Provisional Lower Saxony Constitution

Basic data
Title:	Provisional Lower Saxony Constitution
Abbreviation:	VNV
Type:	State constitution
Scope:	Lower Saxony
Legal matter:	Constitutional law
Issued on:	April 13, 1951
Entry into force on:
Last change by:	Law amending the Constitution of November 27, 1991 ; (Nds. GVBl. P. 304)
Expiry:	May 31, 1993
	Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Provisional Lower Saxony Constitution (VNV) of 1951 was the constitution of the State of Lower Saxony , which was in force until May 31, 1993. It was replaced by the Lower Saxony Constitution of May 19, 1993.

history

In contrast to that of other state constitutions, the history of Lower Saxony's state constitutions is clearly linked to the development of Germany after 1945.

The "Act on the Provisional Order of Lower Saxony State Authority" of February 11, 1947 was initially a transitional constitution of the newly founded state of Lower Saxony that was valid until 1951.

In 1951, with the “Provisional Lower Saxony Constitution (VNV)” of April 13, 1951, another transitional constitution was passed that regulated the state foundations in the period up to the reunification of the two-part Germany . Since the Provisional Lower Saxony Constitution could refer to the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, which was created in 1949 , one waived - such as B. also in the constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg - on a basic rights catalog.

The historical circumstances were taken into account by Art. 56 VNV: "The cultural and historical interests of the former states of Hanover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig and Schaumburg-Lippe are to be protected and promoted through legislation and administration."

With the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990, the provisional reservation no longer existed. Thus, the new Lower Saxony constitution of 1993 was built on the basis of the Provisional Lower Saxony Constitution, to which, among other things, basic rights and state goals were added. Art. 72 NV adopts the provisions of Art. 56 VNV.

literature

Lothar Hagebölling : Lower Saxony constitution. Comment. Municipal and School Publishing House, Wiesbaden 1996.
Heinrich Korte (Greetings): Constitution and administration of the state of Lower Saxony. 2nd edition, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1986.
Heinzgeorg Neumann: The Lower Saxony constitution, hand commentary. 3rd edition, Boorberg Verlag, Stuttgart, Munich, Hanover, Berlin, Weimar, Dresden 2000, ISBN 3-415-02651-5 .
Heinzgeorg Neumann: The provisional Lower Saxony constitution, hand commentary. 2nd edition, Boorberg Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-415-01292-1 .

Individual evidence

↑ Nds. GVBl. P. 107.
^ The constitution of the state of Lower Saxony. In: Portal Lower Saxony. Lower Saxony State Chancellery , accessed on July 2, 2020 : "After the" state constitutions "had already determined the basic features of the state order before the state of Lower Saxony was founded, the first freely elected Lower Saxony state parliament initially passed a transitional constitution, the" law, "which was valid until 1951 for the provisional order of the Lower Saxony state authority "."

[1] Nds. GVBl. P. 107.

[2] The constitution of the state of Lower Saxony. In: Portal Lower Saxony. Lower Saxony State Chancellery , accessed on July 2, 2020 : "After the" state constitutions "had already determined the basic features of the state order before the state of Lower Saxony was founded, the first freely elected Lower Saxony state parliament initially passed a transitional constitution, the" law, "which was valid until 1951 for the provisional order of the Lower Saxony state authority "."