Constitution of the German Empire (1871)

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constitution foundational legal charter supreme law

The Constitution of the German Empire (1871) was the foundational legal charter that established and regulated the federal structure, powers, and institutions of the unified German Empire under Prussian leadership.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of the German Empire 5
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) canonical 2
Bismarck Constitution 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational legal charter ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
surface form: Bismarck Constitution

Constitution of 16 April 1871 ⓘ
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
surface form: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches (1871)
appliedTo German states ⓘ
surface form: federal states of the German Empire
basedOn Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the North German Confederation (1867)
cameIntoForce 1871-05-04 ⓘ
chancellorAppointedBy German Emperor ⓘ
chancellorResponsibleTo German Emperor ⓘ
chiefMinister Reich Chancellor ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
createdInstitution Bundesrat ⓘ
German Emperor ⓘ
Reichsgericht ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Court (Reichsgericht)

Reich Chancellor ⓘ
Reichstag of the German Empire ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag
dateAdopted 1871-04-16 ⓘ
definedStateAs federal monarchy ⓘ
didNotProvide parliamentary responsibility of chancellor to Reichstag ⓘ
dominantState Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
enshrined dominant role of Prussia in imperial institutions ⓘ
executiveHead German Emperor ⓘ
federalStructure union of German states ⓘ
grantedPowerTo Bundesrat to initiate legislation ⓘ
Bundesrat to veto legislation ⓘ
German Emperor to appoint and dismiss the Reich Chancellor ⓘ
German Emperor to conclude treaties ⓘ
German Emperor to declare war (with Bundesrat consent for offensive wars) ⓘ
Reichstag to participate in legislation ⓘ
headOfStateTitle German Emperor ⓘ
historicalPeriod German Empire ⓘ
surface form: German Empire (1871–1918)
language German ⓘ
legalFormOfState federal state ⓘ
legislativeBody Bundesrat ⓘ
Reichstag of the German Empire ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag
limited sovereignty of member states in foreign policy and military affairs ⓘ
locationSigned Berlin ⓘ
mainAuthor Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
precededBy Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
surface form: North German Confederation Constitution (1867)
providedFor universal male suffrage for Reichstag elections ⓘ
regulated citizenship of the empire ⓘ
customs and trade policy ⓘ
distribution of powers between empire and federal states ⓘ
foreign policy competence ⓘ
freedom of movement within the empire ⓘ
freedom of settlement within the empire ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ
imperial finances and taxation ⓘ
imperial legislation ⓘ
military command ⓘ
repealedOn 1919-08-14 ⓘ
replacedBy Weimar Constitution ⓘ
votingAge 25 years ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German Empire → constitutionalInstrument → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
Imperial German Army → legalBasis → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Imperial Constitution
Weimar Constitution → precededBy → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
Prussian Constitution of 1850 → relatedTo → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Empire Constitution of 1871
German Emperor → grantedBy → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bismarck Constitution
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches (1871)
Constitution of the North German Confederation → followedBy → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
Constitution of the North German Confederation → influenced → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
Constitution of the North German Confederation → repealedBy → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
Reichstag of the German Empire → establishedBy → Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the German Empire