The Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany

The Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany

OSHOVHOY ZAKOH
FEDERATIVHOY REPUBLIC GERMAHII
on May 23, 1949
Preamble
Conscious of their responsibility before God and men, inspired by a desire to serve the cause of world peace as an equal ally in a united Europe, the German people accepted because of its constitutional power this Basic Law. Germans in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hizhny Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia have achieved unity and freedom of Germany on the basis of self-determination. Thus, the action of this Basic Law applies to the entire German people.