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Following the end of WWI, a German National Assembly gathered in the town of Weimar, in the state of Thuringia, in January of 1919 to write a constitution for the Reich. The fundamentals of the constitution were known: It was to be a Democratic, Federal Republic, with a President and Parliament to govern it. Supreme power was to be delegated by The People.
Disagreements arose between the delegates over such things as the new national flag, religious education for the youth, and the rights of the regional states that were to make up the Reich. All of these disagreements were resolved by August of 1919.
The document was divided into 2 parts. Each part was divided into sections (7 sections in Part I, 5 sections in Part II). In all, there were almost 200 articles in the Constitution. In short, they declare Germany a republic which derives its consent from the people in accordance with international law and natural law.
The main tenets of the ConstitutionThe Constitution of a given organisation defines its form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules. To view particular constitutions, refer to the list of national constitutions. The term comes from Latin constitutio which referred to any are as follows:
The ConstitutionThe Constitution of a given organisation defines its form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules. To view particular constitutions, refer to the list of national constitutions. The term comes from Latin constitutio which referred to any guaranteed individual rights such as the freedom of speech and assembly to each citizen. These "Fundamental Rights And Duties of Germans" were based on the provisions of the earlier constitution of 1848Preliminaries " Germany" at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 was not then in any sense a nation, but a collection of over 30 states though the German states were loosely bound together after the Congress of Vienna of 1815 in the German Confederation..
Sixty-seven delegates abstained from voting to adopt the Constitution.
The 1919 constitution had a number of fundamental weaknesses, which made the establishment of a dictatorship all too easy. Whether a different constitution could have prevented the Third Reich is debatable though. Upon Hitler’s rise to the Chancellery in 1933, and his subsequent seizure of the Presidency, the ConstitutionThe Constitution of a given organisation defines its form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules. To view particular constitutions, refer to the list of national constitutions. The term comes from Latin constitutio which referred to any was abused. After the dissolution of the Parliament, the suspension of civil rightsCivil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. Examples include the right to vote and anti- discrimination laws. Civil rights movements usually want equal protection of the laws for minorities, through the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Constitution was only a dead form but it was never formally revoked.
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