The Bundesrat (German for 'Federal Council') was the highest legislative body in the German Empire (1871–1918). Its members were appointed by the governments...

name "Bundesrat" was used by similar bodies in the North German Confederation (1867) and the German Empire (1871). The predecessor of the Bundesrat in the...

The Constitution of the German Empire (German: Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches) was the basic law of the German Empire of 1871–1918, from 16 April 1871...

may refer to: Federal Council (Austria) German Bundesrat Federal Council (Switzerland) Bundesrat (German Empire) Federal Council (disambiguation) This...

limited, making it considerably weaker than its predecessor, the Bundesrat of the German Empire (1871–1918). It could introduce legislation for the Reichstag...

The Reichstag (German: [ˈʁaɪçstaːk] ) of the German Empire was Germany's lower House of Parliament from 1871 to 1918. Within the governmental structure...

the previous North German Confederation; they became known as Länder during the Weimar Republic) each had votes in the Bundesrat, which gave them representation...

presiding over the German Empire's upper legislative chamber of the Bundesrat (Federal Council), the representative organ of the various German states (which...

The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich...

nation. The German use of the term Länder ("lands") dates back to the Weimar Constitution of 1919. Previously, the states of the German Empire had been called...

Germany since the collapse of the German Empire in 1918. The Weimar Constitution of August 1919 created the office of President of the Reich (German:...

existing German Confederation (an association of German states under the leadership of the Austrian Empire), thus paving the way for the Lesser German version...

the constitution of the German Empire from 1871. Following German unification, German federalism came into conflict with German nationalism. Nationalists...

Languages. The Bundesrat is sometimes referred to as an upper chamber of the German legislature. This is technically incorrect, since the German Constitution...

of the North German Confederation, which existed as a state from 1 July 1867 to 31 December 1870. The Constitution of the German Empire of 1871 was closely...

and Württemberg, the North German Confederation on 9 December 1870 became the German Empire at the request of the Bundesrat and with the approval of the...

South German states and constitutional adoption of the name "German Empire"), 4 May 1871 (entry into force of the permanent Constitution of the German Empire)...

called "German Emperor" when the historical context is clear, as derived from the Holy Roman Empire's official name of "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation"...

Vice-Chancellor of Germany, officially the Deputy to the Federal Chancellor (German: Stellvertreter des Bundeskanzlers), is the second highest ranking German cabinet...

containing Reichstag Bundestag, and German Bundesrat, the two legislative bodies in the Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrat (disambiguation) Reichsrat (disambiguation)...

German reunification (German: Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November...

Germany in 1950. The current official design is due to Karl-Tobias Schwab [de] (1887–1967) and was originally introduced in 1928. The German Empire of...

Bundestag (German: [ˈbʊndəstaːk] , "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament alongside the legally distinct body of the Bundesrat, which together...

Reichstag rather than that of the German emperor and required the consent of both the Reichstag and the Bundesrat for declarations of war and for peace...

they joined the North German Confederation, which was renamed and proclaimed as the "German Empire" in 1871, as the unified Germany (aside from Austria)...

Hermann Heinrich (1908). Unsere Kolonien. Quelle & Meyer. pp. 37& 54. German Bundesrat (1904). Die deutsche Kolonial-gesetzgebung. E.S. Mittler und sohn....

First, the Reichstag of the German Empire decided on the laws, which later had to be reviewed by the Bundesrat (German Empire) which represented the separate...

German Unity Day (German: Tag der Deutschen Einheit, pronounced [ˈtaːk deːɐ̯ ˈdɔʏtʃn̩ ˈʔaɪnhaɪt] ) is the National Day of Germany, celebrated on 3 October...

leading German power. In 1871, through Bismarck's maneuvers, the unification of Germany was achieved following the Franco-Prussian War. The German Empire was...

men was already made illegal under Paragraph 175 by the German Empire in 1871, Nazi Germany extended these laws during World War II, which resulted in...