Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Constitution of the German Empire (German: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches) was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871-1919, enacted 16 April 1871. German historians often refer to it as Bismarck's imperial constitution, in German the Bismarcksche Reichsverfassung.The constitution was effectively a treaty between its signatories, the North German Confederation and the four German states south of the River Main, adding those states as members of the confederation and giving the enlarged entity a new identity as the Deutsches Reich (conventionally translated as \"German Empire\"). The Austro-Prussian War of 1866 had resulted in the dissolution of the German Confederation in 1866 and formation of the North German Confederation in 1867, among other events.The document was essentially an amended version of the North German Constitution, which had likewise been instigated by Otto von Bismarck.According to the constitution, the empire was a confederation headed by the King of Prussia, who had the title of German Emperor. The Emperor appointed the Chancellor, the head of government and president of the Bundesrat, the council of representatives of the German states. . Laws were enacted by the Bundesrat and the Reichstag, the Imperial Diet elected by male Germans above the age of 25 years.The constitution has the same German title as its successor, the Weimar Constitution (also known as the \"Constitution of the German Reich\"), which replaced it in 1919 creating the Weimar Republic."@en }
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- Constitution_of_the_German_Empire abstract "The Constitution of the German Empire (German: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches) was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871-1919, enacted 16 April 1871. German historians often refer to it as Bismarck's imperial constitution, in German the Bismarcksche Reichsverfassung.The constitution was effectively a treaty between its signatories, the North German Confederation and the four German states south of the River Main, adding those states as members of the confederation and giving the enlarged entity a new identity as the Deutsches Reich (conventionally translated as \"German Empire\"). The Austro-Prussian War of 1866 had resulted in the dissolution of the German Confederation in 1866 and formation of the North German Confederation in 1867, among other events.The document was essentially an amended version of the North German Constitution, which had likewise been instigated by Otto von Bismarck.According to the constitution, the empire was a confederation headed by the King of Prussia, who had the title of German Emperor. The Emperor appointed the Chancellor, the head of government and president of the Bundesrat, the council of representatives of the German states. . Laws were enacted by the Bundesrat and the Reichstag, the Imperial Diet elected by male Germans above the age of 25 years.The constitution has the same German title as its successor, the Weimar Constitution (also known as the \"Constitution of the German Reich\"), which replaced it in 1919 creating the Weimar Republic.".