The Pillersdorf Constitution (

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: ') was a constitution of the

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that was

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d by Minister of the Interior Baron Pillersdorf on 25 April 1848. It called for public, oral, and jury trials. It only lasted until 16 May when it was replaced for a call for a constitutional convention and completely withdrawn in July when the Kremsier Parliament was elected. The Kremsier Parliament created the Kremsier Constitution, which was preempted by the imposed March Constitution between 4 March and 7 March 1849 after which the Kremsier Parliament was dissolved. The March Constitution was revoked by the New Year's Eve Patent (') of

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on 31 December 1851.

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{{Constitutions of Austria, state=collapsed Constitutional history of Austria Revolutions of 1848 1848 in the Austrian Empire Constitutions of the Austrian Empire 1848 documents