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The People's State of Reuss (German: Volksstaat Reuß) was a short-lived state in what is now Thuringia. The state was formed on 4 April 1919 after the reigning princes of the two Reuss principalities abdicated and elections were held in both states.[1] The People's State of Reuss had a non-contiguous area of 1,143 square kilometers, 211,324 inhabitants (1919) and was divided into three districts.
People's State of Reuss Volksstaat Reuß (German) | |||||||||||
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.svg) Flag
 Coat of arms
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 Map of People's State of Reuss | |||||||||||
| Capital | Gera | ||||||||||
| Common languages | German | ||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Aftermath of World War I | ||||||||||
• Established | 4 April 1919 | ||||||||||
• Merged into Thuringia | 1 May 1920 | ||||||||||
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It united with six other small states to form Thuringia, a member state of the Weimar Republic, on 1 May 1920.
References
edit- ^ The Statesman's Year-Book. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 2016. p. 969. ISBN 9780230270565.
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20080217200153/http://home.att.net/~david.danner/militaria/reuss.htm
- Principalities of Reuss-Gera and Reuss-Greiz 1778-1919 (Reuss, Germany), also with flag source
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