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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ