Free State of Coburg
| Free State of Coburg Freistaat Coburg (German) | |||||||||
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| 1918–1920 | |||||||||
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Location of Coburg (south) and Gotha (north) within the German Empire | |||||||||
Coburg (southernmost of the 2 large medium-green areas) within the Thuringian states | |||||||||
| Capital | Coburg | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| • Coordinates | 50°16′10″N 10°58′20″E / 50.26944°N 10.97222°E | ||||||||
• 1919 | 562 km2 (217 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1919 | 74,340 | ||||||||
| • Type | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1920 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Free State of Coburg (German: Freistaat Coburg) was a small, short-lived (1918–1920) central German state during the early years of the Weimar Republic. It was formed following the dissolution of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha during the German revolution of 1918–1919. Duke Charles Edward abdicated, and Coburg separated from Saxe-Gotha due in large part to political differences with its more radical neighbor. After Coburg's peaceful transition to a republican government, the majority of the population rejected a union with Thuringia, and Coburg merged instead with Bavaria on 1 July 1920.