Free State of Prussia era

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The Free State of Prussia era refers to the period between 1918 and 1947 when Prussia existed as a democratic (later authoritarian) state within the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, following the abolition of the Prussian monarchy after World War I.

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instanceOf historical period
political era
country Free State of Prussia
endCause formal abolition of Prussia by Allied Control Council
endTime 1947
followedBy post-war German states in former Prussian territory
follows Kingdom of Prussia era
followsEvent German Revolution of 1918–1919
abolition of the Prussian monarchy
hasCapital Berlin
hasCharacteristic increasing centralization under Nazi rule
progressive domestic policies in the 1920s
strong Social Democratic influence until 1932
hasConstitution Prussian Constitution of 1920
hasGovernmentForm authoritarian state
parliamentary democracy
hasHeadOfStateTitle Minister-President of Prussia
hasLeader Franz von Papen
Friedrich Ebert
Hermann Göring
Otto Braun
hasLegislature Prussian Landtag
hasMinorityReligion Roman Catholic minority
hasOfficialLanguage German
hasPoliticalPartyInPower Centre Party
National Socialist German Workers Party
linked to: Nazi Party

Social Democratic Party of Germany
hasReligion Protestant majority
hasStatus dominant state within Germany
largest state of the Weimar Republic
isSubjectOf historiography of Weimar and Nazi Germany
legalBasis Weimar Constitution
locatedIn Germany
partOf Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
precededBy Prussian constitutional monarchy
significantEvent Allied Control Council Law No. 46
Nazi Gleichschaltung of Prussia
linked to: Gleichschaltung

Prussian coup of 1932
Prussian state election of 1921
Prussian state election of 1928
abolition of Prussian state government in 1934
startTime 1918
territoryIncludes East Prussia
Prussian provinces in eastern Germany
Rhineland provinces
linked to: Rhineland

Silesia
Westphalia

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Prussian Ministry of Justice operatedInPeriod Free State of Prussia era