List of constitutions in Germany
This is a list of the constitutions in Germany with constitutions or constitutional documents in Germany or the German states . Legal documents with direct effect on constitutional life are also included.
Napoleonic period
- Rhine Confederation Act , July 12, 1806
- Organization of the City of Frankfurt am Main, October 10, 1806
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Westphalia , December 7, 1807
- Constitution of Bavaria , May 1, 1808
- Constitution Reuss older line , March 15, 1809
- Constitution of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , September 20, 1809
- Constitution Anhalt-Köthen , December 28, 1810
- Imperial decree concerning the organization of the Council of State and the College (Grand Duchy of Berg), March 15, 1812
- Nassau Constitution of 1814 , September 2, 1814
German Confederation, 1815–1848
- German Federal Act , June 8, 1815
- Constitution Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt , January 8, 1816
- Constitution Schaumburg-Lippe , January 16, 1816
- Waldeck Constitution , April 19, 1816
- Constitution of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, May 5, 1816
- Revised Constitution, October 15, 1850
- Constitutional Amendment Act (Free City of Frankfurt), October 18, 1816
- Constitution of Saxony-Hildburghausen , March 19, 1818
- Constitutional charter for the Kingdom of Bavaria , May 26, 1818
- Constitutional charter for the Grand Duchy of Baden , August 22, 1818
- Liechtenstein Constitution , November 9, 1818
- Constitutional document for the Kingdom of Württemberg , September 25, 1819
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Hanover , December 7, 1819
- Constitution of the Duchy of Brunswick , April 25, 1820
- Constitutional charter for the Grand Duchy of Hesse , December 17, 1820
- Vienna Final Act , June 8, 1820
- Constitution of Saxony-Coburg , August 8, 1821
- Constitution of Saxony-Meiningen , September 14, 1824
- Constitution for Saxony-Meiningen-Hildburghausen , 23 August 1829
- Constitutional charter for the Electorate of Hesse , January 5, 1831
- Constitutional charter for the Kingdom of Saxony , September 4, 1831
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State constitution for the Kingdom of Hanover , September 29, 1833
- State constitutional law for the Kingdom of Hanover, August 6, 1840
German Confederation and German Empire, 1848–1851
- Pillersdorf Constitution (Austria), April 25, 1848
- Reich law on the introduction of a provisional central authority for Germany , June 28, 1848
- Law on the basic rights of the German people
- Imperial constitution for the Austrian Empire , March 4, 1849
- Constitution of the German Empire (Frankfurt Constitution), March 28, 1849
- State constitution for the principalities of Waldeck and Pyrmont , May 23, 1849
- Constitution of the German Empire ( Erfurt Union Constitution ), May 28, 1849
- Additional act to the Erfurt Union Constitution, February 26, 1850
- Constitutional charter for the Prussian state , December 5, 1849
- Constitutional charter for the Prussian state, January 31, 1850
- Constitution of Hessen-Homburg , January 3, 1850
German Confederation, 1851–1866
- Constitutional charter for the Electorate of Hesse, April 13, 1852
- Constitutional charter for the Electorate of Hesse, May 30, 1860
North German Confederation and German Empire, 1866–1918
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Constitution of the North German Confederation , April 16, 1867; see November contracts :
- Protocol concerning the agreement between the North German Confederation, Baden and Hesse on the establishment of the German Confederation and the adoption of the Federal Constitution , November 15, 1870
- Treaty concerning Bavaria's accession to the Constitution of the German Confederation, with final protocol , November 23, 1870
- Treaty regarding the accession of Württemberg to the constitution of the German Confederation, together with the associated protocol , 25 November 1870
- Constitution of the German Confederation , January 1, 1871
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Constitution of the German Empire , April 16, 1871
- October reforms , October 28, 1918
November Revolution and Weimar Republic, 1918–1933
- Law on Provisional Reich Power , February 9, 1919
- Constitution of the German Empire (Weimar Constitution), August 11, 1919
- Constitutional charter of the Free State of Bavaria , August 14, 1919
- Constitution of the People's State of Hesse , December 12, 1919
- Constitution of the Free State of Prussia , November 30, 1920
- Constitution of the State of Thuringia , March 11, 1921
- Constitution of the Free City of Danzig , May 13, 1922
Nazi period, 1933–1945
- Ordinance of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State ( Reichstag Fire Ordinance ), February 28, 1933
- Law to Eliminate the Need of the People and the Reich ( Enabling Act ), March 24, 1933
- Law on the reconstruction of the Reich (Gleichschaltungsgesetz), January 30, 1934
Since 1945
- Constitution of Württemberg-Baden , November 28, 1946
- Constitution of the State of Hesse , December 1, 1946
- Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria , December 8, 1946
- Constitution for Rhineland-Palatinate , May 18, 1947
- Constitution of Württemberg-Hohenzollern , May 18, 1947
- Constitution of Baden , May 18, 1947
- State constitution of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , October 21, 1947
- Constitution of the Saarland , December 15, 1947
- Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany , May 23, 1949
- Constitution of Schleswig-Holstein , December 13, 1949
- Constitution of the German Democratic Republic , October 7, 1949
- Constitution for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , June 18, 1950
- Constitution of Berlin , September 1, 1950
- Preliminary Lower Saxony Constitution , April 13, 1951
- Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , June 6, 1952
- Constitution of the State of Baden-Württemberg , November 11, 1953
- Constitution of the German Democratic Republic, April 9, 1968
- Addition and amendment, October 7, 1974
- Constitution of Berlin (East) , July 25, 1990
- Constitution of the Free State of Saxony , May 27, 1992
- Constitution of the State of Saxony-Anhalt , July 16, 1992
- Constitution of the State of Brandenburg , August 21, 1992
- Lower Saxony Constitution , June 1, 1993
- Constitution of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , May 23, 1993
- Constitution of the Free State of Thuringia , October 25, 1993
- Constitution of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , November 15, 1994
- Constitution of Berlin , October 22, 1995