Republic of Reuss

Republic of Reuss
Volksstaat Reuß
←   ← 1919–1920 →
Flag
Capital		Gera
Languages		German
Government		Republic
Historical era		Aftermath of World War I
-	Established	4 April 1919
-	Merged into Thuringia	1 May 1920

The Republic of Reuss (or "People's Republic of Reuss";^[1] German: Volksstaat Reuß) was a short-lived country in what is now Thuringia. The Republic was formed on 4 April 1919 after the reigning princes of the two Reuss principalities abdicated and elections held in both states. It merged with six other small states to form Thuringia, a member state of the Weimar Republic, on 1 May 1920.

References

External links

• http://home.att.net/~david.danner/militaria/reuss.htm[]
• Principalities of Reuss-Gera and Reuss-Greiz 1778-1919 (Reuss, Germany), also with flag source

States of Germany during the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) 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 Saxony Altenburg Coburg Meiningen Weimar-Eisenach Reuss state / republic Elder Junior Schwarzburg Rudolstadt Sondershausen Unofficial Bavarian Soviet Republic Bottleneck Rhenish Republic