Free People's State of Württemberg
Free People's State of Württemberg Freier Volksstaat Württemberg | |||||||||||
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State of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany | |||||||||||
1918–1945 | |||||||||||
The Free People's State of Württemberg (red) within the Weimar Republic | |||||||||||
Capital | Stuttgart | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• 1925[1] | 19,508 km2 (7,532 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1925[1] | 2,580,235 | ||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
• Type | Republic | ||||||||||
President | |||||||||||
• 1918–1920 (first) | Wilhelm Blos | ||||||||||
• 1933–1945 (last) | Christian Mergenthaler | ||||||||||
Reichsstatthalter | |||||||||||
• 1933–1945 | Wilhelm Murr | ||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||
• Established | 9 November 1918 | ||||||||||
• Constitution enacted | 29 September 1919 | ||||||||||
7 April 1933 | |||||||||||
• Abolition (de jure) | 1945 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Free People's State of Württemberg (German: Freier Volksstaat Württemberg) was a state which existed in the Weimar Republic and from 1933 in Nazi Germany.
History
Revolution in Württemberg
With the
In comparison to the political turmoil that plagued Weimar Germany, political development in Württemberg was driven by continuity and stability. The attempt of some agitators to cause disturbances by a general strike was frustrated by the action of railway officials in paralysing communications with the capital, Stuttgart. The Bavarian Communist insurrection produced no effect in Württemberg; it was, on the contrary, suppressed with the aid of Württemberg troops before it could spread across the border.[2]
1920–1952
The three legislative periods of the Württemberg parliament from 1920 to 1932 each ran the full prescribed length of four years, unlike at the federal level which saw seven elections and seventeen governments during the same period. The
With the
After
The former Free People's State coat of arms was used by the
Leaders
See also
- List of presidents of the Landtag of the Free People's State of Württemberg
- Württemberg Landtag elections in the Weimar Republic
References
- ^ Beckmanns Welt-Lexikon und Welt-Atlas. Leipzig / Vienna: Verlagsanstalt Otto Beckmann. 1931.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: von Blume, Wilhelm (1922). "Württemberg". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. pp. 1089–1090. This source gives a detailed description of the constitutional balance, and of the political makeup after the 1920 elections.
- ^ Article 1 of the Württemberg constitution (25 September 1919) states: "Württemberg is a democratic republic and member of the German Reich. Its state authority is exerted in accordance with both this constitution and German national law". Article 2 of the Weimar Constitution (11 August 1919) states: "The territory of the German Reich consists of the territory of its member states."