Prussian National Assembly (1848)
프로이센 국민의회 (1848)
The assembly elected after the March Revolution of 1848 by universal, equal and indirect manhood suffrage to draw up a constitution for Prussia, which opened in Berlin on 22 May. With more artisans and farmers than Frankfurt it was considered closer to the people. After clashing with the king, not least by abolishing noble titles, it was ordered in November to move to Brandenburg, and on 5 December the king dissolved it and imposed a constitution.
In depth
Its elections were held on 1 May 1848, the same day as those for the Frankfurt National Assembly. The United Diet had set the goal of a constitution "by agreement" with the crown. The Assembly rejected the Camphausen government's draft on 20 June, and the "Charte Waldeck" of July was unacceptable to the king and the conservatives. On 12 October it struck the words "by the grace of God" and on 31 October abolished noble titles and privileges.
In November the king made Count Brandenburg minister president and retook Berlin with Wrangel's troops, which broke up the Assembly's sessions on 10 and 15 November; it was then that Johann Jacoby told the king, "It is the misfortune of kings that they will not listen to the truth!" The imposed constitution, revised in 1850, introduced the three-class franchise that lasted until 1918.