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But nobody ever mentions his sister, Onya, who invented the starter pistol.
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Onthisday, the 22nd of August 1818 Grand Duke Karl Ludwig of Baden signed the new Constitution of Baden into law. This was one of the most advanced constitutions of its day. The citizens of Baden were granted habeas corpus, freedom of property, religion, equality before the law and the removal of feudal structures. The constitution established a parliament with material involvement in legislation and an independent judiciary.
By modern standards the constitution leaves much to be desired. The King has the exclusive right to propose laws and the nobility had a de-facto veto against rules they disliked.
However, this has to be seen in the context of the times. We are in the year 1818, a time of conservative backlash after the French Revolution. The Congress of Vienna had brought back conservative monarchy and a year later the Carlsbad Decrees implement censorship, ban liberal professors and student organisations. The German states granted constitutions after about 1814, the vast majority of which consisted of no more than some procedural rules without granting any rights to their citizens.
The background to this more liberal approach may be found in part in the Grand Ducal family, one of whom had married the stepdaughter of Napoleon. But probably more important were the dismal state of finances and economy after the Napoleonic wars raising fear of revolution. In 1815 the citizens of Heidelberg led by the law professor Christoph R.D. Martin made a request to the Grand Duke to call a parliament.
Baden furthermore had to integrate a large number of smaller principalities that they had received in the reorganisation of Germany in 1803. Karl Friedrich Nebenius who led the development of the constitution combined political instincts, administrative skills and a good understanding of economics. He devised the constitution as both an instrument to integrate the new population as well as creating conditions for economic growth.
The Constitution of 1818 did not remain unchallenged. The new Grand Duke, Ludwig tried to wind back the clock, manipulated elections and revised the constitution in 1825. Once Ludwig had passed the baton to the next Grand Duke, in 1830, the constitution was reinstated and far reaching liberal reforms attempted.
Until the revolution of 1848, the parliament (Staendeversammlung) of Baden was the place for t
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She invented the starting pistol
