Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe

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Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe State of Germany ← 1918 – 1946 → Flag Coat of arms The Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe (red), within Germany Capital Bückeburg Government Republic Minister President  - 1918 Friedrich Freiherr von Feilitzsch  - 1933-1945 Karl Dreier History  - German Revolution 15 November, 1918  - Disestablished 1 November, 1946 Area  - 1939 340 km² (131 sq mi) Population  - 1939 est. 53,277       Density 156.7 /km²  (405.8 /sq mi)

The Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe (German: Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe) was created following the abdication of Prince Adolf II of Schaumburg-Lippe on the 15 November 1918. It was a state in Germany during the Weimar Republic, headed by a Minister President. The democratic government was suppressed during Nazi rule. At the end of the second world war the British military occupation government decreed on 1 November 1946 the union of Schaumburg-Lippe, Hannover, Braunschweig, and Oldenburg to form the new state of Lower Saxony.

Contents 1 Rulers of the Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe 1.1 Minister of State 1.2 Chairman of the State Council 1.3 State Councillors 1.4 State presidents 1.5 Minister 2 External links

[edit] Rulers of the Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe

[edit] Minister of State

• Friedrich Freiherr von Feilitzsch (15 November 1918-3 December 1918)

[edit] Chairman of the State Council

• Heinrich Lorenz (SPD) (4 December 1918 - 14 March 1919)

[edit] State Councillors

• Otto Bönners (14 March 1919-22 May 1922)
• Konrad Wippermann (22 May 1922-28 May 1925)
• Erich Steinbrecher (SPD) (28 May 1925-7 October 1927)
• Heinrich Lorenz (SDP) (7 October 1927-7 March 1933)
• Hans Joachim Riecke (NSDAP) (1 April 1933-23 May 1933)

[edit] State presidents

• Karl Dreier (NSDAP) (25 May 1933-March 1945)
• Alfred Meyer (Reichsstatthalter) (NSDAP) (16 May 1933-4 April 1945)

[edit] Minister

• Heinrich Hermann Drake (SPD) (1945-30 April 1946)

[edit] External links

• Schaumburg-Lippe
• States of Germany since 1918

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