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The Constitution of the German Empire ((ドイツ語: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. ==Signatories and members== The constitution was signed by William I, the King of Prussia, acting in his capacity as President of the North German Confederation, the Kings of Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg, and the Grand Dukes of Baden and Hesse. Hesse north of the river Main was already a member of the North German Confederation; its territory south of the river was now included as well. The members of the North German Confederation that now became members of the Empire were Prussia, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Brunswick, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Anhalt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Waldeck, Reuss (older line), Reuss (younger line), Schaumburg-Lippe, Lippe, Lübeck, Bremen, and Hamburg. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Constitution of the German Empire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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