Frankfurt Documents

E194676

The Frankfurt Documents were a set of Allied directives issued in 1948 that laid out the framework and conditions for drafting the Basic Law and establishing the Federal Republic of Germany.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Frankfurt Documents canonical 1
Frankfurt Documents of 1948 1
Frankfurt Papers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied directive
historical document
set of political documents
addressedTo Minister Presidents of the Western German Länder
alsoKnownAs Frankfurt Papers
linked to: Frankfurt Documents
appliedToTerritory Western occupation zones of Germany
appliesTo West German Länder
linked to: German states
component directive on drafting a constitution
directive on occupation statute and Allied reserved powers
directive on the future boundaries of the West German state
componentCount three main documents
containsDirectiveOn Allied approval of the constitution
convening a constitutional convention
federal structure of the new German state
limitations on central government powers
protection of fundamental rights
country Germany
dateIssued 1 July 1948
followedBy convening of the Parliamentary Council in Bonn in 1948
governingAuthority Allied High Commission (predecessor structures)
hasName Frankfurter Dokumente
linked to: Frankfurt Documents
historicalContext Allied occupation of Germany
historicalPeriod post-World War II
influenced Parliamentary Council (Parlamentarischer Rat)
issuedBy Allied Military Governors
British military government in Germany
French military government in Germany
United States military government in Germany
issuedInCity Frankfurt am Main
language English
German
legalStatus binding directive of the Western Allies
politicalSignificance foundational for the constitutional order of the Federal Republic of Germany
precedes promulgation of the Basic Law on 23 May 1949
purpose to establish conditions for creating a West German state
to lay out the basis for the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
to provide a framework for drafting a new German constitution
relatedTo Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
division of Germany
formation of West Germany
resultedIn drafting of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany
subjectMatter Allied occupation policy
constitutional law
state formation
yearIssued 1948

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliamentary Council legalBasis Frankfurt Documents
Trizone significantEvent Frankfurt Documents of 1948
linked to: Frankfurt Documents
Frankfurt Documents hasName Frankfurter Dokumente
linked to: Frankfurt Documents
Frankfurt Documents alsoKnownAs Frankfurt Papers
linked to: Frankfurt Documents