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