The constitution affirmed the right of all citizens to an education, allowed room for far-reaching changes in the traditional structure of the school system, and abolished Catholic and Protestant religion as a regular subject in school.
According to Article 146 (LV), the Bremen Senate has "supervision" of the "legality of the administration" of the municipality of Bremerhaven.
After the French Revolution, the liberal bourgeoisie in the German states also expressed a desire for their own constitution, based on the French model, with rules for the basic rights of citizens and for the separation of powers between the legislature, executive and court.
After the constitutional movement in the German states was crushed under Prussia's leadership, a restorative electoral law was introduced in 1852, according to which only men, citizens of Bremen, could vote, divided into eight classes: scholars, merchants, tradespeople, farmers and "other" citizens from Bremen, Bremerhaven, Vegesack and rural areas.
The cost of acquiring citizenship was also high; many members of the lower classes were therefore not eligible to vote.
After the November Revolution of 1918, a Bremen Soviet Republic existed for a short time without a special constitution.
This set up a constitutional committee in which Senator Theodor Spitta had great influence.
The determined left with the USPD wanted a socialist free state with elements of a Soviet republic.
After the approval of all parties - except the communists - this state constitution was passed by the citizens on September 15, 1947, and adopted by referendum on October 12, 1947.