Weimar Constitution, the Glossary

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1. 115 relations: Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, Allied Control Council, Allied-occupied Germany, Anita Augspurg, Article 48 (Weimar Constitution), Austria-Hungary, Authoritarianism, Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, Bavarian Peasants' League, Berlin, Berlin Declaration (1945), Centre Party (Germany), Chancellor of Germany, Civil and political rights, Common law, Communist Party of Germany, Constitution, Constitution of East Germany, Constitution of the German Empire, Control Council Law No. 1 – Repealing of Nazi Laws, Dictatorship, Dieter Nohlen, Economic freedom, Electoral threshold, Enabling Act of 1933, Ernst Thälmann, Ersatz good, Erwin Bumke, Fascism, Führer, Federal republic, Federalism, Federation, Flensburg, Flensburg Government, French Fifth Republic, Friedrich Ebert, Gerhard Anschütz, German nobility, German People's Party, German Reich, German reunification, German revolutions of 1848–1849, Germany, Habeas corpus, Hugo Preuß, Imperial German Army, Judicial independence, Kaiser, ... Expand index (65 more) »

2. 1919 documents
3. 1919 in Germany
4. 1919 in law
5. 1919 in politics
6. August 1919 events
7. Government of Nazi Germany
8. Historical constitutions of Germany
9. History of Weimar
10. Law of the Weimar Republic
11. Politics of the Weimar Republic

Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany

The Gaue (singular: Gau) were the main administrative divisions of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and Adolf Hitler

Allied Control Council

The Allied Control Council (ACC) or Allied Control Authority (Alliierter Kontrollrat), and also referred to as the Four Powers (Vier Mächte), was the governing body of the Allied occupation zones in Germany (1945–1949/1991) and Austria (1945–1955) after the end of World War II in Europe.

See Weimar Constitution and Allied Control Council

Allied-occupied Germany

The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23 May 1949.

See Weimar Constitution and Allied-occupied Germany

Anita Augspurg

Anita Theodora Johanna Sophie Augspurg (22 September 1857 – 20 December 1943) was a German jurist, actress, writer, activist of the radical feminist movement and a pacifist.

See Weimar Constitution and Anita Augspurg

Article 48 (Weimar Constitution)

Article 48 of the constitution of the Weimar Republic of Germany (1919–1933) allowed the Reich president, under certain circumstances, to take emergency measures without the prior consent of the Reichstag. Weimar Constitution and Article 48 (Weimar Constitution) are 1919 in law, law of Nazi Germany and law of the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Article 48 (Weimar Constitution)

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.

See Weimar Constitution and Austria-Hungary

Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.

See Weimar Constitution and Authoritarianism

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

Bavarian Peasants' League

The Bavarian Peasants' League (Bayerischer Bauernbund, or BB) was an agrarian political party in Bavaria, Germany, from 1893 to 1933.

See Weimar Constitution and Bavarian Peasants' League

Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

See Weimar Constitution and Berlin

Berlin Declaration (1945)

The Berlin Declaration (Berliner Erklärung/Deklaration) of 5 June 1945 or the Declaration regarding the defeat of Germany,Officially, the "Declaration regarding the defeat of Germany and the assumption of supreme authority with respect to Germany by the Governments of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and the Provisional Government of the French Republic".

See Weimar Constitution and Berlin Declaration (1945)

Centre Party (Germany)

The Centre Party (Zentrum), officially the German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei) and also known in English as the Catholic Centre Party, is a Christian democratic political party in Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Centre Party (Germany)

Chancellor of Germany

The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.

See Weimar Constitution and Chancellor of Germany

Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

See Weimar Constitution and Civil and political rights

Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions.

See Weimar Constitution and Common law

Communist Party of Germany

The Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands,, KPD) was a major far-left political party in the Weimar Republic during the interwar period, an underground resistance movement in Nazi Germany, and a minor party in West Germany during the postwar period until it was banned by the Federal Constitutional Court in 1956.

See Weimar Constitution and Communist Party of Germany

Constitution

A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.

See Weimar Constitution and Constitution

Constitution of East Germany

The original Constitution of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) was promulgated on 7 October 1949. Weimar Constitution and Constitution of East Germany are historical constitutions of Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Constitution of East Germany

Constitution of the German Empire

The Constitution of the German Empire (Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches) was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871–1918, from 16 April 1871, coming into effect on 4 May 1871. Weimar Constitution and Constitution of the German Empire are historical constitutions of Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Constitution of the German Empire

Control Council Law No. 1 – Repealing of Nazi Laws

The Control Council Law No.

See Weimar Constitution and Control Council Law No. 1 – Repealing of Nazi Laws

Dictatorship

A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations.

See Weimar Constitution and Dictatorship

Dieter Nohlen

Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist.

See Weimar Constitution and Dieter Nohlen

Economic freedom

Economic freedom, or economic liberty, refers to the agency of people to make economic decisions.

See Weimar Constitution and Economic freedom

Electoral threshold

The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of all the votes cast that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature.

See Weimar Constitution and Electoral threshold

Enabling Act of 1933

The Enabling Act of 1933 (German: Ermächtigungsgesetz), officially titled Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich, was a law that gave the German Cabinet – most importantly, the Chancellor – the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or Weimar President Paul von Hindenburg, leading to the rise of Nazi Germany. Weimar Constitution and Enabling Act of 1933 are government of Nazi Germany, law of Nazi Germany and law of the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Enabling Act of 1933

Ernst Thälmann

Ernst Johannes Fritz Thälmann (16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933.

See Weimar Constitution and Ernst Thälmann

Ersatz good

An ersatz good is a substitute good, especially one that is considered inferior to the good it replaces.

See Weimar Constitution and Ersatz good

Erwin Bumke

Erwin Konrad Eduard Bumke (7 July 1874 – 20 April 1945) was the last president of the Reichsgericht, the supreme civil and criminal court of the German Reich, serving from 1929 to 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and Erwin Bumke

Fascism

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

See Weimar Constitution and Fascism

Führer

Führer (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term. Weimar Constitution and Führer are government of Nazi Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Führer

Federal republic

A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government.

See Weimar Constitution and Federal republic

Federalism

Federalism is a mode of government that combines a general government (the central or federal government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two.

See Weimar Constitution and Federalism

Federation

A federation (also called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism).

See Weimar Constitution and Federation

Flensburg

Flensburg (Danish and Flensborg; Flensborre; Flansborj) is an independent town in the far north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

See Weimar Constitution and Flensburg

Flensburg Government

The Flensburg Government (Flensburger Regierung), also known as the Flensburg Cabinet (Flensburger Kabinett), the Dönitz Government (Regierung Dönitz), or the Schwerin von Krosigk Cabinet (Kabinett Schwerin von Krosigk), was the rump government of Nazi Germany during a period of three weeks around the end of World War II in Europe. Weimar Constitution and Flensburg Government are government of Nazi Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Flensburg Government

French Fifth Republic

The Fifth Republic (Cinquième République) is France's current republican system of government.

See Weimar Constitution and French Fifth Republic

Friedrich Ebert

Friedrich Ebert (4 February 187128 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in office in 1925.

See Weimar Constitution and Friedrich Ebert

Gerhard Anschütz

Gerhard Anschütz (10 January 1867 in Halle (Saale) – 14 April 1948 in Heidelberg) was a noted German teacher of constitutional law and the leading commentator of the Weimar Constitution.

See Weimar Constitution and Gerhard Anschütz

German nobility

The German nobility (deutscher Adel) and royalty were status groups of the medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the beginning of the 20th century.

See Weimar Constitution and German nobility

German People's Party

The German People's Party (German:, DVP) was a conservative-liberal political party during the Weimar Republic that was the successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.

See Weimar Constitution and German People's Party

German Reich

German Reich (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from Deutsches Reich) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 18 January 1871 to 5 June 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and German Reich

German reunification

German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.

See Weimar Constitution and German reunification

German revolutions of 1848–1849

The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (Deutsche Revolution 1848/1849), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.

See Weimar Constitution and German revolutions of 1848–1849

Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

See Weimar Constitution and Germany

Habeas corpus

Habeas corpus (from Medieval Latin) is a recourse in law by which a report can be made to a court in the events of unlawful detention or imprisonment, requesting that the court order the person's custodian (usually a prison official) to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful.

See Weimar Constitution and Habeas corpus

Hugo Preuß

Hugo Preuß (Preuss) (28 October 1860 – 9 October 1925) was a German lawyer and liberal politician.

See Weimar Constitution and Hugo Preuß

Imperial German Army

The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.

See Weimar Constitution and Imperial German Army

Judicial independence

Judicial independence is the concept that the judiciary should be independent from the other branches of government.

See Weimar Constitution and Judicial independence

Kaiser

Kaiser is the German word for "emperor".

See Weimar Constitution and Kaiser

Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz;; 16 September 189124 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.

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Karl Jarres

Karl Jarres (21 September 1874 – 20 October 1951) was a German lawyer and politician of the German People's Party (Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP) during the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Karl Jarres

Landtag

A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations.

See Weimar Constitution and Landtag

Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat

The Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat (Gesetz über die Aufhebung des Reichsrats) was a measure enacted by the government of Nazi Germany on 14 February 1934 that abolished the second chamber of the German parliament. Weimar Constitution and Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat are government of Nazi Germany and law of Nazi Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat

Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.

See Weimar Constitution and Legislature

Motion of no confidence

A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion of confidence and corresponding vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fit to continue to occupy their office.

See Weimar Constitution and Motion of no confidence

Nationalization

Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.

See Weimar Constitution and Nationalization

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

See Weimar Constitution and Nazi Germany

Nazism

Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Nazism

Nobility

Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy.

See Weimar Constitution and Nobility

One-party state

A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system.

See Weimar Constitution and One-party state

Otto Braun

Otto Braun (28 January 1872 – 15 December 1955) was a politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Otto Braun

Otto Friedrich

Otto Alva Friedrich (born 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts; died April 26, 1995 in Manhasset, New York), was an American author, and historian.

See Weimar Constitution and Otto Friedrich

Parliament

In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.

See Weimar Constitution and Parliament

Parliamentary republic

A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the executive branch (the government) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature (the parliament).

See Weimar Constitution and Parliamentary republic

Parliamentary system

A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a system of democratic government where the head of government (who may also be the head of state) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which they are accountable.

See Weimar Constitution and Parliamentary system

Paul von Hindenburg

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (abbreviated; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I. He later became president of Germany from 1925 until his death.

See Weimar Constitution and Paul von Hindenburg

Preamble

A preamble is an introductory and expressionary statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy.

See Weimar Constitution and Preamble

President of Germany (1919–1945)

The President of the Reich (Reichspräsident) was the German head of state under the Weimar constitution, which was officially in force from 1919 to 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and President of Germany (1919–1945)

Presidential system

A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers.

See Weimar Constitution and Presidential system

Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) refers to any type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body.

See Weimar Constitution and Proportional representation

Referendum

A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.

See Weimar Constitution and Referendum

Reich

Reich is a German noun whose meaning is analogous to the English word "realm"; this is not to be confused with the German adjective "reich" which means "rich".

See Weimar Constitution and Reich

Reichsexekution

In German history, a Reichsexekution (sometimes "Reich execution" in English) was an imperial or federal intervention against a member state, using military force if necessary. Weimar Constitution and Reichsexekution are law of the Weimar Republic.

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Reichsgericht

The Reichsgericht was the supreme criminal and civil court in the German Reich from 1879 to 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and Reichsgericht

Reichsrat (Germany)

The Reichsrat of the Weimar Republic was the de facto upper house of Germany's parliament; the lower house was the popularly elected Reichstag. Weimar Constitution and Reichsrat (Germany) are government of Nazi Germany and politics of the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Reichsrat (Germany)

Reichstag (Nazi Germany)

The Reichstag ("Diet of the Realm"), officially the Greater German Reichstag (Großdeutscher Reichstag) after 1938, was the national parliament of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and Reichstag (Nazi Germany)

Reichstag (Weimar Republic)

The Reichstag of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) was the lower house of Germany's parliament; the upper house was the Reichsrat, which represented the states. Weimar Constitution and Reichstag (Weimar Republic) are politics of the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Reichstag (Weimar Republic)

Reichstag fire

The Reichstag fire (Reichstagsbrand) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday, 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Reichstag fire

Reichstag Fire Decree

The Reichstag Fire Decree (Reichstagsbrandverordnung) is the common name of the Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State (Verordnung des Reichspräsidenten zum Schutz von Volk und Staat) issued by German President Paul von Hindenburg on the advice of Chancellor Adolf Hitler on 28 February 1933 in immediate response to the Reichstag fire. Weimar Constitution and Reichstag Fire Decree are law of Nazi Germany and law of the Weimar Republic.

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Republic

A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy.

See Weimar Constitution and Republic

Republic of German-Austria

The Republic of German-Austria (Republik Deutschösterreich, alternatively spelt Republik Deutsch-Österreich) and German-Austria (Deutschösterreich) was an unrecognised state that was created following World War I as an initial rump state for areas with a predominantly German-speaking and ethnic German population within what had been the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with plans for eventual unification with Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Republic of German-Austria

Richard J. Evans

Sir Richard John Evans (born September 29, 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Richard J. Evans

Schwarzburg (municipality)

Schwarzburg is a municipality in the valley of the Schwarza (Schwarzatal) in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, in central Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Schwarzburg (municipality)

Secrecy of correspondence

The secrecy of correspondence (Briefgeheimnis, secret de la correspondance) or literally translated as secrecy of letters, is a fundamental legal principle enshrined in the constitutions of several European countries.

See Weimar Constitution and Secrecy of correspondence

Self-determination

Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.

See Weimar Constitution and Self-determination

Semi-presidential republic

A semi-presidential republic, or dual executive republic, is a republic in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter two being responsible to the legislature of the state.

See Weimar Constitution and Semi-presidential republic

Separation of powers

The separation of powers principle functionally differentiates several types of state power (usually law-making, adjudication, and execution) and requires these operations of government to be conceptually and institutionally distinguishable and articulated, thereby maintaining the integrity of each.

See Weimar Constitution and Separation of powers

Sexism

Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender.

See Weimar Constitution and Sexism

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands,; SPD) is a social democratic political party in Germany.

See Weimar Constitution and Social Democratic Party of Germany

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

See Weimar Constitution and South Korea

States of Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states.

See Weimar Constitution and States of Germany

The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

See Weimar Constitution and The New York Times

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany is a book by American journalist William L. Shirer in which the author chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany from the birth of Adolf Hitler in 1889 to the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.

See Weimar Constitution and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Third Reich Trilogy

The Third Reich Trilogy is a series of three narrative history books by British historian Richard J. Evans, covering the rise and collapse of Nazi Germany in detail, with a focus on the internal politics and the decision-making process.

See Weimar Constitution and The Third Reich Trilogy

Thuringia

Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.

See Weimar Constitution and Thuringia

Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and controls the public sphere and the private sphere of society.

See Weimar Constitution and Totalitarianism

Triple Entente

The Triple Entente (from French entente meaning "friendship, understanding, agreement") describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

See Weimar Constitution and Triple Entente

Two-round system

The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), also called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality (as originally termed in French), is a voting method used to elect a single winner.

See Weimar Constitution and Two-round system

Unitary state

A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.

See Weimar Constitution and Unitary state

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one person, one vote" principle.

See Weimar Constitution and Universal suffrage

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

See Weimar Constitution and University of Wisconsin–Madison

Wasted vote

In electoral systems, a wasted vote is any vote cast that does not impact the final election outcome.

See Weimar Constitution and Wasted vote

Weimar

Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden.

See Weimar Constitution and Weimar

Weimar Coalition

The Weimar Coalition is the name given to the coalition government formed by the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the German Democratic Party (DDP) and the Catholic Centre Party (Z), who together had a large majority of the delegates to the Constituent Assembly that met at Weimar in 1919, and were the principal groups that designed the constitution of the Weimar Republic. Weimar Constitution and Weimar Coalition are politics of the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Weimar Coalition

Weimar National Assembly

The Weimar National Assembly (German), officially the German National Constitutional Assembly, was the popularly elected constitutional convention and de facto parliament of Germany from 6 February 1919 to 21 May 1920.

See Weimar Constitution and Weimar National Assembly

Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and Weimar Republic

Wilhelm Marx

Wilhelm Marx (15 January 1863 – 5 August 1946) was a German judge, politician and member of the Catholic Centre Party.

See Weimar Constitution and Wilhelm Marx

William L. Shirer

William Lawrence Shirer (February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist and war correspondent.

See Weimar Constitution and William L. Shirer

Wilsonianism

Wilsonianism, or Wilsonian idealism, is a certain type of foreign policy advice.

See Weimar Constitution and Wilsonianism

World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

See Weimar Constitution and World War I

World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

See Weimar Constitution and World War II

1919 German federal election

Federal elections were held in Germany on 19 January 1919,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p762 although members of the standing army in the east did not vote until 2 February.

See Weimar Constitution and 1919 German federal election

1920 German federal election

The 1920 German federal election was held on 6 June 1920 to elect the first Reichstag of the Weimar Republic.

See Weimar Constitution and 1920 German federal election

1925 German presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Germany on 29 March 1925, with a runoff on 26 April.

See Weimar Constitution and 1925 German presidential election

See also

1919 documents

• Amasya Circular
• Constitutions of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Dáil Constitution
• Draft Declaration of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
• Fascist Manifesto
• Gemlich letter
• Ihlen Declaration
• Irish Declaration of Independence
• Karakhan Manifesto
• Korean Declaration of Independence
• Left Wing Manifesto
• Liber Resh vel Helios
• Maximum illud
• Message to the Free Nations of the World
• Morgenthau Report
• Niles and Sutherland Report
• On the Origin of the "Influencing Machine" in Schizophrenia
• Proclamation to the inhabitants of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• Small Constitution of 1919
• Unification Act
• Weimar Constitution

1919 in Germany

• 1919 in Germany
• Battle of Bobrek
• Battle of Godow
• Battle of Paprotzan
• Bavarian Soviet Republic
• Betz's law
• Blockade of Germany (1914–1919)
• Bremen Soviet Republic
• Dada-Review
• Free State of Schwenten
• German Revolution of 1918–1919
• German revolution of 1918–1919
• Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919)
• List of German films of 1919
• Palm Sunday Putsch
• Reich Settlement Law
• Rheinische Volkspflege
• Silesian Uprisings
• Würzburg Soviet Republic
• Weimar Constitution

1919 in law

• Allies of World War I
• American Commission to Negotiate Peace
• Article 48 (Weimar Constitution)
• Constitutions of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Dáil Constitution
• Habsburg Law
• Istanbul trials of 1919–1920
• Jonnart Law
• Law of 6 May 1919 relating to the Protection of Appellations of Origin
• Reich Settlement Law
• Small Constitution of 1919
• Statute of Catalonia of 1919
• Volstead Act
• Weimar Constitution

1919 in politics

• 1919 Peruvian coup d'état
• 1919 elections
• 1st Congress of the Comintern
• Fascist Manifesto
• First Hungarian Republic
• Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)
• Pueblo speech
• Third All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets
• Weimar Constitution

August 1919 events

• 1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election
• 1919 Emergency National Convention
• 1919 Polish coup attempt in Lithuania
• 1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash
• Advance on Moscow (1919)
• Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919
• Attack on John Shillady
• Battle of Bobrek
• Battle of Godow
• Battle of Novo Litovoskaya
• Battle of Paprotzan
• Candelaria border incursion of 1919
• Capture of Kiev by the White Army
• Chicago race riot of 1919
• Knoxville riot of 1919
• Laurens County, Georgia race riot of 1919
• Operation Minsk
• Suchan Valley Campaign
• Ten Year Rule
• Weimar Constitution
• Whatley, Alabama race riot of 1919

Government of Nazi Germany

• Academy for German Law
• Aktion Gitter
• Borsig Palace
• Chief of Civil Administration
• Corpse-like obedience
• Enabling Act of 1933
• Führer
• Führerprinzip
• Flensburg Government
• German Evangelical Church
• German–Soviet economic relations (1934–1941)
• Government of Nazi Germany
• Hauptamt Sicherheitspolizei
• Hitler cabinet
• Hitler's Chancellery
• INTRIA (Nazi Germany)
• Law Against the Formation of Parties
• Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich
• Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat
• Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich
• Law to Secure the Unity of Party and State
• Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
• Nazi SS
• People's Court (Germany)
• Provisional Law and Second Law on the Coordination of the States with the Reich
• Reich Chancellery
• Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood
• Reich Labour Service
• Reich Security Head Office Referat IV B4
• Reich Security Main Office
• Reichsfilmarchiv
• Reichsnährstand
• Reichsrat (Germany)
• Reichsstatthalter
• Secret Cabinet Council
• Sondergericht
• Teahouse on Mooslahnerkopf Hill
• Weimar Constitution
• Zollgrenzschutz

Historical constitutions of Germany

• Constitution of East Germany
• Constitution of the German Confederation
• Constitution of the German Confederation (1871)
• Constitution of the German Empire
• Constitution of the Kingdom of Westphalia
• Frankfurt Constitution
• North German Constitution
• Weimar Constitution

History of Weimar

• Buchenwald concentration camp
• Classical Weimar World Heritage Site
• Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray
• Fruitbearing Society
• Klassik Stiftung Weimar
• Saxe-Weimar
• Thuringian Counts' War
• Weimar Classicism
• Weimar Constitution
• Weimar Princely Free Drawing School
• Weimar Triangle
• Weimar courtyard of the muses
• Weimar. Lexikon zur Stadtgeschichte

Law of the Weimar Republic

• Article 48 (Weimar Constitution)
• Constitution of Prussia (1920)
• Emminger Reform
• Enabling Act of 1933
• Expropriation of the Princes in the Weimar Republic
• Paragraph 175
• Paragraph 183
• Reich Flight Tax
• Reichsexekution
• Reichstag Fire Decree
• Weimar Constitution

Politics of the Weimar Republic

• 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite
• 1929 German Young Plan referendum
• 1932 Prussian coup d'état
• 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia
• Adolf Hitler's rise to power
• Bürgerblock-Regierung
• Bamberg Conference
• Barmat scandal
• Blutmai
• Cuno strikes
• Eastern Aid
• Expropriation of the Princes in the Weimar Republic
• Feme murders
• German October
• German Revolution of 1918–1919
• German revolution of 1918–1919
• German workers' and soldiers' councils 1918–1919
• German–Polish Convention regarding Upper Silesia
• Great Coalition (Weimar Republic)
• Hamburg Uprising
• Hindenburg Amnesties
• Industrielleneingabe
• Küstrin Putsch
• Kapp Putsch
• Lausanne Conference of 1932
• Left Communists (Weimar Republic)
• List of left communist organisations in the Weimar Republic
• Members of the 4th German Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
• Murders of Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck
• Political violence in Germany (1918–1933)
• Politischer Arbeiter-Zirkel
• Presidential cabinets of the Weimar Republic
• Reichsrat (Germany)
• Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
• Reichstag inquiry into guilt for World War I
• Ruhr uprising
• Rural People's Movement
• Sklarek scandal
• Soviet democracy
• The System (Nazism)
• Treaty of Versailles
• Urgent Call for Unity
• Weimar Coalition
• Weimar Constitution
• Weltbühne trial
• Wittorf affair

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Constitution

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