Constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation

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The Constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation was the elected parliamentary assembly that drafted and adopted the confederation’s constitution in the late 1860s, laying the groundwork for the later German Empire.

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North German Confederation Reichstag 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
legislative body
parliamentary assembly
appliesToJurisdiction North German Confederation NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritory northern German states outside Austria
constitutionalDocumentDrafted Constitution of the North German Confederation NERFINISHED
constitutionalOutcome laid groundwork for the German Empire
country North German Confederation NERFINISHED
electoralSystem direct elections
universal male suffrage
electorate male citizens of the North German Confederation
endTime 1870
followedBy Reichstag of the German Empire NERFINISHED
Reichstag of the North German Confederation NERFINISHED
governmentalBranch legislative branch
hasJurisdiction federal matters of the North German Confederation
hasNumberOfChambers one
hasPart members of parliament
hasRole adopting constitution
drafting constitution
hasVotingSystem secret ballot
historicalPeriod unification of Germany
historicalSignificance precursor to the parliament of the German Empire
inceptionReason need for a federal constitution for the North German Confederation
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalForm federal parliament
legislativeBodyFor North German Confederation NERFINISHED
legislativePeriod 1867–1870
legislativeProcess cooperation with the Bundesrat
location Berlin NERFINISHED
meetsIn Reichstag building in Berlin NERFINISHED
partOf German unification process
constitutional process of the North German Confederation
politicalIdeologiesRepresented conservatism
liberalism
national liberalism
politicalSystemContext constitutional monarchy
precededBy Erfurt Union Parliament NERFINISHED
presidedOverBy president of the Reichstag
relatedTo Bundesrat of the North German Confederation NERFINISHED
replacedBy Reichstag of the German Empire NERFINISHED
significantEvent adoption of the Constitution of the North German Confederation
drafting of the Constitution of the North German Confederation
significantPerson Otto von Bismarck NERFINISHED
startTime 1867
typeOfRepresentation popular representation

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Constitution of the North German Confederation legislativeBody Constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation
Federal Assembly replacedBy Constituent Reichstag of the North German Confederation
subject surface form: Federal Assembly (German Confederation)
this entity surface form: North German Confederation Reichstag