Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont

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Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont State of the Weimar Republic ← 1918 – 1929 →   → Flag Anthem Das Waldecker Lied Location of Waldeck within Germany (after 1921) Capital Arolsen Government Republic Historical era Interwar period  - German Revolution 1918  - Pyrmont joins Hanover 1921  - Waldeck joins Prussian     Hesse-Nassau   1929 Population  - 1925 est. 55,750

The Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont and later the Free State of Waldeck was a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. It was created following the German Revolution which forced Prince Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont along with the other German monarchs to abdicate.

On 30 November 1921, following a local plebiscite, the city and district of Pyrmont were detached and incorporated into the Prussian province of Hanover. The remainder of the State was incorporated into the Free State of Prussia in 1929, following another plebiscite, and became part of the province of Hesse-Nassau. This territory is today part of the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse.

[edit] State directors (1918-1929)

• 1918-1920 Karl von Redern
• 1920-1929 Wilhelm Schmieding DVP
• 1929-1929 Herbert Herberg

[edit] External links

• Waldeck Free State (German)
• States of Germany since 1918

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