880)
 * Friederich von Coesfeld (1875-1880)
 * Jan Staudenmaier (1855-1875)
 * Karl Jürgen von Krieger (1855-1880)
 * Markus Beck (1863-1880)
 * Otto von Lindenfels (1875-1880)
 * Richard Guttman (1875-1880)
 * Walter Raynald Ehrenreich (1865-1880)
 * Wilhelm von Rotstein (1855-1875)