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Kaiserreich constitution

The constitution of the German empire was introduced by the statesman Otto von Bismarck in 1871. It united 26 German states into a single federal nation and was widely respected for balancing democracy with monarchy. This mixture of elements has sparked lively debates over the extent to which the Kaiserreich (German empire) was a democracy and the breadth of the kaiser’s power. This constitution was replaced by the Weimar Constitution in 1919

Robin Bunce

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