Free State of Saxe-Gotha
| Free State of Saxe-Gotha Freistaat Sachsen-Gotha (German) | |||||||||
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| 1918–1920 | |||||||||
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Location of Saxe-Gotha (north) and Coburg (south) within the German Empire | |||||||||
Saxe-Gotha (northernmost of the 2 darker green areas) within the Thuringian states | |||||||||
| Capital | Gotha | ||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 50°56′57″N 10°42′18″E / 50.94917°N 10.70500°E | ||||||||
• 1919 | 1,415 km2 (546 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1919 | 189,200 | ||||||||
| • Type | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | 1918 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1920 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Free State of Saxe-Gotha (German: Freistaat Sachsen-Gotha) 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. Saxe-Coburg split away and formed a separate state due in part to the more radical nature of the revolution in Saxe-Gotha. The federal government saw the strength of Saxe-Gotha's workers' movement as a potential threat and twice sent troops against them.
The Free State of Saxe-Gotha was formally established as a parliamentary republic shortly before it merged with six other small states to form Thuringia on 1 May 1920. Coburg became part of Bavaria two months later.