Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe

Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe
State of Germany

1918–1946
Flag Coat of arms
Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe (red) within Germany
during the Weimar Republic
Capital Bückeburg
Government Republic
Minister-President
 - 1918 (first) Friedrich von Feilitzsch
 - 19331945 Karl Dreiera
 - 19451946 (last) Heinrich Hermann Drakeb
Reichsstatthalter
 - 19331945 Alfred Meyer
Historical era Interwar · World War II
 - German Revolution 15 November 1918
 - Disestablished 1 November 1946
Area
 - 1939 340 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population
 - 1939 53,277 
Density 156.7 /km2  (405.8 /sq mi)
a. As State President.
b. As "Minister".

The Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe) was created following the abdication of Prince Adolf II of Schaumburg-Lippe on 15 November 1918. It was a state in Germany during the Weimar Republic, headed by a Minister President. The democratic government was suppressed during Nazi rule. At the end of World War II the British military occupation government decreed on 1 November 1946 the union of Schaumburg-Lippe, Hannover, Braunschweig, and Oldenburg to form the new state of Lower Saxony.

Leaders

Minister of State

Chairman of the State Council

State Councillors

State Presidents

Minister

Map showing Lippe and Schaumberg-Lippe

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