Constitution of the North German Confederation

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constitution fundamental law

The Constitution of the North German Confederation was the 1867 fundamental law that organized the North German states into a federal union under Prussian leadership and served as a key precursor to the later German Empire’s constitution.

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Label Occurrences
North German Confederation Constitution 2
Constitution of the North German Confederation canonical 1
Constitution of the North German Confederation (1867) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction North German Confederation ⓘ
author Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
basedOn Treaty of Vienna (1866) ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of 18 August 1866

draft prepared by Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
containsProvisions competence of federation in foreign policy ⓘ
federal control over customs and trade ⓘ
federal control over military affairs ⓘ
shared legislation between Bundesrat and Reichstag ⓘ
universal male suffrage for Reichstag elections ⓘ
country North German Confederation ⓘ
definesTerm Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Bundeskanzler

Bundespräsidium ⓘ
Bundesrat ⓘ
Reichstag of the German Empire ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag
endTime 31 December 1870 ⓘ
federalState North German Confederation ⓘ
followedBy Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
follows Prussian Constitution of 1850 ⓘ
grantsPower Bundesrat representing member states ⓘ
Prussian king as federal president ⓘ
Reichstag elected by universal male suffrage ⓘ
federal chancellor appointed by federal president ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Bundeskanzler
headOfStateTitle Bundespräsidium ⓘ
historicalPeriod German unification ⓘ
post‑Austro‑Prussian War era ⓘ
inception 1867 ⓘ
influenced Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
language German ⓘ
legalForm written constitution ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law ⓘ
legislativeBody Constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation ⓘ
locationOfFormation North German Confederation ⓘ
mainSubject Bundesrat ⓘ
Reichstag of the German Empire ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag

division of powers ⓘ
executive power ⓘ
federal chancellor ⓘ
federal presidency ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
legislative power ⓘ
ratifiedBy member states of the North German Confederation ⓘ
repealedBy Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
replaced looser federal treaties among northern German states ⓘ
significantEvent foundation for the 1871 German Empire constitution ⓘ
unification of northern German states under Prussian leadership ⓘ
startTime 1 July 1867 ⓘ
territorialExtent north of the Main River in Germany ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

North German Confederation → constitutionalInstrument → Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
Reichstag of the North German Confederation → establishedBy → Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: North German Confederation Constitution
Reichstag of the North German Confederation → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the North German Confederation of 1867
German Emperor → basedOn → Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: North German Confederation Constitution
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) → precededBy → Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: North German Confederation Constitution (1867)
Constitution of the German Empire (1871) → basedOn → Constitution of the North German Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the North German Confederation (1867)