Weimar National Assembly

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The Weimar National Assembly was the democratically elected German constitutional convention of 1919 that drafted and adopted the Weimar Constitution, laying the foundations of the Weimar Republic after World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
adoptedDocument Weimar Constitution ⓘ
adoptionDateOfConstitution 1919-08-11 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs German National Assembly of 1919 ⓘ
Nationalversammlung ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dissolvedAfter election of the first regular Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
electionDate 1919-01-19 ⓘ
endTime 1920-05-21 ⓘ
firstMeetingPlace German National Theatre, Weimar ⓘ
linked to: Weimarer Hoftheater
followedBy Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuring Gustav Bauer ⓘ
Philipp Scheidemann ⓘ
historicalContext German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
aftermath of World War I ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
includedWomenMembers true ⓘ
introduced universal suffrage for men and women over 20 in national elections ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legalForm constituent assembly ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Weimar Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Thuringia ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
mainRole drafting the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
metIn Berlin ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
numberOfMembers 423 ⓘ
partOf transition from German Empire to Weimar Republic ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished semi-presidential parliamentary republic ⓘ
precededBy Reichstag of the German Empire ⓘ
president Constantin Fehrenbach ⓘ
ratificationDateOfTreatyOfVersailles 1919-07-09 ⓘ
ratified Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
replaced authoritarian constitutional order of the German Empire ⓘ
significantOutcome establishment of a democratic parliamentary republic in Germany ⓘ
significantPartyRepresentation Centre Party ⓘ
German Democratic Party ⓘ
German National People's Party ⓘ
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
startTime 1919-02-06 ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Theodor Heuss → memberOf → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: Federal President Theodor Heuss
Flag of the Weimar Republic → adoptedBy → National Assembly at Weimar ⓘ
linked to: Weimar National Assembly
Weimar Constitution → draftedByBody → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Matthias Erzberger → participantIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
German Democratic Party → participatedIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Weimar National Assembly → alsoKnownAs → German National Assembly of 1919 ⓘ
linked to: Weimar National Assembly
Helene Weber → participantIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Friedrich Ebert → participatedIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Weimar coalition → heldMajorityIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Reichstag of the German Empire → followedBy → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Nationalversammlung (Weimarer Nationalversammlung) → alsoKnownAs → Weimarer Nationalversammlung ⓘ
subject linked to: Nationalversammlung
linked to: Weimar National Assembly
Nationalversammlung (Weimarer Nationalversammlung) → alsoKnownAs → German National Assembly of 1919 ⓘ
subject linked to: Nationalversammlung
linked to: Weimar National Assembly
DDP → participatedIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Walther Rathenau → memberOf → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Philipp Scheidemann → participantIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Hugo Sinzheimer → participantIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
Willy Hellpach → memberOf → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
German federal election, 1919 → electoralBody → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
German federal election, 1919 → legislativeTerm → Weimar National Assembly term 1919–1920 ⓘ
linked to: Weimar National Assembly
Weimarer Koalition → significantEvent → Weimarer Nationalversammlung ⓘ
linked to: Weimar National Assembly
Joseph Wirth → participatedIn → Weimar National Assembly ⓘ