The
Federal Constitutional Court (German:
Bundesverfassungsgericht, or
BVerfG) is a
supreme constitutional court established by the constitution or
Basic Law ("Grundgesetz") of Germany. Since its inception with the beginning of the Federal Republic of Germany, the court has been located in the city of
Karlsruheintentionally distanced from the other federal institutions in
Berlin (earlier in
Bonn) and other cities.