Free State of Brunswick

The Free State of Brunswick (German: Freistaat Braunschweig) was a state of the German Reich in the time of the Weimar Republic. It was formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick in the course of the German Revolution of 1918–19. Its capital was Braunschweig (Brunswick). In 1933 it was de facto abolished by Nazi Germany. The free state was disestablished after the Second World War in 1946.

Free State of Brunswick
Freistaat Braunschweig (German)
State of Germany
1918–1946
Flag
Coat of arms

The Free State of Brunswick within the Weimar Republic
CapitalBrunswick (Braunschweig)
Government
  TypeRepublic (de facto until 1933)
National Socialist one-party totalitarian dictatorship (de facto 1933-1945)
Council Chairman 
 19181919
Sepp Oerter
 19191920
Heinrich Jasper
Minister-President 
 19191920 (first)
Heinrich Jasper
 1946 (last)
Alfred Kubel
LegislatureLandtag
Historical eraInterwar period
 Established
10 November 1918
 Abolition de facto
14 October 1933
 Disestablished
23 November 1946
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Brunswick
Lower Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Today part ofGermany
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