States of the Weimar Republic
The States of the Weimar Republic were the first-level administrative divisions and constituent states of the German Reich during the Weimar Republic era.
Map
States Of The Weimar Republic Media
Proposal to reorganise Germany into 14 states drawn up by Hugo Preuß as part of the discussions on a new constitution. The 14th state, not shown here, was German-Austria.
Matthias Erzberger, whose finance reforms weakened the states in the federal system
Map of Thuringia in 1910
Emergency money of the Free State of Bottleneck (Freistaat Flaschenhals) with a map of the region. The text reads: "Nowhere is it more beautiful than in the Free State of Bottleneck".
List of states
Free States
| State | Full name | Capital | Established | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anhalt | Free State of Anhalt Freistaat Anhalt |
Dessau | 1918 | Merged into Saxony-Anhalt in 1945 |
| Baden | Republic of Baden Republik Baden |
Karlsruhe | 1918 | Split into Württemberg-Baden and South Baden in 1945 |
| Bavaria | Free State of Bavaria Freistaat Bayern |
Munich | 1919 | |
| Brunswick | Free State of Brunswick Freistaat Braunschweig |
Braunschweig | 1918 | Split and merged into Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in 1946 |
| Coburg | Free State of Coburg Freistaat Coburg |
Coburg | 1918–20 | Merged into Bavaria in 1920 |
| Gotha | Free State of Gotha Freistat Gotha |
Gotha | 1918–1920 | Merged into Thuringia in 1920 |
| Hesse | People's State of Hesse Volksstaat Hessen |
Darmstadt | 1918 | Split into Greater Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate in 1945 |
| Lippe | Free State of Lippe Freistaat Lippe |
Detmold | 1918 | Merged into North Rhine-Westphalia in 1947 |
| Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Freistaat Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Schwerin | 1918 | Merged into Mecklenburg in 1933 |
| Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Freistaat Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
Neustrelitz | 1918 | Merged into Mecklenburg in 1933 |
| Oldenburg | Free State of Oldenburg Freistaat Oldenburg |
Oldenburg | 1918 | Split into Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946 |
| Prussia | Free State of Prussia Freistaat Preußen |
Berlin | 1918 | Abolished in 1947 |
| Saxony | Free State of Saxony Freistaat Sachsen |
Dresden | 1918 | |
| Reuss | People's State of Reuss Volksstaat Reuß |
Gera | 1918–20 | Merged into Thuringia in 1920 |
| Schaumburg-Lippe | Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe |
Bückeburg | 1918 | Merged into Lower Saxony in 1946 |
| Thuringia | Free State of Thuringia Freistaat Thüringen |
Erfurt | 1920 | Formed from the merger of the Free States of Gotha, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and the People's State of Reuss |
| Saxe-Altenburg | Free State of Saxe-Altenburg Freistaat Sachsen-Altenburg |
Altenburg | 1918–20 | Merged into Thuringia in 1920 |
| Saxe-Meiningen | Free State of Saxe-Meiningen Freistaat Sachsen-Meiningen |
Meiningen | 1918–20 | Merged into Thuringia in 1920 |
| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Free State of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Freistaat Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach |
Weimar | 1918–20 | Merged into Thuringia in 1920 |
| Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Freistaat Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
Rudolstadt | 1918–20 | Merged into Thuringia in 1920 |
| Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Free State of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Freistaat Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
Sondershausen | 1918–20 | Merged into Thuringia in 1920 |
| Waldeck-Pyrmont | Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont |
Arolsen | 1918–29 | Pyrmont merged into Prussia in 1921; Waldeck merged into Prussia in 1929 |
| Württemberg | Free People's State of Württemberg Freier Volksstaat Württemberg |
Stuttgart | 1918 | Split into Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1945 |
Free and Hanseatic Cities
| State | Full name | Capital | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bremen | Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen Freie Hansestadt Bremen |
Bremen | |
| Hamburg | Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg |
Hamburg | |
| Lübeck | Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck |
Lübeck | Merged into Prussia in 1937 |