Constitution of Germany

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1949-05-23
gptkbp:amendedBy More than 60 times
gptkbp:amendmentProcess Requires two-thirds majority in Bundestag and Bundesrat
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:Former_East_Germany_(since_1990)
All German federal states
gptkbp:category gptkb:German
1949 in law
Constitutions by country
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:draftedBy gptkb:Parliamentary_Council
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 1949-05-24
gptkbp:eternityClause Certain principles cannot be amended (Articles 1 and 20)
gptkbp:guarantees gptkb:politics
gptkb:Separation_of_powers
Equality before the law
Freedom of expression
Freedom of religion
Human rights
Right to asylum
Right to property
Rule of law
Federal structure
Social state principle
gptkbp:highestCourt gptkb:Federal_Constitutional_Court_of_Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitution of Germany
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
gptkb:French_Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen
gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
gptkb:Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany_(Allied_Occupation_Statute)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:locationAdopted gptkb:Bonn
gptkbp:notableReform gptkb:Article_16a_(Right_of_asylum)
gptkb:Article_20_(Eternity_clause)
gptkb:Article_23_(European_Union_integration)
gptkb:Article_87a_(Federal_Armed_Forces)
Inclusion of reunification provisions (1990)
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 146
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Grundgesetz_für_die_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland
gptkbp:preamble Im Bewußtsein seiner Verantwortung vor Gott und den Menschen...
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Bundesgesetzblatt
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:Western_German_Länder_(states)
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Grundgesetz
gptkbp:signedBy Parliamentary Council members
gptkbp:subject gptkb:German
gptkb:international_relations
gptkbp:type Codified constitution
gptkbp:website https://www.bundestag.de/gg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitution_of_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5