Frankfurt Parliament

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The Frankfurt Parliament was the first freely elected all-German national assembly, convened in 1848–1849 to draft a constitution and attempt the unification of the German states.

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instanceOf constituent assembly
national assembly
alsoKnownAs Frankfurt National Assembly NERFINISHED
Frankfurter Nationalversammlung NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction German states
convenedIn Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED
country German Confederation NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn Stuttgart NERFINISHED
drafted Frankfurt Constitution NERFINISHED
endTime 31 May 1849
followedBy Rump Parliament in Stuttgart NERFINISHED
hasCause Revolutions of 1848 in the German states NERFINISHED
hasChairperson Eduard Simson NERFINISHED
Heinrich von Gagern NERFINISHED
hasGoal create a unified German nation-state
draft a liberal constitution for Germany
hasLanguage German
hasLegacy influenced later German constitutional developments
symbol of German liberal and national movement
hasNumberOfMembers approximately 585
hasOutcome failure to achieve German unification
hasPart Augenblick faction
Braunfels faction NERFINISHED
Casino faction NERFINISHED
Deutscher Hof faction NERFINISHED
Donnersberg faction NERFINISHED
Landsberg faction NERFINISHED
Pariser Hof faction NERFINISHED
Steinernes Haus faction NERFINISHED
Westendhall faction NERFINISHED
Württemberger Hof faction NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalIdeology constitutionalism
liberalism
nationalism
hasSignificantMember Arnold Ruge NERFINISHED
Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann NERFINISHED
Friedrich Daniel Bassermann NERFINISHED
Friedrich Hecker NERFINISHED
Jacob Grimm NERFINISHED
Johann Gustav Droysen NERFINISHED
Lothar Bucher NERFINISHED
Ludwig Uhland NERFINISHED
Robert Blum NERFINISHED
legalForm constitutional convention
legislativeBodyFor German Confederation NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Free City of Frankfurt NERFINISHED
mainSubject German constitution
unification of Germany
metIn Paulskirche NERFINISHED
precededBy Vorparlament NERFINISHED
significantEvent March Revolution NERFINISHED
adoption of the Frankfurt Constitution
offer of the imperial crown to King Frederick William IV of Prussia
rejection of the imperial crown by Frederick William IV
startTime 18 May 1848
timePeriod Revolutions of 1848 NERFINISHED

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Johann Gustav Droysen participatedIn Frankfurt Parliament
Constitution of 4 November 1848 draftedBy Frankfurt Parliament
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of 1848
Paulskirche significantEvent Frankfurt Parliament
this entity surface form: Frankfurt Parliament 1848–1849