# Canonical recap data for German Federal Election Establishes Adenauer (1949)
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slug: west-germany-1949-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1949/west-germany-1949-election"
title: German Federal Election Establishes Adenauer
subtitle: West Germany's inaugural democratic election restored constitutional governance and elected Konrad Adenauer, defining Cold War alignment for decades.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1949-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1949
decade: 1940
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) are the national archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952.
summaryLong: The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) are the national archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Bundesarchiv_Koblenz.jpg/1280px-Bundesarchiv_Koblenz.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Holger Weinandt · via Wikipedia
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Federal_Archives"
  title: German Federal Archives
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) are the national archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952.
wikidataQid: Q685753
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260527030036/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Federal_Archives"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-27
  label: German Federal Archives
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Federal_Archives"
