Constitution of the State of Brandenburg
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Title: | Constitution of the State of Brandenburg |
Short title: | Brandenburg Constitution (not official) |
Abbreviation: | BbgVerf (not official) |
Type: | State Law |
Scope: | Brandenburg |
Legal matter: | Constitutional law |
References : | Sa BbgLR 100-4 |
Issued on: | August 20, 1992 ( GVBl. I p. 298) |
Entry into force on: | August 21, 1992 |
Last change by: |
Art. 1 AMG of 16 May 2019 (GVBl. I No. 16 p. 1) |
Effective date of the last change: |
January 1, 2020 (Art. 2 Amendment Act of May 16, 2019) |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version. |
The constitution of the state of Brandenburg was passed as a draft by the state parliament on April 14, 1992 and approved by the population in a referendum on June 14 with 94.04 percent of the valid votes. It has been changed seven times since then, most recently on May 16, 2019.
Basics
The state constitution was the first full constitution of a German state since 1949. The main new features of a German constitution were the inclusion of basic social rights, the recognition of permanent partnerships alongside marriage, an expanded principle of equality: everyone owes everyone the recognition of his or her dignity. (Article 7 II), the obligation of radio and television to maintain an internal plurality, a comprehensive catalog to protect the environment (Article 39) and precise regulations for a total revision by a constituent assembly (Article 116). The abolition of the protection of the constitution contained in the first draft was deleted from the State Chancellery after intervention. The constitution was drawn up by a specially appointed, thirty-person constitutional committee, half of which consisted of members of parliament and the other half of external personalities named by the parliamentary groups.
The constitution ties in
- the draft constitution of the Central Round Table in the GDR after the fall of the Wall,
- the basic rights catalog of the Basic Law and
- the constitution draft of the board of trustees for a democratically constituted federation of German states from 1991.
It is strongly influenced by the freedom impetus of the citizens' movements from the time of reunification: “ Democracy Now ”, “ Initiative Peace and Human Rights ”, “ New Forum ”.
Furthermore:
- to Germany's democratic constitutional tradition
- to the democratic traditions of Prussia
- to the constitution of Brandenburg of February 6, 1947 (in force until 1952)
Others
On November 22, 2013, the Landtag of Brandenburg included an anti-racism clause in Article 7a of the Constitution, which reads as follows:
"The country protects the peaceful coexistence of people and opposes the spread of racist and xenophobic ideas."
In addition, Article 12 (2) has been supplemented with the addition "[Nobody may ...] for racist reasons [be preferred or disadvantaged]".
literature
- Brandenburg State Center for Political Education: The Brandenburg Constitution. History of origin, special features, constitutional text , Potsdam 2017
- Christiane Büchner, Jochen Franzke: The state of Brandenburg. Small political geography. 5th edition. Brandenburg State Center for Political Education, Potsdam 2010, ISBN 3-932502-09-4 .
- Helmut Simon , Dietrich Franke , Michael Sachs : Handbook of the constitution of the state of Brandenburg. Boorberg, Stuttgart [u. a.] 1994, ISBN 3-415-01993-4 .
- Hasso Lieber , Steffen Iwers, Martina Ernst: Constitution of the State of Brandenburg. Comment. Municipal and school publisher, Wiesbaden. Loose-leaf, as of June 2017. ISBN 978-3-8293-0654-6
Web links
- Constitution of the State of Brandenburg
- Constitution? Yes, please! A website of the Brandenburg State Center for Political Education.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Spiegel , No. 34/1991: Land without secret service .
- ↑ Version of June 29, 1991, in: Board of Trustees for a Democratically Constituted Federation of German States (ed.), From the Basic Law to the German Constitution , 1991, pp. 73, 144 f.
- ↑ Landtag Brandenburg: Landtag Brandenburg resolves anti-racism clause in the state constitution. November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.