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Free State of Prussia (1918–1933)

Free State of Prussia
Freistaat Preußen
State of Germany

1918–1947
Flag Coat of arms
Flag (1918–1933) Coat of arms
Motto
Gott mit uns
"God with us"
Location of Prussia
The Free State of Prussia in 1925.
Capital Berlin
Government Republic
Reichsstatthalter
 •  1933–1935 Adolf Hitler
 •  1935–1945 Hermann Göring
Minister-President
 •  1918 Friedrich Ebert (first)
 •  1933–1945 Hermann Göring (last)
Legislature State Diet
 •  Upper Chamber State Council
 •  Lower Chamber House of Representatives
Historical era Interwar/World War II
 •  German Revolution 9 November 1918
 •  Constitution adopted 30 November 1920
 •  Preußenschlag 20 July 1932
 •  Machtergreifung 30 January 1933
 •  Reichsstatthaltergesetz 30 January 1935
 •  Formally abolished 25 February 1947
Area
 •  1925 292,695.36 km2(113,010 sq mi)
Population
 •  1925 38,175,986 
Density 130.4 /km2  (337.8 /sq mi)

The Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen) was a German state formed after the abolition of the Kingdom of Prussia in the aftermath of the First World War. It was the major state of the German Reich during the time of the Weimar Republic, comprising almost 58 (62.5%) of its territory and population.Free state is another German term for republic that was coined in contrast to the Latin word, which was associated with the enemy France in the minds of many Germans of that time.

The democratic Free State of Prussia was rendered incapacitated when it was taken over by the Preußenschlag (Prussian coup) of 1932–33 and Otto Braun was forced from office. His government went to court over this ouster, but in 1933 the Nazi regime seized control of the Prussian government.

From 1933, the Free State was deprived of parliamentary democracy and ruled exclusively under the leadership of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party). Initially, Prussia was administered by high-ranking Nazi Hermann Göring who was appointed Minister-President of Prussia. In 1935, the Free State's territory was dismantled into regional Gaue, some of which incorporated both Prussian and non-Prussian territory, thus effectively ending Prussia as a single territorial unit of Germany. Although the Free State of Prussia continued to exist in name under the premiership of Hermann Göring throughout the Nazi era, by 1935 the Prussian government had been effectively absorbed by the government of the German Reich and Göring's position as Minister-President had been relegated to a titular role in comparison to his more prominent duties in the government of the Third Reich.


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