People's State of Reuss
People's State of Reuss Volksstaat Reuß (German) | |||||||||||
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| 1918–1920 | |||||||||||
Coat of arms
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Thuringia within the Weimar Republic | |||||||||||
People's State of Reuss (in dark and light pink) within Thuringia | |||||||||||
| Capital | Gera 50°52′50″N 12°05′00″E / 50.88056°N 12.08333°E | ||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||
• Established | 4 April 1918 | ||||||||||
• Merged into Thuringia | 1 May 1920 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1919 | 1,143 km2 (441 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1919 | 211,324 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
The People's State of Reuss (German: Volksstaat Reuß) 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 principalities of Reuss-Gera and Reuss-Greiz during the German revolution of 1918–1919. After Prince Heinrich XXVII abdicated for both principalities, they joined to form the People's State of Reuss. It became part of the new state of Thuringia when it was created on 1 May 1920.