Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Freistaat Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | |||||||||
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| 1918–1920 | |||||||||
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Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt within the German Empire | |||||||||
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (in brown) within the Thuringian states | |||||||||
| Capital | Rudolstadt 50°43′1″N 11°19′39″E / 50.71694°N 11.32750°E | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar era | ||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
• Merged into Thuringia | 1920 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1919 | 941 km2 (363 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1919 | 97,983 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (German: Freistaat Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) 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 Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt during the German revolution of 1918–1919. After Prince Günther Victor abdicated, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt transitioned peacefully into a republic. It became part of Thuringia when it was created on 1 May 1920