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The Prussian Constitution of 1920 (German: Verfassung von Preußen 1920) formed the legal framework for the Free State of Prussia, a constituent state of the Weimar Republic, from 1918 to 1947. It was based on democratic parliamentary principles and replaced the Constitution of 1848/50 .
The Prussian Constitution of 1920, implemented after the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the fall of the Hohenzollern monarchy, established a State Council in Section IV, Article 31 as a body for the participation of the provinces in the legislative process. [4]
Carl Severing did not submit a draft constitution until 26 April 1920 because of delays caused by the Kapp Putsch and the wait for the Reich constitution, which was ratified on 11 August 1919. On 30 November 1920 the State Assembly adopted the constitution of the Free State of Prussia. 280
The headquarters of the Prussian State Ministry and the Chancellery at Wilhelmstrasse 63 in Berlin, c. 1904. The Prussian State Ministry (German: Preußisches Staatsministerium) from 1808 to 1850 was the executive body of ministers, subordinate to the King of Prussia and, from 1850 to 1918, the overall ministry of the State of Prussia consisting of the individual ministers.
1920 Carl Wilhelm Severing: 1920 1921 [2] Adolph Alexander Eberhard Dominicus: 1921 1921 Carl Wilhelm Severing: 1921 1926 [2] Albert Grzesinski: 1926 1930 Heinrich Waentig: 1930 1930 Carl Wilhelm Severing: 1930 1932 [2] Franz Bracht: 1932 1933 Reich Commissioner (also Reich Minister of the Interior from December 3, 1932) Hermann Göring: 1933 ...
King Frederick William IV of Prussia in 1847. The 1850 Constitution of Prussia was an amended version of the 1848 Constitution.Unlike the earlier version that King Frederick William IV had unilaterally imposed on the Kingdom of Prussia on 5 December 1848, the 1850 revision was a cooperative effort between the new Prussian Parliament, the King and his ministers.
Under to the 1920 constitution of the Free State of Prussia it was replaced by the Staatsrat (state council) of representatives delegated by the Landtag assemblies of the Provinces. The Cologne mayor Konrad Adenauer served as president of the state council from 1921 until the Nazi Machtergreifung in 1933.
The constitution of the Free State of Prussia of 30 November 1920 again provided for a State Council. However, this was not in the tradition of the old State Council, but was the representation of the Prussian provinces and was more oriented towards the Reichsrat. [1]