Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont

Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1918–21) Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont Free State of Waldeck (1921–28) Freistaat Waldeck
State of the Weimar Republic
← 1918–1929 →   →   →
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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
•	Merges with Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau	1929
Population
•	1925	55,750

The Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont (German: Freistaat Waldeck-Pyrmont), later the Free State of Waldeck (Freistaat 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.

State directors (1918–1929)

• 1918–1920 Karl von Redern
• 1920–1929 Wilhelm Schmieding (DVP)
• 1929–1929 Herbert Herberg

External links

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