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Legislation

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1873–1949Date range
4Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1873

Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen1873

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

The "May Laws" of 1873-75 require state approval for training & licensing priests. The "May Laws" of 1873-75 require state approval for training & licensing of priests

1902

Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von Furst1902

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

The Tariff Law, increases duties particularly on imported grain from Russia

1933

Otto Wels23 March 1933

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Thw Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS. Hitler tells Wels that his death-knell had sounded

1948

Konrad Adenauer1948

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

The Basic Law rests on the will of the people of the western Lander

1949

Konrad Adenauer23 May 1949

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

The Basic Law (Grundgesetz), invests the Chancellor (German, Bundeskanzler) with broad powers to initiate Government policy & for that reason, some observers refer to the German political system as a "Chancellor democracy"

Names involved

Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von FurstKonrad AdenauerOtto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-SchonhausenOtto Wels

Provenance

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