Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Freistaat Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |||||||||
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State of the Weimar Republic | |||||||||
1918–1933 | |||||||||
The Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (red) within the Weimar Republic | |||||||||
Capital | Neustrelitz | ||||||||
• Type | Republic | ||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | 11 November 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 31 December 1933 | ||||||||
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The Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (
Government
The state parliament consisted of a landtag of 35 members, elected for a term of four years by universal suffrage. The state administration, headed by a Minister of State was responsible to the landtag and could be removed by a vote of no confidence.[1] For most of the Weimar period, the governments were headed by either a Social Democrat or a Nationalist.
However, following the
By the end of the year, Hildebrandt, who was also Reichsstatthalter of the larger neighboring Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, moved to consolidate his domains and merged the two states into a new united state of Mecklenburg, effective 1 January 1934.[2] And with that, the brief fifteen-year existence of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz passed into history.
Rulers of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Chairmen of the State Ministry of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1918–1919
- Peter Franz Stubmann (DDP) 1918–1919
- Hans Krüger (SPD) 1919
Minister-Presidents of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1919–1933
- Karl Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (SPD) 1919–1923
- DNVP) 1923–1928
- Karl Gustav Hans Otto Freiherr von Reibnitz (SPD) 1928–1931
- DNVP) 1931–1933
- NSDAP) 1933
Reichsstatthalter
See also
References
- ^ "Der Freistaat Mecklenburg-Strelitz Überblick". Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-932-97021-0.
- ^ "Der Freistaat Mecklenburg-Strelitz Die Staatsministerien 1918–1933". Retrieved 2 March 2023.
External links
- States of Germany since 1918
- Promulgation of the union of Mecklenburg-Strelitz with Mecklenburg-Schwerin, effective 1 January 1934