Free State of Brunswick

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Freistaat Braunschweig Free State of Brunswick State of Germany ← 1918 – 1946 →   → Flag Capital Brunswick Government Republic Council chairman  - 1918 - 1919 Sepp Oerter  - 1919 - 1920 Heinrich Jasper Minister-president  - 1919 - 1920 Heinrich Jasper  - 1946 Alfred Kubel Historical era Interwar period  - Established 10 November, 1918  - Abolition de facto 14 October 1933  - Disestablished 23 November, 1946

The Free State of Brunswick (German: Freistaat Braunschweig) was a republic formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick at the end of World War I. It was a member state of Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic.

In 1946, the Free State of Brunswick broken up as part of the Allied administration of Germany. The majority of Brunswick became part of the newly founded state (Land) of Lower Saxony under British administration while some small parts (mainly around Blankenburg am Harz) became part of Soviet-administered Saxony-Anhalt.

Contents 1 Leaders of Brunswick 1.1 Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissioners of the Republic of Brunswick, 1918–1919 1.2 Ministers-president of the Republic of Brunswick, 1919–1946 1.3 Reichsstatthalter

[edit] Leaders of Brunswick

[edit] Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissioners of the Republic of Brunswick, 1918–1919

1. 1918–1919: Sepp Oerter (USPD)
2. 1919–1920: Heinrich Jasper (SPD)

[edit] Ministers-president of the Republic of Brunswick, 1919–1946

1. 1919–1920: Heinrich Jasper (SPD)
2. 1920–1921: Sepp Oerter (USPD)
3. 1921–1922: August Junke (SPD)
4. 1922: Otto Antrick (SPD)
5. 1922: Heinrich Jasper (SPD)
6. 1924–1927: Gerhard Marquordt (DVP)
7. 1927–1930: Heinrich Jasper (SPD)
8. 1930–1933: Werner Küchenthal (DNVP)
9. 1933–1945: Dietrich Klagges (NSDAP)
10. 1945–1946: Hubert Schlebusch (SPD)
11. 1946: Alfred Kubel (SPD)

[edit] Reichsstatthalter

Reichsstatthalter for Anhalt and Brunswick (headquarters in Dessau)

1. 1933-1935: Wilhelm Loeper
2. 1935-1937: Fritz Sauckel
3. 1937-1945: Rudolf Jordan

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