Frankfurt Documents

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Allied directive historical document set of political documents

The Frankfurt Documents were a set of Allied directives issued in 1948 that laid out the framework and conditions for drafting the Basic Law and establishing the Federal Republic of Germany.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Frankfurt Documents canonical	1
Frankfurt Documents of 1948	1
Frankfurt Papers	1
Frankfurter Dokumente	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied directive ⓘ historical document ⓘ set of political documents ⓘ
addressedTo	Minister Presidents of the Western German Länder ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Frankfurt Documents ⓘ surface form: Frankfurt Papers
appliedToTerritory	Western occupation zones of Germany ⓘ
appliesTo	German states ⓘ surface form: West German Länder
component	directive on drafting a constitution ⓘ directive on occupation statute and Allied reserved powers ⓘ directive on the future boundaries of the West German state ⓘ
componentCount	three main documents ⓘ
containsDirectiveOn	Allied approval of the constitution ⓘ convening a constitutional convention ⓘ federal structure of the new German state ⓘ limitations on central government powers ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
dateIssued	1 July 1948 ⓘ
followedBy	convening of the Parliamentary Council in Bonn in 1948 ⓘ
governingAuthority	Allied High Commission ⓘ surface form: Allied High Commission (predecessor structures)
hasName	Frankfurt Documents self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Frankfurter Dokumente
historicalContext	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post-World War II ⓘ
influenced	Parliamentary Council ⓘ surface form: Parliamentary Council (Parlamentarischer Rat)
issuedBy	Allied military governments ⓘ surface form: Allied Military Governors British military government in Germany ⓘ French military government in Germany ⓘ Office of Military Government, United States (OMGUS) ⓘ surface form: United States military government in Germany
issuedInCity	Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
language	English ⓘ German ⓘ
legalStatus	binding directive of the Western Allies ⓘ
politicalSignificance	foundational for the constitutional order of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
precedes	promulgation of the Basic Law on 23 May 1949 ⓘ
purpose	to establish conditions for creating a West German state ⓘ to lay out the basis for the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ to provide a framework for drafting a new German constitution ⓘ
relatedTo	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ division of Germany ⓘ formation of West Germany ⓘ
resultedIn	drafting of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subjectMatter	Allied occupation policy ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ state formation ⓘ
yearIssued	1948 ⓘ

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Parliamentary Council → legalBasis → Frankfurt Documents ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Frankfurt Documents of 1948

Frankfurt Documents → hasName → Frankfurt Documents self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankfurter Dokumente

Frankfurt Documents → alsoKnownAs → Frankfurt Documents ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frankfurt Papers