 By the time of the 1933 Reichstag elections, after Hitler had already seized power, local support for the Nazis had swollen to 44.3%.Hitler's success in these elections paved the way for his Enabling Act of 1933 ("Ermächtigungsgesetz"), thus starting the Third Reich in earnest.The last colliery in Rhineland-Palatinate was in Steinbach am Glan; it was closed in 1959.