Features of the development of local self-government in Germany
The article reveals the peculiarities of formation and development of local self-government in Germany. The legal basis of local self-government was the Prussian Charter of cities, combining a number of traditional features of German urban self-government and the results of the French influence exerted during the Napoleonic wars. The main stages of the formation of local government in Germany. It is noted that the formation of a modern municipal model of German municipal institutions was significantly influenced by the allies who occupied its territory in the second world war. As a result, a unique system of local self-government was established, according to which the German state received four models of the organization of local government, which became the main element of German society.