Free State of Saxe-Altenburg
Free State of Saxe-Altenburg Freistaat Sachsen-Altenburg | |||||||||
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| 1918–1920 | |||||||||
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Saxe-Altenburg within the German Empire | |||||||||
Saxe-Altenburg (two regions, in orange) within the Thuringian states | |||||||||
| Capital | Altenburg 50°59′6″N 12°26′0″E / 50.98500°N 12.43333°E | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar era | ||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
• Merged into Thuringia | 1920 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1919 | 1,323 km2 (511 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1919 | 209,904 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Free State of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Freistaat Sachsen-Altenburg) 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-Altenburg during the German revolution of 1918–1919. After Duke Ernst II abdicated, Saxe-Altenburg transitioned peacefully into a republic. It became part of Thuringia when the state was created on 1 May 1920.