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In its initial form, the Constitution came into effect on 8 June 1815. The preamble states that the Constitution's purpose was "the safety and independence of Germany" united in "perpetual Confederation". [1] Each state pledged to protect every other state and Germany as a whole if attacked.
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany [1] (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. The West German Constitution was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved by the occupying western Allies of World War II on 12 May.
Date Constitution of Abkhazia: October 3, 1999: ... Germany. Constitution of the German Confederation (1815) Constitution of Prussia (1848) Frankfurt Constitution (1849)
The legal status of Germany concerns the question of the extinction, or otherwise continuation, of the German nation-state (i.e. the German Reich created in the 1871 unification) following the rise and downfall of Nazi Germany, and constitutional hiatus of the military occupation of Germany by the four Allied powers from 1945 to 1949.
The Constitution, in spite of its title, already names the federal state 'German Empire' (Deutsches Reich). It came into effect the following day, 1 January 1871. [1] The 'Constitution of the German Empire' of 16 April 1871, which came into effect on 4 May 1871. This is usually the constitution called the Bismarcksche Reichsverfassung (BRV or RV).
The Reunification clause was part of the preamble of the German Constitution. As a whole, it is known as the German Basic Law. The preamble was in force from 1949 until 1990. The preamble ended with the sentence: Das gesamte Deutsche Volk bleibt aufgefordert, in freier Selbstbestimmung die Einheit und Freiheit Deutschlands zu vollenden.
Labour Day (1 May) Europe Day (9 May) Constitution Day (23 May) Popular Uprising Day (17 June) This day was public holiday under the title of "German Unity Day" from 1954 until 1990 when that unity actually was achieved. Resistance Day (20 July) German Unity Day (3 October) Memorial Day (half-mast) (two Sundays before the first Sunday of Advent)
On 31 July the assembly adopted the new constitution by a vote of 262 to 75 with 1 abstention. [7] Friedrich Ebert, the first president of Germany, signed the Weimar Constitution on 11 August 1919, and it became effective on the 14th. A federal election was held on 6 June 1920 for the new Reichstag. [8]