Frankfurt Documents

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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.

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

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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historical document ⓘ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 ⓘ

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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