Roughly every second article of the German Basic Law has been amended since its 1949 proclamation.
Sources
- 75 Jahre Grundgesetz. Eine Publikationsgeschichte (blog.dnb.de)
- https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/995980/dc7cf6b9b7a0b10c71f0870582847ed4/75-Jahre-Grundgesetz-Aenderungen-des-Grundgesetzes-seit-1949.pdf (bundestag.de)
- https://www.bpb.de/themen/menschenrechte/grundgesetz-einfuehrung/546755/ueberraschende-fakten-zum-grundgesetz/ (bpb.de)
- https://www.lpb-bw.de/verfassungstag-23mai (lpb-bw.de)
- https://www.politische-bildung-brandenburg.de/lexikon/grundgesetz (politische-bildung-brandenburg.de)
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