ABSTRACT
The Constitution of the Weimar Republic was drawn up in January 1919 and submitted to the National Assembly in Weimar in February. Following extensive debate, the constitution was eventually promulgated on 11 August 1919. It contained 181 Articles, grouped into two chapters: the ‘Structure and Functions of the Reich’ and the ‘Fundamental Rights and Duties of the Germans’. The Constitution was regarded by those who framed it as the most advanced in existence at the time.
