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[change | change source]
List of states[change | change source]
Free States[change | change source]
| 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[change | change source]
| 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 |