People's State of Reuss
People's State of Reuss | |||||||||||
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| 1919–1920 | |||||||||||
Map of People's State of Reuss | |||||||||||
| Capital | Gera | ||||||||||
| Common languages | German | ||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||
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• 1919–1920 | Karl von Brandenstein | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Aftermath of World War I | ||||||||||
• Established | 4 April 1919 | ||||||||||
• Merged into Thuringia | 1 May 1920 | ||||||||||
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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. 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.
It united with six other small states to form Thuringia, a member state of the Weimar Republic, on 1 May 1920.