Weimar Constitution

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constitution fundamental law

The Weimar Constitution was the democratic constitution that governed Germany’s Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933, establishing a federal parliamentary system that ultimately proved vulnerable to authoritarian takeover.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution 1
Constitution of the German Reich (1919) 1
Weimar Constitution (in aspects of proportional representation) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
allowedInstrument popular initiative ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Weimar Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the German Reich (1919)

Weimar Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Weimarer Reichsverfassung
appliedIn Weimar Republic ⓘ
Article 48GrantedPower emergency decrees by the President ⓘ
articleNumber 181 ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 14 August 1919 ⓘ
contributedToEvent rise of National Socialism through constitutional weaknesses ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
definedStateName German Empire ⓘ
surface form: Deutsches Reich
draftedByBody Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
draftingLocation Weimar ⓘ
economicPolicyPrinciple social obligation of property ⓘ
endTime 1933 ⓘ
governmentFormEstablished federal republic ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
grantedRight women's suffrage in Germany ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOfficeCreated Reich Chancellor ⓘ
headOfStateOfficeCreated President of the Reich ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
historicalSignificance first fully democratic constitution of Germany ⓘ
includedProvision civil liberties ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
labor protection ⓘ
social rights ⓘ
welfare state principles ⓘ
keyArticle Article 48 ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legislatureCreated Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag
precededBy Constitution of the German Empire (1871) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the German Empire
promulgatedBy Friedrich Ebert ⓘ
promulgatedByOffice President of the Reich ⓘ
ratifiedOn 11 August 1919 ⓘ
religionPolicy guaranteed freedom of belief ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
replacedBy Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
startTime 1919 ⓘ
suffrageType universal suffrage ⓘ
suspendedDeFactoBy Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
territorialStructure federal states (Länder) ⓘ
underminedBy Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
upperHouseCreated Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form: Reichsrat
votingAge 20 ⓘ
votingSystemForReichstag proportional representation ⓘ
vulnerability enabled authoritarian rule through emergency powers ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Weimar Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the German Reich (1919)
Weimar Constitution → alsoKnownAs → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weimarer Reichsverfassung
Weimar Republic → constitution → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Constitution of 1931 → influencedBy → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Constitution of Italy → influencedBy → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weimar Constitution (in aspects of proportional representation)
Parliamentary Council → influencedBy → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Basic Law → inspiredBy → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Constitution of India → inspiredBy → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Czechoslovak constitution of 1920 → inspiredBy → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
March Constitution of 1921 → inspiredBy → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Flag of the Weimar Republic → legalBasis → Weimar Constitution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution
this entity surface form: Weimar Constitution under emergency rule