Freistaat Preußen | ||||
State of Germany | ||||
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Capital | Berlin | |||
Government | Republic | |||
Reichsstatthalter | ||||
- 1933-1945 | Adolf Hitler | |||
Minister-President | ||||
- 1933-1945 | Hermann Göring | |||
History | ||||
- January 30, 1933 | Machtergreifung | |||
- April 10, 1933 | Göring appointed head of government | |||
- January 30, 1935 | Reichsstatthaltergesetz | |||
- April 30, 1945 | Death of Adolf Hitler | |||
- May 8, 1945 | Surrender of Germany | |||
- February 25, 1947 | Dissolved by the Allies | |||
Area | 292,695.36 km² | |||
Population | ||||
- 1925 | 38,175,986 | |||
Density | 130.4/km² | |||
Prussia | Occupied Germany Brandenburg Saxony-Anhalt Lower Saxony Hessen North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Schleswig-Holstein Poland Kaliningrad | |||
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The Free State of Prussia (1918-1947) was a state of Germany established after World War I (₳|₩). After the Nazi takeover in 1933 state governments were gradually dismantled to accommodate the dictatorship. Prussia was formally dissolved in 1947 by the Allies.
Reichsstatthalter
- Adolf Hitler (₩) (April 25, 1933 - April 30, 1945)
Minister-President
- Hermann Göring (₩) (April 10, 1933 - April 24, 1945)
Nation
- Germany (States)
Former German States
- West Germany: Württemberg-Baden (1945-1952)
- West Germany: Württemberg-Hohenzollern (1945-1952)
- West Germany: Baden (1945-1952)
- East Germany: Brandenburg (1947-1952)
- East Germany: Mecklenburg (1945-1952)
- East Germany: Saxony-Anhalt (1945-1952)
- Free State of Anhalt
- Republic of Baden (1918-1945)
- Free State of Brunswick
- People's State of Hesse (1918-1945)
- Free State of Lippe
- Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Free State of Oldenburg
- Prussia (1918-1933)
- Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe
- East Germany: Saxony (1918-1952)
- East Germany: Thuringia (1920-1952)
- Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont
- Free People's State of Württemberg (1918-1945)
References