Free State of Anhalt

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The Free State of Anhalt (German: Freistaat Anhalt) was formed after Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt abdicated on 12 November 1918, ending the Duchy of Anhalt. It was a state of Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. In May 1932, Anhalt was abolished de facto by the federal Nazi government, becoming part of the Gau of Magdeburg-Anhalt.

At the end of World War II, when Germany was divided into zones of occupation, Anhalt was merged with the bulk of the Prussian Province of Saxony to form the Soviet-administered German state of Saxony-Anhalt. This state was then dissolved in 1952 but reformed in 1990 after the reunification of Germany.

[edit] Ministers-presidents of Anhalt

• 1918-1919: Wolfgang Heine (SPD)
• 1919-1924: Heinrich Deist (SPD)
• 1924-1924: Willy Knorr (DNVP)
• 1924-1932: Heinrich Deist (SPD)
• 1932-1940: Alfred Freyberg (NSDAP - as Gauleiter)
• 1940-1945: Rudolf Jordan (NSDAP - as Gauleiter)

[edit] Reichsstatthalter

Reichsstatthalter for Anhalt and Brunswick (headquarters in Dessau

• 1933-1935: Wilhelm Loeper
• 1935-1937: Fritz Sauckel
• 1937-1945: Rudolf Jordan

[edit] External Links

• More statistical information (in German)
• Further historical details (in German)