Free State of Anhalt
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| Anthem: Anhaltlied | ||||
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| Capital | Dessau |
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| Government | Republic | |||
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| - 1918-1919 | Wolfgang Heine | |||
| - 1940-1945 | Rudolf Jordan | |||
| Historical era | Interwar period | |||
| - Established | 12 November, 1918 | |||
| - Abolition (de facto) | May 1932 | |||
| - Abolition (de jure) | 23 July, 1945 | |||
| Area | ||||
| - 1925 | 2,314 km2 893 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||
| - 1925 est. | 351,045 | |||
| Density | 151.7 /km² 392.9 /sq mi |
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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)
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States: Anhalt | Baden | Bavaria | Brunswick | Hesse | Lippe | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Oldenburg |
Prussia | Saxony | Schaumburg-Lippe | Thuringia | Waldeck | Württemberg | City-states: Bremen | Hamburg | Lübeck
Until 1920: Saxe-Altenburg | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Saxe-Meiningen | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Reuss | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
