Free State of Prussia (1918-1933)
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Free State of Prussia (1918 � 1933)

Native NameFreistaat Preußen
Conventional Long NameFree State of Prussia
Common NamePrussia
ContinentEurope
SubdivisionFree state
Nationthe Weimar Republic
EraInterwar period
Year Start1918
Date Start09 November 1918
Year End1933
Date End30 January
Event EndNazi takeover, dismantlement of democratic institutions
P1Kingdom of Prussia
Flag P1Flag of Prussia 1892-1918.svg
P2Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont
Flag P2Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg
S1Free State of Prussia (1933 � 1935)
Flag S1Flag of Prussia 1933.svg
Image FlagFlag of Prussia (1918 � 1933).svg
Image CoatCoat of arms of Prussia (1918 � 1933).svg
Image Map CaptionThe Free State of Prussia (blue), within Germany at the time of the Weimar Republic
CapitalBerlin
Latd52|latm=31|latNS=N|longd=13|longm=24|longEW=E
Stat Area1292695.36
Stat Year11925
Stat Pop138175986
Government TypeRepublic
Title LeaderMinister-President
Leader1Friedrich Ebert
Year Leader11918
Leader2Otto Braun1
Year Leader21920 � 1933
Subdiv TitleProvinces

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The Free State of Prussia ( ) was a German state formed after the abolition of the Kingdom of Prussia in the aftermath of World War I. It was the major state of Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic, comprising almost five-eighths of its territory and population. Free state is a German term for Republic that was coined in contrast to the Latin term, which was associated with the enemy France in the minds of many Germans of that time. The democratic Free State of Prussia was rendered incapacitated, when taken over by coup in 1932/33 and Otto Braun was forced from office. His government went to court over this ouster and after the end of war Otto Braun approached U.S. officials to reinstate the legal Prussian government. They and the other Allied Occupation forces, who had taken up occupation of all of Germany, were not interested and declared Prussia abolished in 1947.

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Minister-Presidents of the Free State of Prussia :
# Name Took Office Left Office Party
1 Friedrich Ebert 9 November 1918 11 November 1918 GermanySPD
2 Paul Hirsch 11 November 1918 27 March 1920 GermanySPD
3 Otto Braun 27 March 1920 21 April 1921 GermanySPD
4 Adam Stegerwald 21 April 1921 5 November 1921 GermanyCentre
Otto Braun (2nd term) 5 November 1921 18 February 1925 GermanySPD
5 Wilhelm Marx 18 February 1925 6 April 1925 GermanyCentre
Otto Braun (3rd term) 6 April 1925 20 July 1932 (ousted during the Preußenschlag)
30 January 1933 (formally deposed)		 GermanySPD
Position suspended.
Administered by the Reichskommissar		 20 July 1932 30 January 1933
6 Franz von Papen 30 January 1933 10 April 1933 Independent
7 Hermann Göring 10 April 1933 24 April 1945 GermanyNazi

States of Germany during the Weimar Republic (1919 �33)

States
Anhalt * Baden * Bavaria * Brunswick * Hesse * Lippe * Mecklenburg-Schwerin * Mecklenburg-Strelitz * Oldenburg * Prussia * Saxony * Schaumburg-Lippe * Thuringia (from 1920) * Waldeck (until 1929) * Württemberg
City-states
Bremen * Hamburg * Lübeck
Until 1920
SaxonyAltenburg * Coburg �Gotha * Meiningen * Weimar-Eisenach
ReussElder * Junior
SchwarzburgRudolstadt * Sondershausen
Unofficial
Bavarian Soviet Republic * Bottleneck * Rhenish Republic



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